{"id":24824,"date":"2009-07-27T15:30:28","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T19:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/07\/capuchins-reflect-on-their-wor\/"},"modified":"2009-07-27T15:30:28","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T19:30:28","slug":"capuchins-reflect-on-their-wor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/07\/capuchins-reflect-on-their-wor\/","title":{"rendered":"Capuchins reflect on their work in the Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cap<\/a><\/span>The Capuchins<\/a> in Italy are taking time to reflect on
\nthe greatest God-given gift they’ve received: work of 100 years among the native Brasilian
\npeoples. What really struck me was the Provincial’s comment: “And we truly lived it as
\na gift: participating in His mission, that is to say, the mission of Jesus
\nChrist.” <\/span><\/p>\n


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Why is this info newsworthy? Last week the parishes of the Bridgeport Diocese had World Mission Sunday (early, I know) where all the parishes had missionary priests preach on their efforts to bring the Gospel to their respective people. Where I am we had Father Anand, a priest from India. Catholics think and<\/span> act in an outward direction (or at least they’re supposed to) because of their Baptism in Christ and Saint Matthew saying: “Go make disciples of all nations.” All this got me thinking and remembering that Blessed Pope John XXIII asked religious orders to devote 10% of their membership to the missions. Even the US diocesan priests formed associations to work in mission countries trying to respond to the Holy Father’s request. So I ask myself: In what ways will I be a missionary? Are Catholics missionary today? Do we believe that the mission of Jesus Christ is our great gift? How do we intend to collaborate with Jesus and the Church (& the Capuchins)?
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Watch the news clip from H2O News<\/i> here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also worth noting is the statement that Franciscan mysticism (a deeper form of spirituality) engages the person affectively. The spiritual life is not an intellectual exercise!!!!!   I wish we can here more about this topic.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Note, too, the Capuchin commitment to technology for the sharing of the faith!!! This is taking Saint Paul seriously. I look forward to seeing the good work in Assisi.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Capuchins in Italy are taking time to reflect on the greatest God-given gift they’ve received: work of 100 years among the native Brasilian peoples. What really struck me was the Provincial’s comment: “And we truly lived it as a gift: participating in His mission, that is to say, the mission of Jesus Christ.”  Why is … Continue reading Capuchins reflect on their work in the Amazon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1773],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}