{"id":2575,"date":"2007-03-13T16:29:22","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T16:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/another-take.html"},"modified":"2007-03-13T16:29:22","modified_gmt":"2007-03-13T16:29:22","slug":"another-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/another-take.html","title":{"rendered":"Another take"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fr. Bernardo Cerverella, of AsiaNews, sums up the Apostolic Exhortation:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Benedict XVI \u2018s successful undertaking lies in having explained, as in a short catechism, that everything, really and truly everything subsists in and is held together thanks to the Eucharist: action and contemplation; mysticism and social obligations; marriage and celibacy; religious and lay faithful; authority and obedience.  <\/p>\n

Priests choosing celibacy; indissoluble marriage for wed couples; virginity as a free gift that is not imposed by external forces, are explicit elements relay the truth container in the Eucharist, the place where for eternity \u2013 that is in every moment even now – we receive God\u2019s life, gifted to us by Christ.  By eliminating, reducing, refusing, and rendering banal any of these elements we are suppressing the greatness of this gifted Life. <\/p>\n

This Life \u2013 which is truth and love \u2013 there for our taking, is the most precious treasure the Church has to offer the world.  Followers of Buddhism or Hinduism find themselves disillusioned when faced with reality, in Islam or Marxism, followers are tempted to destroy the present so that his god or idealism may triumph; post modern man, who has destroyed all \u201corientations\u201d finds himself with a freedom that is a \u201csterile pleasure\u201d. The Pope speaks of the Eucharist as the beginning of a new world, as a taste of beauty and life which we can partake of now, because \u201cin the sacrament of the Eucharist, Jesus shows us in particular the truth about the love which is the very essence of God.  It is this evangelical truth which challenges each of us and our whole being\u201d (n. 2).<\/p>\n

From this rediscovery of the Eucharist Benedict XVI awaits a resumption of the Christian mission towards all cultures, religions and societies, he even speaks of it in terms of a \u201cchallenge a\u201d (n. 78). To make the Eucharist known and understood throughout the world, there is a need for \u201crecognisable\u201d witnesses, not simple bearers of ideas, or protagonists of exceptional experiences, but priests in love with Christ, lay people in love with live and children, politicians capable of belonging to the Church without \u201cifs\u201d or \u201cbuts\u201d. <\/p>\n

The true sign that Christ is present in the Eucharist, that \u201cglimpse of heaven on earth\u201d (n. 35) is manifest in the architectural beauty of Churches, in our care of the rite, in our carrying signs of hope to the abyss in which humanity carries out its debates.  The Pope asks that the \u201cstrengthened by the mystery\u201d believers denounce poverty, the arms race, the lack of religious freedom, the pollution of creation; that we favour the refugees and the sick.  He reminds us that everything succeeds from adoration, not by pushing the Eucharist aside but by placing it at the centre of our lives and the life of the world.  Humanity\u2019s \u201ctrue joy\u201d lies in \u201crecognizing that the Lord is still with us, our faithful companion along the way\u201d (n. 97).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fr. Bernardo Cerverella, of AsiaNews, sums up the Apostolic Exhortation: Benedict XVI \u2018s successful undertaking lies in having explained, as in a short catechism, that everything, really and truly everything subsists in and is held together thanks to the Eucharist: action and contemplation; mysticism and social obligations; marriage and celibacy; religious and lay faithful; authority…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAnother take - Via Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/another-take.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another take - Via Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fr. 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