1. Attualità della vita consacrata. Sfide e opportunità.
- Author
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MASTROMATTEO, ALESSANDRO
- Abstract
Consecrated life has the capacity to challenge a world that is constantly changing and increasingly affected by the crisis of vocations, by materialism and individualism. This comes about when, inspired by the Gospel, it places itself at the service of the search for truth for all and breathes renewed meaning and power into the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. That is, when the vows are seen as: unconditional and disinterested love for the other; aspiring to live a life that is poor in its demands and rich in its desires; listening to the truth of the word and being faithful to Christ who is the truth in person and is the foundation of freedom. Consecrated life is also challenging when it is seen to overcome individualistic inclinations and promotes a renewed fraternity within the community based on interactive dialogue and when, motivated by a new humanism, it re-creates ways of being faithful, opening itself to hospitality understood as service to the poor and excluded, and as an opportunity for evangelisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2022