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1 Int, 1 | in Oceania gives glory to God at the dawn of the Third
2 Int, 1 | world. Her gratitude to God rises from her contemplation
3 Int, 1 | for she has experienced God's infinite goodness in Christ.
4 Int, 1 | promise, for the Spirit of God is always new and surprising.
5 1, 5 | infinite love for the world, God gave his only Son to be
6 1, 5 | Jesus is the beloved Son of God, the Saviour of the world
7 1, 5 | proclaimed the Good News that God's Kingdom has come, a Kingdom
8 1, 5 | created.~As the Word of God, Jesus is the universal
9 1, 5 | the total revelation of God.(5) He is the Truth, inviting
10 1, 5 | experience and their love of God's people. Not all answers
11 1, 5 | life of intimate union with God and of more generous charity
12 1, 5 | baptized are called to be God's priestly people in the
13 1, 6 | in general "the sense of God and of his loving providence
14 1, 7 | Touched by the grace of God, the peoples' natural sense
15 1, 8 | together as the People of God journeying on pilgrimage
16 1, 8 | strengthened by the word of God in Scripture and celebrated
17 1, 9 | Jesus as the Lord in whom God's Kingdom is established
18 1, 9 | reasons to praise and thank God for treasures discovered
19 1, 9 | presence of the love of God who turns to all human weakness
20 1, 9 | proclaimed the infinite depths of God's mercy revealed in Christ,
21 2, 10| Church as the People of God and the community of disciples.
22 2, 10| Communio is the fruit of God's loving initiative, fulfilled
23 2, 10| Son in the Holy Spirit. "God's love has been poured into
24 2, 10| in the life of the Triune God, which enables us to love "
25 2, 10| which enables us to love "as God loved us" (1 Jn 4:11).~The
26 2, 11| Church as the People of God. Ecclesial communio is expressed
27 2, 11| of fostering the unity of God's people in faith and charity".(25)
28 2, 13| their sacrifices have, by God's grace, borne much fruit.
29 2, 13| stands as a luminous sign of God's overarching grace and
30 2, 15| grateful for the various gifts God has given lay men and women
31 2, 15| joy in the work to which God himself has called them.~
32 2, 16| of the Incarnation.(41) "God loved the world so much
33 2, 16| time and place, the Son of God took flesh and was "born
34 2, 16| for this momentous event, God chose a people with a distinctive
35 2, 16| the Incarnation. All that God did in the midst of his
36 2, 16| Scriptures tell us this story of God acting among his people.
37 2, 16| of Jesus Christ, in whom God himself entered the world
38 2, 16| the unchanging truth of God, addressed to the history
39 2, 16| Just as the Son of God became like us in all things
40 2, 17| of a loving and merciful God".(53) The Synod Fathers
41 3 | him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the
42 3, 18| tell the world the truth of God revealed in Jesus Christ.
43 3, 18| all humanity to unity in God through Christ. All the
44 3, 18| understand and believe in God's mercy destined for all
45 3, 18| and discover the love of God. The Bishops also spoke
46 3, 18| they may hear the word of God with renewed faith and find
47 3, 18| the situation in Oceania, God's call can easily go unheard,
48 3, 18| secularized world. The sense of God and of his loving Providence
49 3, 18| awareness of the centrality of God in the whole of human existence".(63)
50 3, 18| Cross... is the power of God" (1 Cor 1:17-18).(64)~The
51 3, 19| to proclaim "the word of God with boldness" (4:31). This
52 3, 19| community, reconcile sinners to God and to the community, strengthen
53 3, 19| consecrating the world to God, and many of them are coming
54 3, 20| 20. The kerygmais God's word proclaimed in order
55 3, 20| set humanity right with God through faith in Christ.
56 3, 27| that all are created in God's image (cf. Gen1:26). Respect
57 3, 30| sacredness of life created by God. Presenting a clear perspective
58 3, 30| on humanity's origin from God the Creator and its eternal
59 3, 31| as a gift and trust from God. It is the task of human
60 3, 34| through those who bring God's compassion to people in
61 3, 34| visible and tangible proof of God's love. The messianic mission
62 3, 34| gives powerful testimony to God's love for the poor, the
63 3, 35| awakened by the preaching of God's word and hope is inspired
64 4, 36| 36. "God's love has been poured into
65 4, 36| dwelt among us" (Jn 1:14), God broke into human history
66 4, 36| created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and
67 4, 36| and to be witnesses to God's love and mercy in the
68 4, 37| of a vibrant faith. When God is no longer at the centre
69 4, 37| us find the presence of God in our hearts. The spirit
70 4, 37| which mirrors the love of God.~"Lectio Divina" and Scripture~
71 4, 38| dialogue takes place between God and the reader. For 'we
72 4, 38| oracles'".(128) The word of God in the Old and New Testament
73 4, 38| of constant listening to God's word. A renewed appreciation
74 4, 38| our faith and encounter God's truth in Christ. Acquaintance
75 4, 38| that allows the word of God to speak to the human heart.
76 4, 38| proclaim and teach the word of God.(130)~Liturgy~
77 4, 39| participation of the People of God in the liturgy as one of
78 4, 41| the life of the People of God was a deep desire of the
79 4 | The people of God~The Vocation of the Laity~
80 4, 43| order and thus direct it to God through Christ. In this
81 4, 44| come together to listen to God's word presented in a language
82 4, 44| nature open to the mystery of God revealed in the Gospel.
83 4, 45| the family also shares in God's work of creation, and
84 4, 48| special personal choice by God of an apostolic fruitfulness: '
85 4, 48| firm in their faith that "God will provide" (Gen 22:8).~
86 4, 49| the Church. Celibacy is God's gift to those called to
87 4, 51| life and give thanks to God for the spirit of sacrifice
88 4, 51| attest in a special way to God's transcendence and the
89 4, 51| person, the community and God. The Synod Fathers were
90 4, 52| 52. Pondering God's generosity in Oceania
91 4, 52| how can we fail to praise God especially for the unfathomable
92 Con, 53| Cross and Resurrection, God has reconciled the world
93 Con, 53| true justice and harmony be God's gift to Oceania and to
94 Con, 53| full of grace,~prepared by God to welcome~the Word to the
95 Con, 53| reborn.~In you, the reign of God has dawned,~a reign of grace
96 Con, 53| grace and truth,~so that God will reign in the hearts~
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