{"id":3126,"date":"2016-05-18T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T03:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3126"},"modified":"2016-06-06T16:44:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T14:44:58","slug":"our-founding-vision-today-deeply-moved-by-the-suffering-of-the-most-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3126","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION TODAY: DEEPLY MOVED BY THE SUFFERING OF THE MOST ABANDONED"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Where the Church is already established, our commitment is to those groups it touches least.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CC&RR, Constitution 5<\/em><\/p>\n

Pope Francis in \u201cThe Joy of the Gospel\u201d gives us\u00a0 a powerful illustration of these words. I use a few of his statements for our reflection today. Had Eugene been around today, I believe that he would\u00a0have written the same:<\/p>\n

193 \u00a0 We incarnate the duty of hearing the cry of the poor when we are deeply moved by the suffering of others.<\/em><\/p>\n

210 \u00a0 It is essential to draw near to new forms of poverty and vulnerability, in which we are called to recognize the suffering Christ, even if this appears to bring us no tangible and immediate benefits. I think of the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the elderly who are increasingly isolated and abandoned, and many others. Migrants present a particular challenge for me, since I am the pastor of a Church without frontiers, a Church which considers herself mother to all.<\/em><\/p>\n

211 \u00a0I have always been distressed at the lot of those who are victims of various kinds of human trafficking.<\/em><\/p>\n

212 \u00a0Doubly poor are those women who endure situations of exclusion, mistreatment and violence, since they are frequently less able to defend their rights.<\/em><\/p>\n

213 \u00a0Among the vulnerable for whom the Church wishes to care with particular love and concern are unborn children, the most defenseless and innocent among us.<\/em><\/p>\n

215 \u00a0There are other weak and defenseless beings who are frequently at the mercy of economic interests or indiscriminate exploitation. I am speaking of creation as a whole.<\/em><\/p>\n

216 \u00a0Small yet strong in the love of God, like Saint Francis of Assisi, all of us, as Christians, are called to watch over and protect the fragile world in which we live, and all its peoples.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Source: http:\/\/www.stfrancisholland.org\/node\/1308<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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