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1 III,8 | hope in the Lord". (Ps 131:2-3). In various passages
2 I,1 | when, at the request of the 1971 Assembly of the Synod of
3 I,1 | Synod of Bishops (October 1987), which was devoted to "
4 IX,31 | Virgin Mary, in the year 1988, the tenth of my Pontificate.~ ~ ~
5 V,15 | domestic matters (cf. Lk 10: 3842). On another occasion -
6 VI,22 | the "figure" of the Church:43 "For in the mystery of the
7 II,4 | the Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.).18 In opposition to
8 VII,23 | Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Isaiah.48 The respective passages
9 IX,31 | the Spirit" (cf. 1 Cor 12:4ff.), which with great generosity
10 VII,26 | the ministerial priesthood.50~
11 VII,27 | in them (cf. 1 Pt 3:15)".51 Universal participation
12 VII,27 | hierarchical" structure,53 nevertheless this structure
13 VIII,28| to his supreme destiny".56 We can apply these words
14 VIII,28| today, yes and forever".57~These words of the Constitution
15 VIII,29| order of justice and charity.58~Only a person can love and
16 VIII,30| a sincere gift of self".59 This applies to every human
17 VIII,30| in the Book of Revelation 60 She is "a woman clothed
18 VIII,30| today, yes and forever".61 If the human being is entrusted
19 VIII,30| everyone" (1 Cor 15:28).62~Then the truth that "the
20 IX,31 | perfect union with Christ",63 obtain for all of us this
21 III,8 | comforted in Jerusalem" (66: 13). In the Psalms too
22 VI,19 | eternal life" (cf. Jn 6:68). For it is precisely those
23 II,4 | Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.).18 In opposition to the
24 III,8 | Christ - who called God "Abba Father" (Mk 14: 36), and
25 V,14 | tries in various ways to "abolish" the evil of this sin. Normally
26 VII,24 | of humanity through the abolition of slavery! And what is
27 VI,18 | generation, which literally absorbs the energies of her body
28 VI,18 | theoretical interpretation, nor an abstract definition, for it gives
29 IV,9 | by choosing good or his abuse of it by choosing evil,
30 IV,9 | very dawn of history man abused his liberty, at the urging
31 VII,27 | living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God (cf. Rom 12:1), give
32 II,4 | which Christian faith has accepted from the beginning, was
33 VI,22 | herself becomes a mother by accepting God's word in faith. For
34 II,3 | Word made flesh, man has access to the Father in the Holy
35 V,13 | Jesus brings back to life, accompanying his action by an expression
36 IV,11 | of the Word. The one who accomplishes the Redemption is also a
37 VIII,30| Christ looks to them for the accomplishment of the "royal priesthood" (
38 V,14 | awareness of sin in the men who accuse her in order to stone her,
39 V,14 | he even makes himself the accuser, as in the case described.
40 V,14 | Jesus seems to say to the accusers: Is not this woman, for
41 VII,27 | Ward.~The witness and the achievements of Christian women have
42 I,1 | vocation of women is being acknowledged in its fullness, the hour
43 VII,27 | Bridegroom's redemptive love acquired full expressive force. First
44 IV,10 | confirm in various places the actual existence of such situations
45 VIII,30| significance which is then actualized and expressed in women's
46 | actually
47 I,1 | of the Laity Apostolicam Actuositatem.3~Similar thinking had already
48 IV,11 | throughout the ages, the coupling Adam-Christ is often linked with that
49 VI,22 | Paul of Tarsus does when he addresses the Galatians with the words: "
50 VI,20 | union with God. He then adds: "He who is able to receive
51 VII,26 | question concerning the admission of women to the ministerial
52 V,15 | Spirit, and about the true adoration which the Father has a right
53 V,13 | sinners, public sinners and adulteresses. There is the Samaritan
54 V,13 | eloquent: a woman caught in adulterv is brought to Jesus. To
55 IV,11 | cf. Genesis 3:1-5).At the advent of the "fullness of time" (
56 V,15 | women there, looking on from afar, who had followed Jesus
57 IV,9 | being - man and woman - is affected by it. The third chapter
58 V,13 | action by an expression of affectionate mercy: "He had compassion
59 I,1 | Gospel can do so much to aid humanity in not falling".
60 III,8 | the man and the woman alike.~
61 V,12 | hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives,
62 III,7 | God's inner life. God, who allows himself to be known by human
63 | along
64 VI,20 | motherhood, therefore, is an altogether unforeseen response to the
65 VI,19 | through faith shares in the amazing mystery of her Son's "self-emptying": "
66 III,7 | solid and inviolable ground amid the many changes of human
67 VII,25 | at the same time leaving ample room for nonlikeness.~This
68 IV,9 | is good" (cf. Mt 19:17) and-the fullness of good. If sin'
69 III,6 | is also a rational being (animal rationale).23 Thanks to
70 III,6 | those endowed with senses (animalia) - man is also a rational
71 VII,27 | Rose of Lima, Elizabeth Ann Seton and Mary Ward.~The
72 V,16 | the first to be called to announce this truth to the Apostles (
73 V,15 | the occasion of another anointing, Jesus defends the woman
74 III,8 | biblical language - its anthropomorphic way of speaking about God -
75 | anything
76 III,7 | ethos", which reaches its apex in the commandment of love.
77 I,1 | and in the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity Apostolicam
78 VII,27 | Church is both "Marian" and "Apostolic-Petrine".55~In the history of the
79 I,1 | Apostolate of the Laity Apostolicam Actuositatem.3~Similar thinking
80 IX,31 | feminine "genius" which have appeared in the course of history,
81 VIII,28| supreme destiny".56 We can apply these words of the Conciliar
82 VII,27 | essence, so as to avoid applying to the Church - even in
83 IX,31 | attentively recognized and appreciated so that they may return
84 V,15 | of faith. Jesus expresses appreciation and admiration for this
85 VII,27 | Prisca with her husband Aquila (cf. 2 Tim 4:19), Euodia
86 VII,27 | Birgitta of Sweden, Joan of Arc, Rose of Lima, Elizabeth
87 V,15 | As we see, in this most arduous test of faith and fidelity
88 IV,10 | constitutes the principal argument against all the objectively
89 V,13 | Little girl, I say to you, arise" (Mk 5:41). There also is
90 II,5 | should it be diminished by artificially removing it from the overall
91 V,16 | hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father, but go to
92 V,16 | brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and to your
93 VII,23 | not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for
94 II,5 | Grace never casts nature aside or cancels it out, but rather
95 V,12 | beginning". The question asked concerns a man's right "
96 V,13 | The Canaanite woman was asking for the healing of her daughter.~
97 VII,25 | symbol represents the human aspect of the divine love which
98 I,1 | shows us many important aspects...; it is evident that women
99 II,3 | which testifies to the aspirations of the human spirit in search
100 IV,11 | refers to "the woman". She is assigned the first place in the Proto-evangelium
101 VI,21 | within Movements, Groups and Associations. In all of these the same
102 IX,31 | valley of tears"; as they assume, together with men, a common
103 V,12 | together, let no man put asunder" (Mt 19: 6).~The principle
104 IV,10 | to the desire born in the atmosphere of spousal love whereby
105 II,3 | answer by which God himself "attempts to calm people's hearts"?
106 IX,31 | eternal Jerusalem, may be attentively recognized and appreciated
107 IV,11 | 11. The Book of Genesis attests to the fact that sin is
108 I,1 | the testimonies of the lay Auditors - both women and men - from
109 IX,31 | at Saint Peter's, on 15 August, the Solemnity of the Assumption
110 VII,27 | mention: Monica, the mother of Augustine, Macrina, Olga of Kiev,
111 VII,27 | her own essence, so as to avoid applying to the Church -
112 IX,31 | the many human beings who await the gratuitous love of another
113 VIII,30| our time in particular awaits the manifestation of that "
114 VI,19 | they fall sick or fall into bad ways; the death of those
115 VI,22 | by her preaching and by baptism she brings forth to a new
116 VII,23 | the bridegroom by John the Baptist (cf. Jn 3:27-29). Indeed
117 VII,27 | priest: Christ. All the baptized share in the one priesthood
118 VII,23 | The Apostle Paul, who is a bearer of the Old Testament heritage,
119 IX,31 | heart of God in all the beauty and richness of their femininity;
120 VII,26 | Insigniores, published at the behest of Paul VI in response to
121 | behind
122 VIII,29| and in the eyes of human beíngs - men and women. In God'
123 V,13 | touch anyone because it was believed that her touch would make
124 VII,25 | Lk 13:16), the dignity belonging to women from the very "
125 VIII,28| and she "maintains that beneath all changes there are many
126 V,13 | eighteen years; she was bent over and could not fully
127 II,3 | definitive questions which most beset it. Do we not find in the
128 | besides
129 I,2 | it seems to me that the best thing is to give this text
130 V,15 | describe what that woman did at Bethany in the house of Simon the
131 V,15 | on the Via Dolorosa, "who bewailed and lamented him" (Lk 23:
132 VII,27 | Elizabeth of Thuringia, Birgitta of Sweden, Joan of Arc,
133 V,12 | working in human hearts as the bitter fruit of the obscuring of
134 VII,23 | might be holy and without blemish. Even so husbands should
135 III,8 | free of the "masculine" bodily characteristics proper to
136 VII,24 | that special and unique bond whereby in marriage a man
137 III,6 | flesh of his flesh and bone of his bones" (cf. Gen 2:
138 III,6 | his flesh and bone of his bones" (cf. Gen 2:23) and for
139 III,8 | Letter to the Ephesians: "I bow my knees before the Father,
140 VI,18 | women. What the different branches of science have to say on
141 VII,27 | mothers of families, who bravely bore witness to their faith
142 III,8 | quieted at its mother's breast; like a child that is quieted
143 VI,19 | womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!"? Jesus
144 VII,27 | s faith and tradition by bringing up their children in the
145 I,2 | document, which fits into the broader context of the Marian Year,
146 I | I~INTRODUCTION~Venerable Brothers and dear Sons and Daughters, ~
147 VII,27 | of the early Church, in building up from its foundations
148 IV,10 | inclination to sin", will burden the mutual relationship
149 V,15 | done it to prepare me for burial. Truly, I say to you, wherever
150 IV,11 | humanity, this awareness bursts forth in all its power in
151 II,5 | never casts nature aside or cancels it out, but rather perfects
152 V,14 | thereby revealing his profound capacity to see human consciences
153 VII,24 | can say that this fully captures the whole "style" of Christ
154 VIII,30| cf. 1 Cor 13:13).~Thus a careful reading of the biblical
155 III,8 | passages the love of God who cares for his people is shown
156 III,8 | too God is compared to a caring mother: "Like a child quieted
157 VI,18 | person the child she is carrying in her womb. This unique
158 VII,23 | wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God. For
159 II,5 | dimension (***). Grace never casts nature aside or cancels
160 IV,10 | offended but also the one who causes the offence. This is the
161 VII,27 | deaconess of the Church at Cenchreae" (cf. Rom 16:1), Prisca
162 VII,27 | thing is repeated down the centuries, from one generation to
163 V,12 | Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her
164 III,7 | already outlined in the first chapters of the Book of Genesis,
165 VII,26 | 22:16). These words fully characterize Jesus of Nazareth's behaviour.
166 VII,26 | receive the sacramental charge, "Do this in remembrance
167 VI,21 | who live according to the charism and the rules of the various
168 VI,20 | counsels: in particular, chastity, poverty and obedience.
169 VII,23 | flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the Church,
170 VII,27 | are also a model for all Christians, a model of the "sequela
171 I,1 | men - from the particular Churches throughout the world.~
172 VI,20 | foreign to certain Jewish circles, especially in the period
173 VIII,30| for human beings in every circumstance: because they are human! -
174 VII,23 | separate analysis. Here we will cite only one text. This is how
175 V,16 | attitude to women confirms and clarifies, in the Holy Spirit, the
176 VII,23 | might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water
177 V,12 | women. This meaning becomes clearer for us from Christ's words
178 VI,21 | contemplative life, or the cloister. There exist still other
179 V,15 | sister, Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene" (Jn
180 V,15 | Consequently, the women who are close to Christ discover themselves
181 VI,20 | for the sake of greater closeness to God was not entirely
182 III,6 | descriptive and metaphorical, closer to the language of the myths
183 II,5 | dignity which is joined in the closest possible way to the vocation
184 I,1 | Council, which declares in its Closing Message: "The hour is coming,
185 VIII,30| Revelation 60 She is "a woman clothed with the sun", with the
186 VI,17 | Virginity and motherhood co-exist in her: they do not mutually
187 V,13 | the parables of the lost coin (cf. Lk 15: 8-10), the leaven (
188 II,3 | calls her "woman": this coincides with the words of the Proto-evangelium
189 V,13 | widow put in two copper coins". Then Jesus said: "This
190 V,14 | consciences. Jesus is calm, collected and thoughtful. As in the
191 V,12 | Christ's words: "the tax collectors and the harlots go into
192 III,8 | mother comforts, so will I comfort you; you shall be comforted
193 III,8 | As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you;
194 V,12 | Israel: "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate
195 V,13 | question "In the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do
196 VI,20 | They are distinct from the commandments and show the Christian the
197 IV,11 | word "woman": a revelation commensurate with the mystery of the
198 I,1 | Bishops, he set up a special Commission for the study of contemporary
199 VII,23 | the Covenant is a lasting "commitment"; he remains faithful to
200 V,14 | woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his
201 IV,9 | sharing in his own life. By committing sin man rejects this gift
202 VI,18 | woman's personality. It is commonly thought that women are more
203 VI,21 | is not only a matter of communal forms but also of non-communal
204 VII,24 | innovation, even though they also communicate what is "old": what is rooted
205 VI,19 | Mystery, to the joy which is communicated to the Apostles on the day
206 VIII,29| Love, which is of God, communicates itself to creatures: "God'
207 VII,23 | while at the same time comparing the spousal character of
208 III,8 | Old Testament), we find comparisons that attribute to God "masculine"
209 VI,21 | vocations of women - a profound complementarity, and even a profound union
210 VI,17 | the other but wonderfully complemented it. The description of the
211 VII,25 | character of this love reaches completion in the history of humanity
212 VII,23 | woman. Reading this rich and complex passage, which taken as
213 IV,11 | woman.~These words give us a comprehensive view of the whole of Revelation,
214 VI,18 | part". In this openness, in conceiving and giving birth to a child,
215 III,8 | human language, using human concepts and images. If this manner
216 III,7 | Old Testament is mainly concerned with revealing the truth
217 VIII,28| apply these words of the Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et
218 IX | IX~CONCLUSION~
219 V,14 | 14. Jesus enters into the concrete and historical situation
220 V,13 | one, Lord". "Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin
221 V,13 | sinner who, in spite of her condemnation by common opinion, enters
222 V,13 | where are they? Has no one condemned you?". "No one, Lord". "
223 I,1 | sign of the times", when he conferred the title "Doctor of the
224 VII,26 | be apostles in order to conform with the widespread mentality
225 VII,26 | vocation of women, without conforming to the prevailing customs
226 VII,23 | will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be put
227 III,6 | life to which marriage and conjugal love are by their nature
228 VIII,29| cf. 2:24). This passage connects the truth about marriage
229 IV,10 | shall rule over you"_can be conquered only by following this path.
230 V,14 | sin. Normally a woman's conscience does not let her forget
231 V,14 | our society, we also must consider all those who, as a result
232 V,15 | his words and deeds, is a consistent protest against whatever
233 VI,18 | mentioned earlier - should constitute a special moment in the
234 IV,10 | unjust situations which contain and express the inheritance
235 IV,9 | special gift from the Creator, containing not only the foundation
236 VI,19 | human history".40~As we contemplate this Mother, whose heart "
237 VI,22 | maternal love".44 "Moreover, contemplating Mary's mysterious sanctity,
238 VI,21 | diflerent way in communities of contemplative life, or the cloister. There
239 I,1 | Commission for the study of contemporary problems concerning the "
240 V,13 | women whom popular opinion contemptuously labelled sinners, public
241 IV,11 | humanity. This discovery must continually reach the heart of every
242 V,16 | order of sanctifying grace, contributes in equal measure to the
243 IX,31 | one of those remarkable conversations which show his great esteem
244 IV,10 | time proclaim the need for conversion, that is to say, for purification
245 VI,22 | human history. The Bible convinces us of the fact that one
246 VI,22 | birth and development she cooperates with a maternal love".44 "
247 V,13 | a poor widow put in two copper coins". Then Jesus said: "
248 IV,11 | the mystery of creation corresponded to the eternal design of
249 VIII,30| can say she is a Woman of cosmic scale, on a scale with the
250 V,14 | in different ways, is the cosubject of his existence in the
251 V,14 | Gospel of John is repeated in countless similar situations in every
252 VII,27 | In every age and in every country we find many "perfect" women (
253 IV,11 | throughout the ages, the coupling Adam-Christ is often linked
254 VII,27 | Hedwig of Silesia, Jadwiga of Cracow, Elizabeth of Thuringia,
255 VII,26 | redemptive act of Christ, who "creates" the Church, his body. Christ
256 VI,18 | The spouses share in the creative power of God!~The woman'
257 VI,19 | expresses a very important creativity on the part of the woman,
258 VII,27 | forming part of history - criteria of understanding and judgment
259 V,12 | even by people with a critical attitude towards the Christian
260 VI,19 | of a woman's motherhood; crossing it conditions "the revelation
261 VIII,30| feet, and on her head a crown of stars (cf. Rev 12:1).
262 VII,23 | of the Prophets - finds crowning confirmation in the Letter
263 VI,19 | of the "woman" finds its culmination in the motherhood of the
264 VIII,29| woman, independently of the cultural context in which she lives,
265 V,13 | respect to the prevailing custom at that time.~This becomes
266 IX,31 | of humanity according to daily necessities and according
267 V,15 | Apostles. In this moment of danger, those who love much succeed
268 VII,27 | names, such as Phoebe, "a deaconess of the Church at Cenchreae" (
269 I,1 | This is what I intend to deal with in this document. The
270 VII,24 | whole "style" of Christ in dealing with women. Husbands should
271 I,1 | Vatican Council", once more dealt with the dignity and vocation
272 VI,18 | parenthood he owes a special debt to the woman. No programme
273 VIII,28| not actually erroneous and deceptive results.~
274 VI,18 | a person, a subject who decides for himself. At the same
275 IV,9 | Gen 3:5), that is to say, deciding what is good and what is
276 I,1 | consequences of the Creator's decision that the human being should
277 VII,26 | confirms the teaching of the Declaration Inter Insigniores, published
278 I,1 | Second Vatican Council, which declares in its Closing Message: "
279 I,1 | Gaudium et Spes2 and in the Decree on the Apostolate of the
280 VI,20 | the person's exclusive dedication to God by virtue of the
281 II,3 | even as in olden times, deeply stir the human heart: What
282 VI,20 | which results from natural defects - even though they may have
283 V,13 | time widows were totally defenceless people (cf. also Lk 18:1-
284 VII,27 | Church demonstrates. By defending the dignity of women and
285 II,4 | beginning, was solemnly defined at the Council of Ephesus (
286 IV,10 | concupiscence, which Saint John defines as the lust of the eyes,
287 V,13 | Everything he says and does is definitively fulfilled in the Paschal
288 IV,10 | fulfilment", but instead will deform and lose what constitutes
289 VI,19 | has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer
290 VI,18 | parenthood, and the most demanding part. Parenthood - even
291 VII,27 | the history of the Church demonstrates. By defending the dignity
292 IV,11 | course of reflection on the deposit of faith received from divine
293 VI,21 | For virginity does not deprive a woman of her prerogatives.
294 II,5 | statement should not be deprived of its profound meaning,
295 V,12 | marked by great clarity and depth. Various women appear along
296 III,6 | to all men and women, who derive their dignity and vocation
297 IV,10 | both a gift and a right deriving from God the Creator, involves
298 III,6 | spouses and parents, to their descendants: "Be fruitful and multiply,
299 V,16 | Room in Jerusalem, at the descent of the Holy Spirit, the
300 III,6 | and, one might say, more descriptive and metaphorical, closer
301 IV,11 | corresponded to the eternal design of God the Creator. Precisely
302 VII,27 | women (cf. Prov. 31:10) who, despite persecution, difficulties
303 IV,9 | foundation of the world, ... He destined us in love to be his sons
304 IV,9 | whether woman or man, has been destroyed by sin; they mean rather
305 II,5 | actions must not become detached from this horizon. The dignity
306 V,12 | were known to him in every detail. He also "knew what was
307 VI,18 | and is the subject of many detailed studies. Scientific analysis
308 VIII,29| in the Old Testament (cf. Deut 6:5; Lev 19:18) and placed
309 VI,18 | with the new human being developing within her gives rise to
310 VI,20 | also serves as a way to devote all the energies of soul
311 VIII,30| ancient serpent" wishes to devour "the child". While we see
312 IV,9 | within itself a certain "diabolic" characteristic,29 which
313 V,12 | because this behaviour differed from that of his contemporaries.
314 IV,11 | emerges at first sight a difference, a contrast. Eve, as "the
315 VII,27 | who, despite persecution, difficulties and discrimination, have
316 VI,21 | apostolic life, and in a diflerent way in communities of contemplative
317 VI,20 | People of God has to be directed to the eschatological Kingdom
318 VII,23 | moves simultaneously in two directions which make up the whole
319 IV,10 | which the woman remains disadvantaged or discriminated against
320 VII,24 | subjected, which have not yet disappeared from history?~But the challenge
321 III,7 | the Book of Genesis we can discern, in preliminary outline,
322 VI,21 | there exist many reasons for discerning in these two different paths -
323 V,15 | sinful woman", becomes a "disciple" of Christ. Indeed, once
324 VI,20 | at the beginning of the discourse on celibacy (cf. Mt 19:11).
325 I,1 | of women".7 In one of his Discourses Paul VI said: "Within Christianity,
326 I,1 | number of Pope Pius XII's Discourses4 and in the Encyclical Pacem
327 V,15 | those times one did not discuss with a woman. Perhaps the
328 V,15 | speaks to her about this - discusses the most profound mysteries
329 V,12 | significant that in his important discussion about marriage and its indissolubility,
330 V,12 | Lk 7:39). Even greater dismay, or even "holy indignation",
331 V,14 | the man with her feminine distinctiveness, and with her potential
332 V,15 | and admiration for this distinctly "feminine" response, as
333 VII,23 | a great analogy, we must distinguish that element which expresses
334 VI,18 | mutual self-giving is not distorted either by the desire of
335 IX,31 | charisms which the Holy Spirit distributes to women in the history
336 VIII,29| women. In this broad and diversified context, a woman represents
337 I,1 | he conferred the title "Doctor of the Church" upon Saint
338 IV,9 | Council recalls the revealed doctrine about sin and in particular
339 I,1 | Magisterium present in various documents of the Second Vatican Council,
340 VII,26 | and sovereign manner. In doing so, he exercised the same
341 III,6 | man and woman are able to "dominate" the other creatures of
342 V,12 | this tradition the male "dominated", without having proper
343 III,6 | 28). The Creator entrusts dominion over the earth to the human
344 IV,9 | 13-14). But there is no doubt that, independent of this "
345 VIII,28| of acting would lead to doubtful, if not actually erroneous
346 VIII,30| there stands "the great dragon ... that ancient serpent" (
347 VIII,30| that history witnesses a dramatic struggle for every human
348 VII,23 | himself this comparison drawn from the Prophets (cf. Mk
349 VIII,30| moral force of women, which draws strength from this awareness
350 V,15 | much over him today in a dream" (Mt 27:19).~
351 V,13 | express the respect and honour due to women. The woman with
352 III,8 | be for him the one "who dwells in unapproachable light" (
353 IX,31 | Church gives thanks for eack and every woman: for mothers,
354 VII,27 | of the Church, even from earliest times, there were side-by-side
355 VII,27 | role in the life of the early Church, in building up from
356 IV,9 | toil", by which man will earn his living (cf. Gen 3:17-
357 VII,26 | institution of the Eucharist. On Easter Sunday night they receive
358 IV,11 | taken up by the Fathers, ecclesiastical writers and theologians.
359 VIII,30| While we see in this text an echo of the Infancy Narrative (
360 I,1 | the world an influence, an effect and a power never hitherto
361 I,1 | problems concerning the "effective promotion of the dignity
362 V,13 | spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over
363 VI,21 | abandoned, orphans, the elderly, children, young people,
364 V,13 | one, beginning with the eldest". Only Jesus and the woman
365 VII,24 | should make their own the elements of this style in regard
366 IV,9 | of the visible world was elevated from the beginning through
367 II,4 | consists in the supernatural elevation to union with God in Jesus
368 | elsewhere
369 V,16 | They are the first to embrace his feet (cf. Mt 28:9).
370 IV,11 | from this comparison there emerges at first sight a difference,
371 IV,11 | Protoevangelium place such strong emphasis on the "woman", if it is
372 VI,18 | means to be human, while emphasizing the value of the gift of
373 V,16 | are the first to find it empty. They are the first to hear: "
374 IV,10 | words of admiration and enchantment, words which fill the whole
375 VII,25 | Letter to the Ephesians we encounter a second dimension of the
376 VII,27 | women who had personally encountered Christ and followed him.
377 III,6 | creatures, including those endowed with senses (animalia) -
378 II,3 | unutterable mystery which engulfs our being, and from which
379 IV,9 | original unity which man enjoyed in the state of original
380 II,5 | but rather perfects it and ennobles it. Therefore the "fullness
381 IV,10 | richness. It is indeed an enormous richness. In the biblical
382 VII,25 | of the world.~Christ has entered this history and remains
383 IX,31 | women can discover the entire meaning of their femininity
384 VI,20 | closeness to God was not entirely foreign to certain Jewish
385 VI,19 | man. It is difficult to enumerate these sufferings; it is
386 VII,24 | addressed to people living in an environment marked by that same traditional
387 II,4 | defined at the Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.).18 In opposition
388 V,13 | cf. Jn 8:3-11).~These episodes provide a very clear picture.
389 VIII,28| doubtful, if not actually erroneous and deceptive results.~
390 V,14 | for it. And yet his sin escapes notice, it is passed over
391 VII,24 | husband, must gradually establish itself in hearts, consciences,
392 VI,19 | to the Covenant which God established with the human race through
393 III,8 | centre of his Gospel, thus establishing the norm of Christian prayer -
394 IX,31 | conversations which show his great esteem for the dignity of women
395 II,4 | person both on earth and in eternity. From this point of view,
396 VII,27 | Aquila (cf. 2 Tim 4:19), Euodia and Syntyche (cf. Phil 4:
397 IV,11 | found in the words which the Evangelist puts on Mary's lips after
398 II,3 | course of things and in the events of human life; at times,
399 VII,23 | face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion
400 I,1 | important aspects...; it is evident that women are meant to
401 VII,24 | relation to the "old" this is evidently something "new": it is an
402 V,14 | sin again", but first he evokes an awareness of sin in the
403 VI,22 | apostolic service. This is exactly what Paul of Tarsus does
404 VII,25 | spousal love for man, has exceeded all human expectations: "
405 VI,20 | person, that is, the person's exclusive dedication to God by virtue
406 VII,26 | manner. In doing so, he exercised the same freedom with which,
407 II,4 | her response of faith Mary exercises her free will and thus fully
408 II,3 | to the present, there has existed among different peoples
409 III,7 | of God thus also involves existing in a relationship, in relation
410 I,2 | immutably fixed in human experience - at the same time constitutes
411 V,12 | who by profession were experts in the Law, Jesus makes
412 V,14 | an object of pleasure, of exploitation.~
413 VI,19 | who have been wronged or exploited. Then there are the sufferings
414 V,14 | A woman is left alone, exposed to public opinion with "
415 III,8 | images. If this manner of expressing himself is characterized
416 III,8 | would refer to God using expressions that attribute to him both "
417 VII,27 | redemptive love acquired full expressive force. First we see those
418 IV,9 | well as in regard to the external world, to nature.~The biblical
419 V,13 | Canaanite woman, whom Christ extols for her faith, her humility
420 V,16 | Magdalene was the first eyewitness of the Risen Christ, and
421 VII,23 | prophets Hosea, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Isaiah.48 The respective
422 VI,22 | imitating her charity, and faithfully fulfilling the Father's
423 I,1 | much to aid humanity in not falling".1 This Message sums up
424 V,16 | Everything that has been said so far about Christ's attitude
425 VIII,30| hitherto unknown. While this favours some, it pushes others to
426 VI,21 | motherhood which makes itself felt in this vocation is also
427 V,13 | mother-in-law, who "lay sick with a fever" (Mk 1:30); or the woman "
428 | few
429 VII,27 | work indicates the various fields of the Church's apostolic
430 V,16 | prophesy" (Jl 3:1). On the fiftieth day after Christ's Resurrection,
431 II,4 | granted to every human being (filii in Filio) - is a pure grace
432 II,4 | every human being (filii in Filio) - is a pure grace and,
433 II,4 | determines the ultimate finality of the existence of every
434 IX,31 | self" to others, thereby finding themselves.~During the Marian
435 VI,22 | He whom God placed as the first-born among many brethren (cf.
436 V,13 | says: "For you have had five husbands, and he whom you
437 I,2 | truth which is immutably fixed in human experience - at
438 VI,21 | consecrated persons which flourish within Movements, Groups
439 IV,9 | supernatural happiness, which flows from sharing in his own
440 VIII,28| can be found the key, the focal point, and the goal" of
441 VI,17 | vocation" ~17. We must now focus our meditation on virginity
442 VIII,30| 15). Our reflections have focused on the particular place
443 V,13 | 13:33), and the wise and foolish virgins (cf. Mt 25:1-13).
444 VII,25 | beginning" on an equal footing with men. At the same time
445 V,14 | After original sin, contrary forces are at work in man and woman
446 V,15 | fact that women were in the forefront at the foot of the Cross,
447 VI,20 | to God was not entirely foreign to certain Jewish circles,
448 V,12 | Gospel. Man's Redemption, foretold in Genesis, now becomes
449 V,14 | others's sin"! Sometimes, forgetting his own sin, he even makes
450 VII,26 | of sins: "Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose
451 VI,19 | appears to be passive: the formation process of a new life "takes
452 IV,9 | to Timothy: "For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam
453 VII,27 | made up of human beings and forming part of history - criteria
454 VII,24 | contradiction between an exhortation formulated in this way and the words: "
455 VII,23 | God. For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion
456 VI,20 | confirmation. The Gospel puts forward the ideal of the consecration
457 III,7 | proper to each. Within the framework of the present meditation
458 VII,24 | There is no more slave or freeman". Yet how many generations
459 IV,11 | It is one of the themes frequently taken up by the Fathers,
460 VI,19 | the woman" - find here a fresh confirmation. We see that
461 IX,31 | gives thanks for all the fruits of feminine holiness.~The
462 VII,27 | witness of the many women who fulfil their vocation to holiness.
463 II,4 | Theotókos" with God - which fulfils in the most eminent manner
464 | further
465 VII,27 | mission of Christ the Messiah. Furthermore, this participation determines
466 I,1 | Christian reflection - have gained exceptional prominence in
467 V,15 | had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him" (Mt
468 V,16 | first she thinks he is the gardener; she recognizes him only
469 V,13 | blood, who touched Jesus' garment "in the crowd" (Mk 5:27) -
470 VII,23 | great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing wrath
471 VII,25 | and who, with the gift generated by this spousal love for
472 I,2 | Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium. The title of this chapter
473 V,13 | the world. Every word and gesture of Christ about women must
474 V,13 | to her tenderly: "Little girl, I say to you, arise" (Mk
475 VIII,28| the focal point, and the goal" of man and "of all human
476 VII,24 | ethos" of spousal love which goes back to the divine institution
477 IV,11 | Mary means, in a sense, a going beyond the limit spoken
478 V,13 | Walking the Via Dolorosa to Golgotha, Jesus will say to the women: "
479 V,13 | and who received so many graces from him, also accompanied
480 VIII,30| progress can also lead to a gradual loss of sensitivity for
481 VII,24 | wife to the husband, must gradually establish itself in hearts,
482 VII,27 | mother to her children and grandchildren, as was the case in the
483 VII,27 | Church has shown honour and gratitude for those women who - faithful
484 II,3 | and retribution beyond the grave? What, finally, is that
485 V,16 | fact that one is a Jew or a Greek, slave or free, according
486 VII,23 | Ephesians (5:23-32). Christ is greeted as the bridegroom by John
487 VII,23 | like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like a wife of
488 VI,21 | person" of the bride to the groom. In this way, one can say
489 II,3 | God - at times as it were "groping its way" (cf. Acts 17: 27) -
490 VI,21 | flourish within Movements, Groups and Associations. In all
491 VI,19 | mothers forgotten by their grown up children; the loneliness
492 VI,19 | mark" on the whole personal growth process of new children.
493 V,15 | Guardians of the Gospel message ~15.
494 V,14 | inheritance is expressed is habitual discrimination against women
495 VI,21 | most needy: the sick, the handicapped, the abandoned, orphans,
496 VI,18 | unique intuition what is happening inside her. In the light
497 V,12 | Jesus answers: "For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you
498 V,12 | the tax collectors and the harlots go into the Kingdom of God
499 VII,23 | himself. For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes
500 VI,19 | consciences which do not heal easily. With these sufferings
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