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The Father, Brother, Sister and sister-brother igri dear,
In every age there are women and men in obedience to the call of the Father and the promptings of the Spirit, choose to live in particular in order to follow Christ and devoted to him (cf. 1 Cor. 7:34; Perfectae Caritatis, 1). Like the apostles, they had left everything in order with the help of the Holy Spirit they serve God and the faithful.
In that way and through the many charisms of spiritual and apostolic life given to them by the Holy Spirit, the religious have helped to make the mystery and mission of the Church shine, and in doing so they have to contribute to the renewal igri of society (cf.. Pope John Paul II: Redemptoris donum, 14).
But from the other side, as it is mentioned by Pope Francis in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, 2, religionists today overshadowed by personal inclination to be active with the forgotten mystical or contemplative dimension. igri As a result of the religious was no longer a personal encounter with the God of compassion, which makes them experience the joy of the gospel.
Profound experience of a personal encounter with God is a mystical experience that became the basis of prophetic witness. Consecrated life is a form / special way of life for those who have addressed personally by Jesus and respond igri uniquely. This greeting is nothing but a love that makes a religious to be strong, vibrant and always happy to live the life of devotion.
Because love is obtained from a personal encounter with the Lord Jesus that a person be compelled to be mystics and prophets who are ready to be the perpetrators of the word (cf. Lk. 10: 25-37). The call was finally consecrated life is a call for someone to be mystics igri (people who live deep prayer) and prophet (people who are sensitive to the signs of the times).
In a chance encounter with the Leaders of Religious Superiors General in Rome on a date. November 27 to 29, 2013, Pope Francis has announced that 2015 will be a year of Consecrated Life. This means that in 2015 specifically to be lifted theme calls consecrated life.
2015 also marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, particularly the 50th anniversary of "Perfectae Caritatis" (Decree on Consecrated Life), and "Lumen Gentium" (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church) igri generated igri by the Second Vatican Council. As said by the Prefect of the Congregation Congregation of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Cardinal igri João Braz de Aviz, Vatican II is a breath of the Holy Spirit igri for the whole Church, especially for consecrated life.
It can be said that in 50 years, consecrated life has been a journey of renewal that produces the fruits of the commitment to follow what was requested by the Council, namely faithfulness to God, to the Church, to the charism of the founder of the congregation respectively, and to the community at this time, though certainly not all of it is free from the trouble and hard work.
Year of Consecrated Life will be officially opened on 21 November 2014 and will close on November igri 21, 2015. Please note that November 21 is the Mandatory Warning igri Lady Dedicated igri to God. This date also been proclaimed igri by Pope Benedict XVI as the Day Emeritus "Pro Orantibus" (for those who pray). That was a special day to remember and pray for religious or those who live call consecrated life. (See also: Prayer of Consecrated Life 2015)
Pope Fransikus cheerful dialogue with the priests: In a mass meeting in Rome with hundreds of priests and seminarians from various orders and congregations, igri Pope Francis emphasized the need to maintain a 'tradition' igri that Christian diving consecrated to God and the Church. (Ist) The first objective of the Year Consecrated Life is to "commemorate the past with gratitude the newly passed". Despite igri the crisis that hit the world and the Church also felt within the scope of the consecrated life, religious people still full of hope, which is not based on the strength of their own, but on belief in God, because "In him, no one can rob our expectations" (cf. Jn 16:22). igri With a positive outlook pad