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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 231
DATE 19-12-2012
Summary:
- MARY'S FAITH IN THE LIGHT OF THE MYSTERY OF THE ANNUNCIATION
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
MARY'S FAITH IN THE LIGHT OF THE MYSTERY OF THE ANNUNCIATION
Vatican City, 19 December 2012 (VIS) - The faith of Mary in the light of the
mystery of the Annunciation was the theme of Benedict XVI's catechesis during
the last general audience of 2012, celebrated in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.
In the annunciation the angel greets Mary with the words "Greetings, favoured
one! The Lord is with you". "This greeting is an invitation to rejoice, and
announces the end of the sadness of the world in relation to the limits of
life, suffering ... the
darkness of the evil that seems to obscure the light of divine goodness. It is
a greeting that marks the beginning of the Gospel, the Good News", explained
the Pope.
The reason for the invitation to rejoice offered to the Virgin is in the
second part of the phrase: "The Lord is with you". In Mary "the anticipation
of the definitive coming of God is made tangible; the living God dwells within
her". The expression
"full of grace" further clarifies the source of Mary's joy, which "arises from
her communion with God, ... from being the dwelling of the Holy Spirit. ...
Mary is the being who has, in a singular way, opened the door to the Creator,
who has placed
herself in His hands, without limits" and lives with "care to recognise the
signs of God in the journey of His people; she enters into a story of faith
and hope in God's promises, which constitute the very fabric of her existence.
... Like Abraham, Mary
entrusts herself entirely to the word announced by God's messenger, and
becomes the model and mother of all believers".
Benedict XVI underlined another important aspect: "the openness of the soul to
God and to His action in faith also includes an element of obscurity. The
human being's relationship with God does not eliminate the distance between
the Creator and His
creature. ... But he who, like Mary, opens himself completely to God, reaches
acceptance of divine will, even though it is mysterious and often does not
correspond to our own wishes. ... It is thus for Mary - her faith experiences
the joy of the
Annunciation, but passes also through the darkness of the crucifixion of the
Son, before finally arriving at the light of the Resurrection".
"This is not different to the journey of faith each of us takes: we encounter
moments of light but also periods in which God seems to be absent, his silence
weighs heavily in our hearts and his will does not correspond to our own",
commented the Holy
Father. "The more we open ourselves to God ... like Abraham and like Maria,
the more He renders us able, through His presence, to live every moment in
life in the peace and certainty of His loyalty and His love. However, this
means leaving behind
ourselves and our own plans, so that the Word of God might be the guiding
light for our thoughts and actions".
After losing Jesus in the Temple, Mary "must renew that profound faith with
which she answered 'yes' to the Annunciation. ... And Mary's 'yes' to the will
of God, to the obedience of faith, is repeated throughout her life up to its
most difficult
moment, that of the Cross".
"There is a fundamental attitude that Mary adopts in relation to the events of
her life", explained the Pope. "We see that she 'treasured all these words and
pondered them in her heart'. We might say that she ... arranged every single
element, every
word, every event as part of a greater whole and, comparing and conserving
them, recognised that everything originates from God's will. Mary does not
stop at an initial superficial comprehension of what is happening in her life,
but rather knows how to
observe in depth, allowing herself to be questioned by events, elaborating
upon them, discriminating among them, and thus acquiring the comprehension
that only faith may guarantee. It is the profound humility of Mary's obedient
faith that welcomes also
what she is not able to comprehend in the action of God, allowing God to open
her mind and heart."
"The solemnity of the Birth of the Lord, which we will soon celebrate, invites
us to experience the same humility and obedience of faith. The glory of God is
not made manifest in the triumph or power of a king, it does not shine from a
resplendent
palace, but rather finds its dwelling in the womb of a virgin, and reveals
itself in the poverty of a child. The omnipotence of God, also in our life,
acts with the often silent strength of truth and love. Faith tells us,
therefore, that in the end the
defenceless power of the Child triumphs over the noise of worldly powers".
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 19 December 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Peter Loy Chong of the clergy of Suva as archbishop of Suva
(area 18,333, population 1,297,683, Catholics 101,050, priests 81, religious
162), Fiji. The archbishop-elect was born in Natovi, Fiji in 1961 and ordained
a priest in 1992. He
has fulfilled pastoral roles in the parishes of Lautoka, Vatukoula and Soleva,
and received his doctorate in theology from the Jesuit School of Theology of
the Santa Clara University in California, United States of America. He
succeeds Archbishop Petero
Mataca, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the
Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Chaldean Church
presented by His Beatitude Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Babylon
of the Chaldeans, Iraq, and convoked the Synod of Bishops of the same Church
in Rome on 28 January 2013
to elect a successor. The Synod will be presided by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri,
prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. The Holy Father
appointed Archbishop Jacques Ishaq as administrator of the Chaldean Church
pending the election of the
patriarch.
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VISnews121219
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 231DATE 19-12-2012
Summary: - MARY'S FAITH IN THE LIGHT OF THE
MYSTERY OF THE
ANNUNCIATION - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
MARY'S FAITH IN THE LIGHT OF THE MYSTERY OF THE ANNUNCIATION
Vatican City, 19 December 2012 (VIS) - The faith of Mary in the light of
the mystery of the Annunciation was the theme of Benedict XVI's catechesis
during the last general audience of 2012, celebrated in the Vatican's Paul VI
Hall.
In the annunciation the angel greets Mary with the words "Greetings,
favoured one! The Lord is with you". "This greeting is an invitation to
rejoice, and announces the end of the sadness of the world in relation to the
limits of life, suffering ...
the darkness of the evil that seems to obscure the light of divine goodness.
It is a greeting that marks the beginning of the Gospel, the Good News",
explained the Pope.
The reason for the invitation to rejoice offered to the Virgin is in the
second part of the phrase: "The Lord is with you". In Mary "the anticipation
of the definitive coming of God is made tangible; the living God dwells within
her". The expression
"full of grace" further clarifies the source of Mary's joy, which "arises from
her communion with God, ... from being the dwelling of the Holy Spirit. ...
Mary is the being who has, in a singular way, opened the door to the Creator,
who has placed
herself in His hands, without limits" and lives with "care to recognise the
signs of God in the journey of His people; she enters into a story of faith
and hope in God's promises, which constitute the very fabric of her existence.
... Like Abraham, Mary
entrusts herself entirely to the word announced by God's messenger, and
becomes the model and mother of all believers".
Benedict XVI underlined another important aspect: "the openness of the soul
to God and to His action in faith also includes an element of obscurity. The
human being's relationship with God does not eliminate the distance between
the Creator and His
creature. ... But he who, like Mary, opens himself completely to God, reaches
acceptance of divine will, even though it is mysterious and often does not
correspond to our own wishes. ... It is thus for Mary - her faith experiences
the joy of the
Annunciation, but passes also through the darkness of the crucifixion of the
Son, before finally arriving at the light of the Resurrection".
"This is not different to the journey of faith each of us takes: we
encounter moments of light but also periods in which God seems to be absent,
his silence weighs heavily in our hearts and his will does not correspond to
our own", commented the Holy
Father. "The more we open ourselves to God ... like Abraham and like Maria,
the more He renders us able, through His presence, to live every moment in
life in the peace and certainty of His loyalty and His love. However, this
means leaving behind
ourselves and our own plans, so that the Word of God might be the guiding
light for our thoughts and actions".
After losing Jesus in the Temple, Mary "must renew that profound faith with
which she answered 'yes' to the Annunciation. ... And Mary's 'yes' to the will
of God, to the obedience of faith, is repeated throughout her life up to its
most difficult
moment, that of the Cross".
"There is a fundamental attitude that Mary adopts in relation to the events
of her life", explained the Pope. "We see that she 'treasured all these words
and pondered them in her heart'. We might say that she ... arranged every
single element, every
word, every event as part of a greater whole and, comparing and conserving
them, recognised that everything originates from God's will. Mary does not
stop at an initial superficial comprehension of what is happening in her life,
but rather knows how to
observe in depth, allowing herself to be questioned by events, elaborating
upon them, discriminating among them, and thus acquiring the comprehension
that only faith may guarantee. It is the profound humility of Mary's obedient
faith that welcomes also
what she is not able to comprehend in the action of God, allowing God to open
her mind and heart."
"The solemnity of the Birth of the Lord, which we will soon celebrate,
invites us to experience the same humility and obedience of faith. The glory
of God is not made manifest in the triumph or power of a king, it does not
shine from a resplendent
palace, but rather finds its dwelling in the womb of a virgin, and reveals
itself in the poverty of a child. The omnipotence of God, also in our life,
acts with the often silent strength of truth and love. Faith tells us,
therefore, that in the end the
defenceless power of the Child triumphs over the noise of worldly powers".
Vatican City, 19 December 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Peter Loy Chong of the clergy of Suva as archbishop of Suva
(area 18,333, population 1,297,683, Catholics 101,050, priests 81, religious
162), Fiji. The archbishop-elect was born in Natovi, Fiji in 1961 and ordained
a priest in 1992.
He has fulfilled pastoral roles in the parishes of Lautoka, Vatukoula and
Soleva, and received his doctorate in theology from the Jesuit School of
Theology of the Santa Clara University in California, United States of
America. He succeeds Archbishop
Petero Mataca, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Chaldean Church
presented by His Beatitude Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Babylon
of the Chaldeans, Iraq, and convoked the Synod of Bishops of the same Church
in Rome on 28 January
2013 to elect a successor. The Synod will be presided by Cardinal Leonardo
Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. The Holy Father
appointed Archbishop Jacques Ishaq as administrator of the Chaldean Church
pending the election of
the patriarch.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
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riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
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