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"The mature fruit of mystagogy is an awareness that one's life is being progressively transformed by the holy mysteries being celebrated. The aim of … - Benedict XVI
"The mature fruit of mystagogy is an awareness that one's life is being progressively transformed by the holy mysteries being celebrated. The aim of all Christian education, moreover, is to train the believer in an adult faith that can make him a "new creation", capable of bearing witness in his surroundings to the Christian hope that inspires him."
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Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 1 January 2023) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2005. Benedict chose to be known by the title "pope emeritus" upon his resignation.
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Benedictus PP. XVI
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Pope Benedict XVI
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Josef Ratzinger
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Benedetto XVI
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
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Joseph Alois Ratzinger
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Pope Benedictus XVI
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Benedictus XVI
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Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
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Joseph Ratzinger
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La respuesta de Jesús al Buen Ladrón va más allá de la petición. En lugar de un futuro indeterminado habla de un «hoy»: «Hoy estarás conmigo en el paraíso» (Lc 23,43) También estas palabras están llenas de misterio, pero nos enseñan ciertamente una cosa: Jesús sabía que entraba directamente en comunión con el Padre, que podía prometer el paraíso ya para «hoy». Sabía que reconduciría al hombre al paraíso del cual había sido privado: a esa comunión con Dios en la cual reside la verdadera salvación del hombre.
Así, en la historia de la espiritualidad cristiana, el buen ladrón se ha convertido en la imagen de la esperanza, en la certeza consoladora de que la misericordia de Dios puede llegarnos también en el último instante; la certeza de que, incluso después de una vida equivocada, la plegaria que implora su bondad no es vana. «Tú que escuchaste al ladrón, también a mí me diste esperanza», reza, por ejemplo, el Dies irae.
Love — caritas — is an extraordinary force which leads people to opt for courageous and generous engagement in the field of justice and peace. It is a force that has its origin in God, Eternal Love and Absolute Truth. Each person finds his good by adherence to God's plan for him, in order to realize it fully: in this plan, he finds his truth, and through adherence to this truth he becomes free (cf. Jn 8:32). To defend the truth, to articulate it with humility and conviction, and to bear witness to it in life are therefore exacting and indispensable forms of charity. Charity, in fact, “rejoices in the truth” (1 Cor 13:6).
Admittedly, Jesus’ words to Pilate also remain perennially true: “My kingship is not of this world” (Jn 18:36). In the course of history, the mighty of this world have sometimes tried to align it with their own, and that is when it is put at risk: they seek to link their power with Jesus’ power, and in the process they disfigure his kingdom and endanger it.
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