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1 1 | 1. The lesson of a mystic~ 2 3(17) | Exclamation 2,2; p. 1039.~ 3 2(13) | Exclamation 5, 2; p. 1043. ~ 4 Concl(19)| Veritatis Splendor n. 107.~ 5 3(16) | Cf. Foundations 5,8; p. 1107.~ 6 Int | logical complement of n. 13 where it mentions the exercise 7 3(18) | Letterof 6January 1578. ~ 8 1(4) | Doubleday Image Books, 1961.~ 9 1(4) | Postulazione Generale OCD, 1981, pp. 959 and ff. Henceforth 10 Int | Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis n. 24 systematically takes up 11 3 | 3. The sanctifying value of 12 2 | accomplish his work (cf. Jn 4:34): «His food consists in 13 Concl(20)| Vita Consecrata nos. 39 and 93-95.~ 14 Int | Christifideles Laici n. 59 encourages specific unity 15 3(18) | Letterof 6January 1578. ~ 16 Concl(20)| Vita Consecrata nos. 39 and 93-95.~ 17 Concl(20)| Consecrata nos. 39 and 93-95.~ 18 1(4) | Generale OCD, 1981, pp. 959 and ff. Henceforth the citations 19 3 | then shares in Christ's abandonment on the Cross which is the 20 3 | us to God. If God's love abides in our hearts and grows 21 3 | is he who increases our ability to serve in extent and depth. 22 1 | the Lord makes His special abode in the soul» 5.~Teresa's 23 | above 24 Int | hope and love which has an absolute value and not only a value 25 Int | spirituality, as we have seen, the accent is laid more and more on 26 3 | authoritarian ways; mercy, acceptance, the witness awaited by 27 3 | uncertain if they are not accompanied by love of neighbour. Anyone 28 Concl | confidence that the Spirit accompanies mission with his power and 29 3 | doing the Father's will, accomplishing the Father's works, transmitting 30 2 | sorrow and suffering on account of Jesus' rebuke 13.~Teresa 31 Int | sacrifice. «But this cannot be achieved except through priests themselves 32 2 | enjoyment, but for the sake of acquiring this strength which fits 33 Int | of our response. It is an act of faith, hope and love 34 1 | strengthen us in the very actions that before frightened us. 35 1 | deeply recollected, and make acts of love to Our Lord and 36 3 | love for the children of Adam by shedding thy blood» 17. 37 2 | rebuke, at the most, is now addressed to Mary of Bethany.~Unity 38 3 | second passage is a piece of advice the Saint gives to a close 39 Concl | In fact the programmatic affirmation of John Paul H's Encyclical 40 Int | them holy. Though clearly affirming unity of life, with the 41 Int | this doctrine again and affirms clearly that consecration 42 | after 43 | against 44 Int | of confusion and discouragement, lurks always near. Today 45 1 | very famous: «This is the aim of prayer: this is the purpose 46 1(4) | translated and edited by E. Allison Peers, Doubleday Image Books, 47 Int | contemplation and action will allow the most difficult mission 48 | Already 49 | am 50 1 | principle starts from a shrewd analysis of the nature of love. Real 51 3 | as a contemplative and «andariega» and also the witness that 52 Int | with a series of doctrinal annotations and with a reference of ~ 53 | another 54 Int | the Church's history, many answers have been given to this 55 Int(1) | Cf. some anthological texts cited by Pope John 56 1 | example used, a fundamental anxiety. There could be no clearer 57 | anything 58 Int | and life, like in Jesus, apart from being communion with 59 Int | action, and describing the apostolate also with its intrinsic 60 Int | servants, being sent and being apostles. In this way Christians 61 Concl | illness patiently, in the apparent failure of one's apostolate 62 Concl | Christians deep down. The apparently most difficult demands of 63 3 | as service, she does not appear with the human face of Christ, 64 Int | that the normal outward appearance of the apostolate is simply 65 3 | at the beginning of your appointment you cannot continue to recollect 66 3 | and who will soon become Archbishop of Evora, in Portugal, Fr. 67 3 | which is the purest love, arising from the purest pain. Fruitful 68 3 | holier, more mature, can arouse a more efficacious mission 69 Concl | prayer-activity is the consciousness aroused by prayer and the possibilities 70 Int | apostolic commitment it arouses. Prayer is the moment of 71 Int | title we have given to this article is an attempt to illustrate 72 Int | pastoral charity.~To give an articulated response to the problem 73 Concl | requirements of Christian asceticism, prayer, discernment, an 74 Concl | Christocentric spirituality. He asks for communion with Him, 75 Int | apostolic love. ~The social aspects of apostolic charity are 76 Int | terms that show the paradox, assigning to prayer the apostolic 77 3 | Thee is to abandon Thee to assist them and provide for their 78 2 | should like us to strive to attain: we should desire and engage 79 Concl | his or her own vocation, attains perfect identification 80 Int | obliged to leave prayer to attend to a poor person in need, 81 2 | consistency in Christian attitudes is genuine, balanced Christians. 82 Concl | constitutes the simplest and mast attractive way to perceive at once 83 Int | dualistic approach which attributes the whole value to prayer 84 2 | whole of Interior Castle our authoress indicated this consistency 85 3 | kindness; not brusque and authoritarian ways; mercy, acceptance, 86 Int | both the most recent and authoritative Magisterium of the Church, 87 Concl | do. Finally one becomes available so that He may do what he 88 3 | acceptance, the witness awaited by so many people who are 89 Concl | Spirit .It is a proposal that awaits relative pastoral paths 90 | away 91 3 | principle which became the axiom of her spirituality on the 92 2 | they must not entertain Him badly and give Him nothing to 93 1 | detached from life. And yet, to balance her observations and prevent 94 2 | Christian attitudes is genuine, balanced Christians. True love has 95 Int | immerse themselves, as in a baptism, in the living waters of 96 1 | proposal begins from two basic principles. The first principle 97 Int | says it, even those who are basically not very devoted to prayer, 98 3 | how great is the love Thou bearest for the children of men, 99 Concl | most stressful work or in bearing illness patiently, in the 100 3 | divine seed that grows and bears fruit, and thus purifies, 101 3 | emptying himself from the beatitude of the Trinity. And the 102 Int | Magisterium.~One of the most beautiful passages on priestly spirituality 103 | became 104 | becoming 105 | before 106 | beginning 107 Concl | teaching God's children to behave worthily so that they are 108 Int | corresponds simply to Christian behaviour which impels the heart and 109 2 | contemplation and service: «Believe me, Martha and Mary must 110 Int | when in great kindness it bends to the most extreme needs, 111 1 | with God, it always has a beneficial effect on life, in spite 112 3 | sanctifying value. The first to benefit from love is he who lives 113 1 | that all the graces God bestows on us, even mystic graces, 114 Int | us to love more and serve better.~Saying that prayer must 115 | beyond 116 3 | supreme apostolate which gives birth to the Church. It is with 117 Int | communion with Christ, with the Bishop and their fellow priests, 118 Int | valid for all missionaries, Bishops, priests, deacons, religious, 119 Int | contemplative attitude and all the blame to the busy Martha.~The 120 3 | of Adam by shedding thy blood» 17. As this passage shows, 121 1 | mystic~At the end of the book Interior Castle Saint Teresa 122 1(4) | Allison Peers, Doubleday Image Books, 1961.~ 123 1 | Spiritual Marriage, of which are born good works and good works 124 | both 125 3 | Portugal, Fr. Teutonio of Braganza. She writes to console him 126 Concl | apostolic life, becomes the bread that is eaten, the Eucharist 127 Int | the danger of an interior breakdown, of confusion and discour 128 1 | Spirit we lack the vital breath, fire, love.~ ~ 129 1 | communion with Christ her Bridegroom, as a Temple from which 130 2 | service for the Lord is to bring many others into Christ' 131 2 | His food consists in our bringing Him souls, in every possible 132 Int | almost like a channel that brings the water of life to others 133 2 | when the unity of life is broken we are in danger of spiritual 134 3 | congeniality, kindness; not brusque and authoritarian ways; 135 2 | and Mary~ ~With a strong call for realism Teresa defends 136 3 | depth. It is He who makes us capable of doing great things for 137 1 | and how little one should care about honours, and how far 138 1 | which one can see, with the caricature of the example used, a fundamental 139 Int | of charity which needs incarnation. Often the danger of the 140 3 | the sake of God» and which carries the conviction that things 141 Int | will, to Christ and his cause, to his mission, to our 142 Int | proposal of some values, with a certain view which continues to 143 1(4) | Cf. Interior Castle, VII, ch. 4 ff. SANTA TERESA DI GESU', 144 Int | without it, almost like a channel that brings the water of 145 Int | activity Redemptoris Missio, chapter VIII calls attention to 146 Int | laity in the Exhortation Chnstifideks Laici and more recently 147 3 | himself and gives himself, he chooses instruments docile to his 148 2 | reference to a pious form of Christianity that risks withdrawing into 149 Int | the Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles Laici n. 59 encourages specific 150 Concl | mystery of service for love of ChristJesus, he who is holy at the height 151 Concl | which is synonymous with Christocentric spirituality. He asks for 152 2 | many others into Christ's circle of friends. The doctrinal 153 1(4) | 959 and ff. Henceforth the citations from Interior Castle are 154 3 | action», it is sufficient to cite two texts from St Teresa 155 Int(1) | some anthological texts cited by Pope John Paul II's recent 156 Int | missionary life. It is worth citing some of the Pope's thoughts: « 157 Int | members of the Church and citizens of human society.~Even more 158 Int | writings of mystics. The classic dual concept of contemplative 159 3 | because they become docile and clear instruments of God's action. 160 1 | anxiety. There could be no clearer statement about the consistency 161 Int | action», if they reflect coherently immersion in the history 162 3 | plan of love which is to communicate and to be communicated. 163 3 | the Church, to gather the community.~It is the ecclesialization 164 1 | that the profit is small by comparison with the far greater profit 165 Int | pastoral charity. The logical complement of n. 13 where it mentions 166 1 | good words and thoughts, completely detached from life. And 167 3 | services that are more in compliance with God's will. Provided 168 3 | and depth. We are often concerned with spreading the Kingdom 169 Int | with a reference of ~In conciliar and post-conciliar spirituality, 170 Concl | Conclusion~An pastoral og holinesss~ ~ 171 Concl | total self-emptying, with confidence that the Spirit accompanies 172 3 | together with experience she confirms the oft repeated principle 173 1 | one true grace, namely, conformation to Christ in his being and 174 1 | profit which comes from conformity between our deeds on the 175 1 | is an effort at a loyal confrontation with God even if works often 176 Int | an interior breakdown, of confusion and discouragement, lurks 177 3 | Christ shine. Meekness, congeniality, kindness; not brusque and 178 Int | and affirms clearly that consecration is for mission.~Similarly 179 2 | cf. Jn 4:34): «His food consists in our bringing Him souls, 180 3 | Braganza. She writes to console him and encourage him in 181 Int | intensely active life. Without a constant search for this unity, the 182 Concl | The life of~holiness... constitutes the simplest and mast attractive 183 Int | best, a kind of action that consumes in a moment in which the 184 2 | I believe, can never be content to stay for long where it 185 1 | outlet to prayer, linking the continuity of prayer and works is Teresa' 186 Int | concrete action, but activity corresponds simply to Christian behaviour 187 Concl | children, young people, married couples, laity, religious and priests 188 Concl | expression of fidelity to the covenant with God, sustained and 189 Concl | apostolate everywhere to create and promote a pastoral of 190 3 | himself to us eternally in creation and in the history of salvation, 191 3 | Christ's abandonment on the Cross which is the purest love, 192 1 | soul» 5.~Teresa's vigorous cry which calls for action and 193 Int | post-synodal Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis n. 24 systematically 194 Int | but while remembering the dangers and difficulties, we must 195 Int | missionaries, Bishops, priests, deacons, religious, laity, that 196 Int | like the very life and death of Jesus.~ ~ 197 Concl | religious especially to make a decisive commitment to the spiritual 198 1 | from conformity between our deeds on the one hand and our 199 Concl | prayer, discernment, an ever deeper consistency with the dictates 200 1 | little if I am alone and deeply recollected, and make acts 201 Int | seems to answer the very deeply-felt problem of spirituality. 202 3 | life has recently been defined as «proexistentia» , living 203 2 | producing ugly people, of deforming the nature of Christian 204 3 | If prayer and holiness demand works, then service too 205 Int | reciprocal demands. We must not demonize activity and apostolate 206 Concl | existence which grows in depths in holiness and expands 207 Int | characteristic of action, and describing the apostolate also with 208 1 | and thoughts, completely detached from life. And yet, to balance 209 Int | who are basically not very devoted to prayer, precisely so 210 1(4) | ch. 4 ff. SANTA TERESA DI GESU', Opere, Roma, Postulazione 211 Concl | deeper consistency with the dictates of the new law. And one 212 | did 213 Int | remembering the dangers and difficulties, we must open our minds 214 1 | rises. If we do not pray, we diminish the life of the mystical 215 1 | A Church without prayer diminishes her essence. She mortifies 216 Int | verification and criterion for discerning God's will which will make 217 Int | breakdown, of confusion and discouragement, lurks always near. 218 2 | between prayer and life, disguised with some fine irony, always 219 Concl | gious and priests in their diverse moral responsibilities 220 Int | it mentions not creating divisions or illusions of holiness 221 Int | recurs constantly in the documents of the Magisterium.~One 222 3 | that things done for love double, in a manner of speaking, 223 1(4) | edited by E. Allison Peers, Doubleday Image Books, 1961.~ 224 Int | moment in which the reserves drawn from prayer become gradually 225 Int | others and itself remains dry and sterile.~Throughout 226 Int | expressed in action, without dualism. It is a reference that 227 2 | with the reference to « dwarfishness» ; there is the danger of 228 2 | never grow to be more than dwarfs. God grant that nothing 229 2 | True love has a natural dynamism of growth, of creativity. « 230 1(4) | translated and edited by E. Allison Peers, Doubleday 231 Int | theme with recourse - too easy and too hackneyed probably 232 2 | and give Him nothing to eat And how can Mary give Him 233 Concl | becomes the bread that is eaten, the Eucharist for others, 234 3 | the community.~It is the ecclesialization of apostolic service. Serving 235 1 | love. Real love produces «ecstasy» , i.e., being in a state 236 1(4) | English edition translated and edited by E. Allison Peers, Doubleday 237 1(4) | Castle are from the English edition translated and edited by 238 Concl | sibilities and in a progressive education to holiness.~In fact the 239 1 | always has a beneficial effect on life, in spite of the 240 1 | everything in it that is an effort at a loyal confrontation 241 | either 242 1 | works, according to this elementary pedagogy-What I meant was 243 | else 244 Int | danger of the apostolate is emphasized because it demands concrete 245 Concl | apostle's life.~The Pope also emphasizes the necessary communion 246 Int | illusions of holiness by emphasizing either the things they have 247 3 | if the apostle ever feels emptied for the sake of love it 248 3 | giving himself God does not empty himself, he fulfils his 249 3 | accomplished his «exodus», emptying himself from the beatitude 250 3 | writes to console him and encourage him in his apostolic 251 Int | the transformation which enables us to love more and serve 252 Int | Christifideles Laici n. 59 encourages specific unity of life in 253 2 | attain: we should desire and engage in prayer, not for our enjoyment, 254 1(4) | Interior Castle are from the English edition translated and edited 255 2 | engage in prayer, not for our enjoyment, but for the sake of acquiring 256 Concl | that they are progressively enlightened by spiritunall experience.~ 257 3 | fruit, and thus purifies, enlightens and unites us to God. If 258 | enough 259 3 | of God's works. When one enters the movement of God's servants, 260 2 | them, and they must not entertain Him badly and give Him nothing 261 3 | those who place themselves entirely at his service. Therefore 262 1 | to be from wishing to be esteemed in the very least if the 263 3 | communicating himself to us eternally in creation and in the history 264 Concl | bread that is eaten, the Eucharist for others, giving their 265 Int | prayer and especially in the eucharistic sacrifice. «But this cannot 266 Concl | of spirituality for a new evangelization applied to children, young 267 Int | seeds of divine life in everyday occurrences.~We cannot continue 268 | Everyone 269 | everywhere 270 3 | soon become Archbishop of Evora, in Portugal, Fr. Teutonio 271 Concl | pace with a positive and exacting pedagogy of spirituality 272 1 | i.e., being in a state of exaltation, polarized in the person. 273 1 | In making this necessary examination, she offers at one and the 274 | except 275 Int | probably outside the real exegetic interpretation - to the 276 Int | of prayer and spiritual exercises: «Priests can however achieve 277 Int | prayer become gradually exhausted, in an apostolate that would 278 3 | recently been defined as «proexistentia» , living outside himself, 279 3 | Father and for mankind: existing for. In all things and for 280 Concl | in depths in holiness and expands profusely in an apostolate, 281 3 | efficacious mission in the expansion of the Kingdom. Holy people 282 Int | like in the Trinity, is expansive and missionary, measured 283 Int | apostolate which we may not have expected from these brothers and 284 Concl | of the new law. And one experiences the joy of being Christians 285 Int | conviction of unity of life also explained in lucid theology which 286 1 | convinced that when prayer expresses a real desire to be with 287 Int | concreteness of an apostolic extraversion means that the normal outward 288 Int | kindness it bends to the most extreme needs, then with much vigour 289 Int | make others sharers in the extroversion of the trinitarian love. 290 Concl | education to holiness.~In fact the programmatic affirmation 291 2 | as you know, anyone who fails to go forward begins to 292 Concl | patiently, in the apparent failure of one's apostolate or even 293 Int | response. It is an act of faith, hope and love which has 294 1 | loyalty to oneself, without falling into an idealism that leaves 295 3 | newness comes from an intense familiarity with God. The saints did 296 1 | apostolic action is very famous: «This is the aim of prayer: 297 3 | And if the apostle ever feels emptied for the sake of 298 2 | seated as she is at His feet, unless her sister helps 299 Int | with the Bishop and their fellow priests, as the verification 300 3 | tiredness, the gift of self felt and perceived as giving 301 2 | previous passage with the reference to « dwarfishness» ; there 302 | few 303 Int | intrinsic dimension of sanctification which, at the outset, seems 304 2 | by the noble and loving figure in Martha of Bethany's service. 305 Int | expression unity of life, a fimdamental necessity for apostolic 306 2 | brothers and sisters thus finding a harmonious unity of life. 307 Concl | Christian growth there one finds the fundamental require 308 2 | life, disguised with some fine irony, always relevant in 309 1 | we lack the vital breath, fire, love.~ ~ 310 2 | acquiring this strength which fits us for service» 12. The 311 1 | works often do not seem to follow feelings with the same logic: « 312 Int | gives can be summarized as follows: holiness for service and 313 2 | following in the Lord's footsteps.~As a typology of unity 314 3 | this is right But we cannot forget that the Church grows in 315 1 | the person. one loves; one forgets one's own life, one's own 316 Int | immersed in God as to have forgotten action, service... Let us 317 2 | anyone who fails to go forward begins to go back» 10. Spiritual 318 Concl | he speaks explicitly of fostering holiness and where he calls 319 Int | munas» which demands and fosters holiness, this number seems 320 | found 321 Int | apostolic spirituality is foundmore and more frequently in spiritualtheology, 322 3 | Archbishop of Evora, in Portugal, Fr. Teutonio of Braganza. She 323 Concl | that the missionary in his fragility has the same power and effectiveness 324 Int | spirituality is foundmore and more frequently in spiritualtheology, applied 325 3 | the Saint gives to a close friend whose whole life is taken 326 2 | into Christ's circle of friends. The doctrinal passage to 327 1 | very actions that before frightened us. But the ideal is to 328 1 | God» 6.~In this way the fruitfulness of works must be placed 329 3 | does not empty himself, he fulfils his plan of love which is 330 Concl | given us with his Spirit the fullness of holiness.~ 331 Int | can belittle it and make fun of it when it does not lead 332 Concl | One of the ideas that are gaining ground forcibly in this 333 3 | to build the Church, to gather the community.~It is the 334 1(4) | Opere, Roma, Postulazione Generale OCD, 1981, pp. 959 and ff. 335 1(4) | ch. 4 ff. SANTA TERESA DI GESU', Opere, Roma, Postulazione 336 Concl | married couples, laity, religious and priests in their diverse 337 3 | abandon solitude for his glory. But it is my sincere desire 338 3 | People are the priority and goal. All structures become relative 339 Concl | life and which in some way goes beyond the narrow limits 340 2 | where it is» 11.~And again going back to the theme of service 341 Int | drawn from prayer become gradually exhausted, in an apostolate 342 2 | be more than dwarfs. God grant that nothing worse than 343 1 | comparison with the far greater profit which comes from 344 1 | is with God must profit greatly» 8. Saint Teresa is convinced 345 3 | God does not look at the greatness or smallness of works but 346 Concl | the ideas that are gaining ground forcibly in this particular 347 3 | others, who she sees have grown and matured in love of God 348 Concl | which proceed from him - guarantees the unity of the apostle' 349 Int | prayer and interior life.~To guide us in this proposal we will 350 3 | when we let ourselves be guided by Him not only in prayer 351 Concl | affirmation of John Paul H's Encyclical Veritatis Splendor, 352 Int | recourse - too easy and too hackneyed probably outside the real 353 2 | nothing worse than this may happen - for, as you know, anyone 354 Int | apostolate, in the necessary harmonization of God's love and love of 355 1 | belittle prayer, the Saint hastens to make an obvious defence 356 1 | Body united to Christ the Head, as a Spouse in communion 357 Int | even more interesting to hear these observations from 358 Concl | the beauty of truth, the &heating force of God's love, and 359 Concl | the works we have to do is heightened: God's works and our works; 360 Int | resume its soaring to the heights» 3.~More precisely, in the 361 1(4) | OCD, 1981, pp. 959 and ff. Henceforth the citations from Interior 362 Int | charity are not a kind of «heresy of action», if they reflect 363 | herself 364 Int | it is reaffirmed without hesitation, with a view valid for all 365 Int | suddenly surge upwards to the highest peaks. And when in great 366 Int | apostolate is simply the historical manifestation of apostolic 367 3 | Church more as communion, holier, more mature, can arouse 368 Concl | limits of the dual concept holiness-apostolate or prayer-activity is the 369 Concl | Conclusion~An pastoral og holinesss~ ~One of the ideas that 370 1 | one's own life, one's own honour and rest. This is how every 371 1 | little one should care about honours, and how far one ought to 372 | however 373 3 | become incarnate - with that humanism that shines in the heart 374 3 | apostolate and service.~Apostolic humanization. Christian holiness is human, 375 3 | clearly this great teacher's idea of prayer and the apostolate:~ 376 1 | without falling into an idealism that leaves prayer in good 377 Concl | og holinesss~ ~One of the ideas that are gaining ground 378 Concl | vocation, attains perfect identification with his/her 379 Int | the Church with whom he identifies. It is in prayer that we 380 2 | The doctrinal passage to identifying the apostolate with the 381 1 | mystical Body and our own identity which has a necessary reference 382 Concl | stressful work or in bearing illness patiently, in the apparent 383 Int | not creating divisions or illusions of holiness by emphasizing 384 Int | article is an attempt to illustrate the relationship between 385 2 | deformity: a deformity which was illustrated plastically in the previous 386 Concl | the force of truth and the immediacy of the Christian experience, 387 Int | communion and grace, they immerse themselves, as in a baptism, 388 Int | sisters of ours who seemed so immersed in God as to have forgotten 389 Int | they reflect coherently immersion in the history of mankind, 390 Concl | Paul II gave a concrete impulse to this dimension of spirituality 391 1 | on life, in spite of the inconsistencies we meet; God himself can 392 3 | our service. It is he who increases our ability to serve in 393 2 | Interior Castle our authoress indicated this consistency of Christian 394 Int | of Christ».~Finally n. 14 indicates the criterion for seeking 395 2 | of Martha, who is almost indifferent to Jesus' rebuke and the 396 2 | classical typology of the indissoluble unity between action and 397 3 | her spirituality on the inseparable relationship between love 398 | Instead 399 Int | hearts to the necessary integration between interior life and 400 Int | communion with the Father to an intensely active life. Without a constant 401 Int | psychic and spiritual forces, intentions and works; even commitment 402 Int | others.~But it is even more interesting to hear these observations 403 Int | outside the real exegetic interpretation - to the figures of Martha 404 1 | the same time a key for interpreting the whole long process of 405 Int | that prayer is not really interrupted because "one leaves God 406 Int | other hand, as a form of intimacy with God. Priestly spirituality 407 Int | themselves penetrating ever more intimately through prayer into the 408 Int | apostolate also with its intrinsic dimension of sanctification 409 Int | Introduction~ ~The theme of apostolic 410 3 | mystics and saints, who invented that «leaving God for the 411 3 | is no gift that does not involve suffering, apostolic tiredness, 412 3 | As this passage shows, it involves serving one's neighbour 413 Int | manifestation of apostolic love involving commitment, service and 414 2 | disguised with some fine irony, always relevant in reference 415 Int | spirituality, of a solid spirituality of action, of a union between 416 2 | accomplish his work (cf. Jn 4:34): «His food consists 417 Concl | through us.~Throughout this journey the motives for our service 418 Concl | And one experiences the joy of being Christians deep 419 3 | possess Thee more fully... The joys of this life, even those 420 1 | occasion presents itself, I do just the opposite» 7. Giving 421 3 | lives in our neighbour, knowing that in this way we grow 422 Int | have seen, the accent is laid more and more on the expression 423 | later 424 2 | to Jesus' rebuke and the learned exegesis of theologians. 425 | least 426 1 | 1. The lesson of a mystic~At the end of 427 3(18) | Letterof 6January 1578. ~ 428 Concl | for Christ which is merely letting Christ continue to serve 429 3 | since our whole well-being lies in this» 18.~In this way, 430 2 | creativity. «And love, I believe, can never be content to 431 Int | activity. We can at the limit say: what use is prayer? 432 Concl | way goes beyond the narrow limits of the dual concept holiness-apostolate 433 2 | sister helps her?» 14. In line with all her thought in 434 1 | Giving an outlet to prayer, linking the continuity of prayer 435 Int | waters of the Spirit, they listen to the word and the will 436 2 | contemplation and service, listening to the Lord and welcoming 437 Int | what may come later. In liturgical prayer and in personal prayer 438 3 | mission, through prayer, the liturgy, personal maturity, responsibility 439 3 | of neighbour: love of God lived in prayer impels one to 440 2 | when they offer the Lord lodging, and must have Him ever 441 Int | in pastoral charity. The logical complement of n. 13 where 442 Int | what Saint Vincent de Paul loved to say: «when one is obliged 443 2 | struck by the noble and loving figure in Martha of Bethany' 444 Int | Great says, "when charity lovingly stoops to provide even for 445 1 | it that is an effort at a loyal confrontation with God even 446 1 | from the point of view of loyalty to oneself, without falling 447 Int | of life also explained in lucid theology which comes from 448 Int | confusion and discouragement, lurks always near. Today as yesterday, 449 Concl | freedom and love, which makes man like him, and it is an expression 450 Int | reasoning in a dualistic or Manichean form, but while remembering 451 3 | in prayer impels one to manifest it in love of neighbour 452 Int | is simply the historical manifestation of apostolic love involving 453 1 | purpose of the Spiritual Marriage, of which are born good 454 Concl | children, young people, married couples, laity, religious 455 Concl | s apostolate or even in martyrdom. But all theseexpressions 456 Concl | constitutes the simplest and mast attractive way to perceive 457 2 | consistency of Christian maturation. But when the unity of life 458 3 | communion, holier, more mature, can arouse a more efficacious 459 3 | she sees have grown and matured in love of God in the midst 460 2 | spiritual person grows and matures in prayer which unites him 461 3 | prayer, the liturgy, personal maturity, responsibility for one' 462 Int | an apostolic extraversion means that the normal outward 463 1 | elementary pedagogy-What I meant was that the profit is small 464 3 | permeated.~But then, if he measures according to the example 465 Int | of Christ the Lord, whose meat was to do the will of him 466 3 | the face of Christ shine. Meekness, congeniality, kindness; 467 1 | of the inconsistencies we meet; God himself can take us 468 Int | their specific vocation as members of the Church and citizens 469 Concl | the fundamental requirements of Christian asceticism, 470 3 | and authoritarian ways; mercy, acceptance, the witness 471 Concl | service for Christ which is merely letting Christ continue 472 Int | spirituality. Rightly so the message of this number was received 473 3 | matured in love of God in the midst of a busy apostolate or 474 | might 475 Int | difficulties, we must open our minds and hearts to the necessary 476 Int | apostolate, interior life and missionary activity. We can 477 Int | with a view valid for all missionaries, Bishops, priests, deacons, 478 1 | observations and prevent misunderstandings that could belittle prayer, 479 Concl | tification with his/her model, Christ, in essence and 480 Int | us take a look for a few moments at some reflections made 481 1 | God. Everything becomes monotonously human. We lack the link 482 1 | diminishes her essence. She mortifies her nature as a Body united 483 Concl | Throughout this journey the motives for our service are purified 484 1 | Thus all graces tend to mould Christians who live their 485 3 | works. When one enters the movement of God's servants, one is 486 Concl | prayer and action - the two movements of communion and mission 487 | much 488 Int | exercise of the threefold «munas» which demands and fosters 489 1 | very celebration of the mysteries does not ring out as a celebration 490 3 | makes our love for God grow mysteriously and leads to union with 491 Concl | spirituality» which takes its name from Him, the Holy Spirit 492 | namely 493 2 | True love has a natural dynamism of growth, of creativity. « 494 Concl | some way goes beyond the narrow limits of the dual concept 495 2 | Christians. True love has a natural dynamism of growth, of 496 Int | discouragement, lurks always near. Today as yesterday, the 497 3 | Creativity, prophecy, apostolic newness comes from an intense familiarity 498 2 | was always struck by the noble and loving figure in Martha 499 | Nor 500 Int | for an interior life that nourishes the apostolate and is expressed