gaudete et exultate call to holiness Flashcards
Meaning of gaudete et exsultate
Rejoice and be glad
Who wrote the gaudete et exsultate
Pope francis
Apostolic exhortation by pope francis
Gaudete et exsultate
When was gaudete et exsultate published
April 9 2018
Purpose: universal call to holiness that focuses “to repropose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time.”
Gaudete et exsultate
Purpose: universal call to holiness that focuses “to repropose the call to holiness in a __ __ for our own time.”
Practical way
A meditation on how to respond to Christ’s invitation to be saints: to “Rejoice and be glad,”
Gaudete et exsultate
“My modest goal is to __ the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time, with all its risks, challenges and opportunities”
Repropose
T/f: all the faithful of Christ of whatever rank or status, are called to the fullness of the Christian life and to the perfection of charity;
T
“They must follow in His footsteps and conform themselves to His image seeking the will of the Father in all things. They must devote themselves with all their being to the glory of God and the service of their neighbor.”
This is according to
Lumen gentium, 40
types of saint: st michael
Angels
types of saint: st joseph
Patriarchs
types of saint: st john the baptist
Prophets
types of saint: st peter
Apostles
types of saint: st augustine
Doctors
types of saint: st dominic
Pastors
types of saint: st lorenzo ruiz
Martyrs
types of saint: st clare
Virgins
types of saint: st monica
Widows
T/f: To be holy does requires being a bishop, a priest or a religious.
F (does not require)
We are frequently tempted to think that holiness is only for those who can withdraw from ordinary affairs to spend much time in __.
Prayer
We are all called to be holy by living our lives with __ and by bearing __ in everything we do, wherever we find ourselves.
Love, witness
Gaudete et exsultate, 7
The next door saint
Very often it is a holiness found in our next-door neighbors, those who, living in our midst, reflect God’s presence. We might call them “__”.
The middle class of holiness
T/f: We should not grow discouraged before examples of holiness that appear unattainable.
T
Gaudete et exsultate, 22
Holiness as a journey
To recognize the word that the Lord wishes to speak to us through one of his __, we do not need to get caught up in details, for there we might also encounter mistakes and failures.
Saints