‘Canto fermo’ is the term for an existing melody used as the basis for a new composition. The prose and poetry of mystics like John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila and Edith Stein – all informed by the Gospel – is my ‘melody’. The ‘new composition’ is this blog and my indie novel ‘The Age for Love’. To buy my book go to amazon.com or smashwords.com and download to your kindle, iPad, phone or any reading device.
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
THE WHOLE CHURCH IS MISSIONARY
No one who has received the immense gift of faith may enjoy it selfishly, but is bound ... by Christian love to share it with others.
Since there is a variety of conditions of life, and consequently different ways of giving a response, each member of the Church is reached by this call, which is directed to each and every one.
The whole Church is missionary ... To forget this or to carry it out carelessly would be, on our part, a betrayal of our Master.
- Pope Paul VI.
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