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1 Int, 1 | immense gift of faith in Jesus Christ, "the firstborn of all creation" (
2 Int, 1 | inhabitants first heard of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. Those
3 Int, 1 | all, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, received in faith and lived
4 Int, 1 | God's infinite goodness in Christ. To this day, the treasure
5 Int, 2 | Oceania. Faith in Jesus Christ was the foundation and the
6 Int, 2 | animated by the one faith in Christ. All were inspired and strengthened
7 1 | CHAPTER I - JESUS CHRIST AND THE PEOPLES OF OCEANIA~"
8 1, 3 | power and with his grace. Christ is now calling the Church
9 1, 3 | apostle. It is certain that Christ works with us and within
10 1, 3 | disobey.~Presenting Jesus Christ~
11 1, 4 | peoples of Oceania today Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. But
12 1, 4 | of Oceania have met Jesus Christ who does not cease to call
13 1, 4 | inviting them to believe in Christ and find their true home
14 1, 4 | numbers to the call, became Christ's followers and began to
15 1, 4 | effective instrument of Jesus Christ who now wants to meet the
16 1, 4 | Oceania in new ways?~Jesus Christ: Shepherd, Prophet and Priest~
17 1, 5 | emptiness and poverty.(3) When Christ dwelt among us, he proclaimed
18 1, 5 | can be found only in Jesus Christ, and that his Spirit provides
19 1, 6 | acceptance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is evident in their enthusiastic
20 1, 6 | Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ".(12)~Papua New Guinea is
21 1, 7 | accepted the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Among those who began and
22 1, 7 | mystery of communio offered in Christ. The Church in Oceania demonstrates
23 1, 7 | Oceania. In presenting Jesus Christ as the Way, the Truth and
24 1, 8 | Assembly for Oceania was: Jesus Christ and the Peoples of Oceania,
25 1, 8 | Only in accepting Jesus Christ as the Way will the peoples
26 1, 8 | and struggling. The way of Christ cannot be walked without
27 1, 8 | mission is to proclaim Jesus Christ as the living Truth - a
28 1, 8 | as the Life. The life of Christ is offered also as a healing
29 1, 8 | Living the life of Jesus Christ implies a deep respect for
30 1, 8 | Christians live the life of Christ with deeper faith, their
31 1, 9 | began on the Solemnity of Christ the King when the Church
32 1, 9 | increasingly clear that it was Christ who was leading the way,
33 1, 9 | one of the many gifts that Christ in his goodness bestowed
34 1, 9 | Church, having received from Christ the power to forgive in
35 1, 9 | God's mercy revealed in Christ, so it stirred new energies
36 2 | WALKING THE WAY OF JESUS CHRIST IN OCEANIA~"Going on further
37 2, 10 | walk the same road which Christ walked, and the Church means
38 2, 10 | the basic equality of all Christ's faithful, lay, religious
39 2, 10 | in the Paschal Mystery of Christ by which the Church shares
40 2, 10 | On the day of Pentecost, Christ's Passover was brought to
41 2, 11 | prophetic and priestly office of Christ. The sign and effect of
42 2, 11 | the Church, established by Christ on Peter and the college
43 2, 11 | and to feed the flock of Christ (Jn 21:15-17). "There exists
44 2, 11(24)| Constitution on the Church of Christ Pastor Aeternus, Prologue:
45 2, 13 | fullness of redemption in Christ, they found a striking symbol
46 2, 13 | have not heard of Jesus Christ, and their mission remains
47 2, 14 | Synod Fathers wanted Jesus Christ to be heard and understood
48 2, 14 | them the gifts of Jesus Christ in the Church, for these
49 2, 14 | satisfy their yearning. But Christ must be presented in a way
50 2, 14 | circumstances. We must present Christ to our world in a way that
51 2, 14 | poverty. The mystery of Christ is a mystery of new life
52 2, 15 | now is to present Jesus Christ to those whose faith has
53 2, 15 | theologians to present Jesus Christ convincingly to the peoples
54 2, 15 | energy and to proclaim Jesus Christ to their people with renewed
55 2, 15 | attempt to preach Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth and
56 2, 16 | tell the story of Jesus Christ, in whom God himself entered
57 2, 16 | efforts to present Jesus Christ effectively to the peoples
58 2, 16 | what is and what is not of Christ".(48) Every culture needs
59 2, 16 | Transformed by the Spirit of Christ, these cultures attain the
60 2, 16 | always hoped. Indeed, without Christ, no human culture can become
61 2, 17 | garment of the Church of Christ".(52) These are words which
62 2, 17 | Australia: "The Gospel of Jesus Christ speaks all languages. It
63 2, 17 | presentation of the truth of Christ drawing on the traditions
64 2, 17 | express the Gospel of Jesus Christ".(55)~To guide this process,
65 2, 17 | this process, fidelity to Christ and to the authentic Tradition
66 2, 17 | abundant life offered by Jesus Christ.(57)~The Synod Fathers expressed
67 2, 17 | inspired by faith in Jesus Christ. With them, I pray fervently
68 2, 17 | will discover the love of Christ, the Way, the Truth and
69 3 | TELLING THE TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST IN OCEANIA~"While the people
70 3, 18 | of God revealed in Jesus Christ. The Synod Fathers were
71 3, 18 | to unity in God through Christ. All the baptized have the
72 3, 18 | for all people in Jesus Christ.~During the Special Assembly,
73 3, 18 | find more abundant life in Christ. But to do this, they agreed,
74 3, 18 | world the truth of Jesus Christ by bearing witness to him,
75 3, 18 | today are hungering for Christ. "This is the acceptable
76 3, 18 | Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. She is sent to the contemporary
77 3, 18 | Gospel...lest the Cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
78 3, 19 | prime witnesses to the Risen Christ. United around the Successor
79 3, 19 | be audacious witnesses to Christ; and the Successor of Peter
80 3, 19 | prayer.~With the Bishops, all Christ's faithful - clergy, religious
81 3, 19 | They offer the Sacrifice of Christ for the needs of the community,
82 3, 19 | deeper knowledge and love of Christ, and from this intimacy
83 3, 19 | part.~A new proclamation of Christ must arise from an inner
84 3, 19 | contemplation of the face of Christ.(70) This renewal in turn
85 3, 19 | Holy Spirit to believe in Christ and to proclaim him as the
86 3, 20 | with God through faith in Christ. We see the power of the
87 3, 20 | evangelization. Adherence to Jesus Christ comes through believing
88 3, 20 | Rom 10:15); and indeed Christ sent his Apostles whose "
89 3, 20 | proclamation of the Risen Christ by way of a personal encounter
90 3, 20 | that "the truth is in Jesus Christ" (Eph 4:21; cf. Col 1:15-
91 3, 20 | fearless proclamation of Christ, "a parrhesia of faith".(74)~
92 3, 22 | tell the truth of Jesus Christ" in Oceania today summons
93 3, 22 | understanding of the truth of Christ.~Ecumenism~
94 3, 23 | for deeper communion in Christ was symbolized at the Synod
95 3, 23 | towards the unity willed by Christ.~In the work of ecumenism,
96 3, 30 | basic right of all. Did not Christ himself say "I came that
97 3, 30 | life as taught by Jesus Christ. The promotion of the sacredness
98 3, 32 | human person, looking to Christ himself as the fullness
99 3, 32 | apostolic charity such as this, Christ touches the lives of others,
100 3, 32 | freedom in society to proclaim Christ publicly and to share his
101 3, 33 | personal knowledge of Jesus Christ as the Way, the Truth, and
102 3, 34 | afflicted. As the Risen Christ, he continues his ministry
103 3, 34 | in the redeeming Cross of Christ gives new meaning to sickness,
104 3, 34 | bring the compassion of Christ to those who suffer, particularly
105 3, 35 | tell the truth of Jesus Christ, to walk his way and to
106 4 | LIVING THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST IN OCEANIA~"When he had
107 4, 36 | nature" (2 Pt 1:4). Living in Christ implies a way of life made
108 4, 36 | called to live the life of Christ in the midst of their daily
109 4, 37 | interior life in union with Christ. Indigenous people have
110 4, 38 | surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ' (Phil 3:8) by frequent
111 4, 38 | fundamental for all who believe in Christ, and it is the inexhaustible
112 4, 38 | encounter God's truth in Christ. Acquaintance with the Scriptures
113 4, 39 | deeply into the mystery of Christ. They recognized greater
114 4, 40 | summit of the Christian life. Christ is really and fully present
115 4, 41 | reflect on the fact that Christ wills the Sacrament of Penance
116 4, 41 | reconciling community of Christ's disciples... The Church
117 4, 41 | love and power of Jesus Christ, through the Sacrament of
118 4, 41 | the loving mercy of Jesus Christ made available through this
119 4, 42 | 42. Christ's compassionate love is
120 4, 42 | precious witness to the love of Christ himself at a time when the
121 4, 43 | see and hear the truth of Christ, lay people in their various
122 4, 43 | direct it to God through Christ. In this way, the Church
123 4, 44 | searching for the life that only Christ can offer them. It is imperative
124 4, 44 | them to grasp the hand of Christ who never ceases to reach
125 4, 44 | yourselves to the task of making Christ known and loved, especially
126 4, 44 | glorious mystery of Jesus Christ bring unending peace and
127 4, 45 | a life-long covenant in Christ, based on generous self-giving
128 4, 47 | Catholics are discovering Christ at a new depth, and this
129 4, 48 | willingly accept those words of Christ which speak of a special
130 4, 48 | joining themselves with Christ in the recognition of the
131 4, 49 | as a powerful witness to Christ's compassion for all his
132 4, 49 | absolutely on the example of Christ, who gave himself so that
133 4, 49 | priesthood, the presence of Christ is made visible in the midst
134 4, 49 | commitment in fidelity to Christ. "To preserve this fidelity,
135 4, 49 | their prayer life on that of Christ and to adopt a life-style
136 4, 49 | life-style that reflects Christ's life of simplicity, trust
137 4, 49 | grounded in the love of Christ, and it calls for a radical,
138 4, 49 | all-embracing relationship with Christ and his Body the Church.
139 4, 49 | teaching and witness of Jesus Christ. The Synod Fathers wished
140 4, 51 | and the supreme value of Christ's love. They witness to
141 4, 51 | faithful to live the life of Christ more radically. Therefore,
142 4, 52 | We have put our faith in Christ, and it is the word of Christ
143 4, 52 | Christ, and it is the word of Christ that we are summoned to
144 4, 52 | to this task by the Risen Christ, who commanded his Apostles, "
145 4, 52 | joyfully and confidently with Christ, telling his truth and living
146 Con, 53 | Lady of Peace.~In Jesus Christ, whom she nurtured in her
147 Con, 53 | freedom and peace. Through Christ's Cross and Resurrection,
148 Con, 53 | we will always look to Christ and say,~"Who is this that
149 Con, 53 | faithfully the way of Jesus Christ,~to tell courageously the
150 Con, 53 | courageously the truth of Jesus Christ,~to live joyfully the life
151 Con, 53 | joyfully the life of Jesus Christ.~O Help of Christians, protect
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