6. Firm in the faith
"Whenever you feel inadequate, incapable and weak in proclaiming and
witnessing to the faith, do not be afraid. evangelisation is not our
initiative, and it does not depend on our talents. It is a faithful and
obedient response to God’s call
and so it is not based on our power but on God’s. … For this
reason, I encourage you to make prayer and the sacraments your foundation.
Authentic evangelisation is born of prayer and sustained by prayer. We must
first speak with God in
order to be able to speak about God. ... Find in the Eucharist the wellspring
of your life of faith and Christian witness. … Approach the sacrament
of Reconciliation frequently. ... Make an effort to receive the Sacrament of
Confirmation …
Confirmation is, like the Eucharist, a sacrament of mission, for it gives us
the strength and love of the Holy Spirit to profess fearlessly our faith. I
also encourage you to practise Eucharistic adoration".
"If you follow this path, Christ himself will give you the ability to be
completely faithful to his word and to bear faithful and courageous witness to
him. At times you will be called to give proof of your perseverance,
particularly when the word of
God is met with rejection or opposition. In certain areas of the world, some
of you suffer from the fact that you cannot bear public witness to your faith
in Christ due to the lack of religious freedom. Some have already paid with
their lives the price
of belonging to the Church. I ask you to remain firm in the faith, confident
that Christ is at your side in every trial".
7. With the whole Church
"If you are to remain firm in professing the Christian faith wherever you
are sent, you need the Church. No one can bear witness to the Gospel alone.
Jesus sent forth his disciples on mission together. … Our witness is
always given as members
of the Christian community, and our mission is made fruitful by the communion
lived in the Church. It is by our unity and love for one another that others
will recognise us as Christ’s disciples".
8. "Here I am, Lord!"
"I would ask all of you to hear, in the depths of your heart, Jesus’
call to proclaim his Gospel. As the great statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio
de Janeiro shows, his heart is open with love for each and every person, and
his arms are open
wide to reach out to everyone. Be yourselves the heart and arms of Jesus! Go
forth and bear witness to his love! Be a new generation of missionaries,
impelled by love and openness to all!"
"This call, which I make to the youth of the whole world, has a particular
resonance for you, dear young people of Latin America! During the Fifth
General Conference of the Latin American Bishops, in Aparecida in 2007, the
Bishops launched a
"continental mission". Young people form a majority of the population in South
America and they are an important and precious resource for the Church and
society. … Transmit the enthusiasm of your faith to your contemporaries
from all over the
world!"
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AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 16 November 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience twelve prelates of the Episcopal Conference of France, on their "ad
limina" visit:
- Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, archbishop of Paris, accompanied by Auxiliary
Bishops Jerome Beau, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, and Renauld de Dinechin.
- Bishop Michel Santier of Creteil.
- Bishop Michel Dubost of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes.
- Bishop Jean-Yves Nahmias of Meaux.
- Bishop Gerard Daucort of Nanterre.
- Bishop Pascal Delannoy of Saint-Denis.
- Bishop Eric Aumonier of Versailles.
- Bishop Luc Ravel C.R.S.V., military ordinary.
- Bishop Gregoire Ghabroyan of Saint-Croix de Paris of the Armenians, and
apostolic visitor to Armenian Catholic faithful resident in Western Europe
without their own ordinary.
This evening he is scheduled to receive in audience Archbishop Gerhard
Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 16 November 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop
Javier Salinas Vinals of Tortosa, Spain as bishop of Mallorca (area 3,689,
population 869,027, Catholics 668,810, priests 333, permanent deacons 11,
religious 948), Spain.
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