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 1 Intro,3  |         Lk 1:45). Relying on the word of God and holding firmly
 2 Intro,5  |         we will say: 'Preach the word, be urgent in season and
 3 Intro,5  |         of faith: Lord, 'at your word I will lower the nets' (
 4 Intro,5  |          nets' (Lk 5:5)! At your word, O Christ, we wish to serve
 5  I,6     |          is he who proclaims the word of God to all peoples, administers
 6 II,12    |      faithful interpreter of the word and law of the living God,
 7 II,13    |         the living and effective word of the Gospel and with the
 8 II,13    |         a minister of the Lord's word and of the sanctification
 9 II,14    |      teacher in listening to the word of God and promptly putting
10 II,14    |        of the incarnation of the Word in the first Christian community,
11 II,15    |        Entrusting oneself to the word~15. The assembly of the
12 II,15    |    reading and meditating on the word of God. Every Bishop should
13 II,15    |           to the Lord and to the word of his grace, which is able
14 II,15    |    becoming one who hands on the word, the Bishop, together with
15 II,15    |          must be a hearer of the word. He should live ''within''
16 II,15    |       should live ''within'' the word and allow himself to be
17 II,15    |       attentive listening to the Word of God, which is the guide
18 II,15    |        To commend oneself to the word of God and to keep it, like
19 II,15    |        try in vain to preach the word to others if he did not
20 II,15    |    meditation (meditatio) on the word of God in the life of pastors
21 II,15    |  necessary that listening to the word of God should become a life-giving
22 II,15    |         biblical text the living word which questions, directs
23 II,15    |         has already received the word opens itself to the contemplation
24 II,17    |       and to the ministry of the word'' (Acts 6:4). The Bishop
25 II,17    |       Psalmist: ''I hope in your word'' (Ps 119:114). From prayer
26 II,21    |          the living and enduring word of God (1 Pet 1:22-23)''.~
27 II,23    |      ministry of proclaiming the word? ... The life of the watchman
28 III      |          FAITH~AND HERALD OF THE WORD~
29 III,28   |       hearer and guardian of the word~28. The Second Vatican Council,
30 III,28   |        on the one hand, that the word embraces and watches over
31 III,28   |      completely submitted to the word of God in his daily commitment
32 III,28   |      Bishop is one who keeps the word of God with love and courageously
33 III,28   |    communities, in welcoming the word, ever new and effective
34 III,28   |         history. In this way the word handed down – Tradition –
35 III,28   |          ever more consciously a word of life, and at the same
36 III,29   |     authoritative service of the word~29. At his episcopal ordination,
37 III,29   |  authoritatively proclaiming the word of God. Indeed, every Bishop,
38 III,29   |      words of men, but truly the word of God (cf. 1 Th 2:13),
39 III,29   |         fully to life''.114  The word of the Bishop is thus, within
40 III,29   |        longer simply his private word, but rather the word of
41 III,29   |     private word, but rather the word of a pastor who strengthens
42 III,29   |            The faithful need the word of their Bishop, they need
43 III,29   |      initial proclamation of the word, the kerygma, which is always
44 III,29   |       not in conformity with the word of God.120 ~The Synod Fathers
45 III,31   |                     Preaching by word and example~31. No full
46 III,31   |         of Jesus Christ 125  the word which is heard in the community;
47 III,31   |     People of God to give to the word of revelation the obedience
48 IV,32    |    proclaiming and preaching the word of God, guiding prayer for
49 IV,32    |          the double table of the word and the Eucharist. This
50 IV,33    | Christian hope. By preaching the word, the Bishop not only proclaims
51 IV,37    |     benefit from the gift of the word proclaimed and from communion
52 IV,40    |   especially through hearing the word of God, recourse to prayer,
53  V,43    |        the authority of Christ's word and his way of acting. Without
54  V,46    |          out the ministry of the word, of sanctification and of
55 VI,59    |  exercise of the ministry of the word or of governance in his
56 Conclu,73|        who, hungering for Jesus' word, have followed him even
57 Conclu,73|       Bishop to feed it with his word and to form it by his example.~