The
faith, its meaning and significance in the modern world, were the main themes
of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI's catechesis during his weekly general
audience held 24 October 2012 in Saint Peter's Square. "In our time",
the Pope said, "we need a renewed education in the faith. Certainly this
must include a knowledge of its truths and of the events of salvation, but
above all it must arise from an authentic encounter with God in Jesus
Christ".
"I
believe we should meditate more often - during our daily lives often marked by
problems and dramatic situations - on the fact that Christian belief means
abandoning oneself trustingly to the profound meaning which upholds me and the
world, the meaning which we cannot give to ourselves but only receive as a
gift, and which is the foundation upon which we can live without fear. We must
be capable of announcing this liberating and reassuring certainty of the faith
with words, and showing it with our Christian lives".
"Underpinning
our journey of faith is Baptism, the Sacrament which gives us the Holy Spirit,
makes us children of God in Christ, and marks our entry into the community of
faith, into the Church. A person does not believe alone, without God's grace,
nor do we believe by ourselves, but together with our brothers and sisters...."
Our
Holy Father concluded: "The faith is a gift of God but it is also a
profoundly free and human act. ... It does not run counter to our freedom or
our reason. ... Believing means entrusting oneself in all freedom and joy to
God's providential plan for history, as did the Patriarch Abraham, as did Mary
of Nazareth".
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