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
T/f: Not everything a saint says is completely faithful to the Gospel; but everything he or she does is authentic or perfect.
F (not everything he/she does is authentic)
Let yourself be __. Let yourself be renewed by the Spirit, so that this can happen, lest you fail in your precious mission.
Transformed
The Lord will bring your mission to fulfilment despite your mistakes and missteps, provided that you do not abandon the path of love but remain ever open to his __ __, which purifies and enlightens.
Supernatural grace
Gaudete et exsultate, 63
Happy saints
The __ are like a Christian’s identity card.
Beatitudes
In the Beatitudes, we find a portrait of the __, which we are called to reflect in our daily lives.
Master
How does a saint look like?
Someone who does the beatitudes (mt 5:2-11)
According to __, We long for God but we do it with something less God – Wealth, Pleasure, Power, Honor
St thomas aquinas
The word “happy” or “blessed” thus becomes a synonym for “__”. It expresses the fact that those faithful to God and his word, by their self- giving, gain true happiness.
Holy
T/f: Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
T
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the __ who were before you.
Prophets
__ is what makes a saint
Mercy
It is the noblest of our __ and best shows our love for God.
Actions
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: sawa
Throw-away culture
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: awa
Throw-away culture
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: objectification
Throw-away culture
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: contemplation
Culture of mercy
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: consumption
Throw-away culture
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: compassion
Culture of mercy
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: maximization
Throw-away culture
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: care
Culture of mercy
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: disposal
Throw-away culture
Throw-away culture/culture of mercy: communion
Culture of mercy
How to be a saint: solid grounding in __ who loves and sustains us
God
How to be a saint: __ and a sense of __
Joy, humor
How to be a saint: __ and __
Boldness, passion
How to be a saint: in __
Community
How to be a saint: in constant __
Prayer
“If you are unable to suffer and offer up a few humiliations, you are not __ and you are not on the path to __.”
Humble, holiness
Whatever the case, we should remain resilient and imitate Saint __: ‘I have learned to be content with what I have’
Paul
Can offer occasional and passing pleasures, but not joy
Consumerism
there is more happiness in __ than in __
Giving, receiving
T/f: god loves a cheerful giver
T
God is eternal __.He impels us constantly to set out anew, to pass beyond what is familiar, to the fringes and beyond
Newness
__ is seductive
Complacency
tells us that there is no point in trying to change things, that there is nothing we can do, because this is the way things have always been and yet we always manage to survive.
Complacency
When we live apart from others, it is very difficult to fight against __, the snares and temptations of the devil and the selfishness of the world
Concupiscence
I do not believe in holiness without __, even though that prayer need not be lengthy or involve intense emotions.
Prayer
The Christian life is a constant __
Battle
Subtitle of gaudete et exsultate
On a call to holiness in today’s world
In GE __, it is stated that pope francis’ modest goal is to repropose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time, with all its risks, challenges and opportunities”
GE 2
According to GE__, To be holy does not require being a bishop, a priest or a religious
GE 14
