In November 8th Cardinal emerged the “prophetic role” of consecrated life in the church

CV News -Feed // In a moving homilia that was freed in the Vatican Basilica during the mass of the eighth day of the Novemial, his eminence Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB, the indispensable role of consecrated men and women, the witnesses of the witness of the primity of God and hope for the hope of the hope of the gratifying role had.

The former Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life, Cardinal Fernández Artime, is a Spanish Salesian. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2023 and allowed him to continue as a superior general (rector) of the order, which was founded by Saint John Bosco.

Cardinal Fernández Artime is the first clergyman to make a cardinal while heading a religious order.

The cardinal was reflected on a community of mostly religious meetings to honor the memory of the deceased Pope, and reflected on the transformative strength of the resurrection of Christ and the permanent mission that was entrusted to all the christened Christians, with particular focus on those in consecrated life.

“It is clear that only the present with them of the risen gentleman and the action of the Holy Spirit can explain the courage of the early disciples, said the cardinal.” Her belief was based on such a strong and personal experience of Christ, dead and rising that they were not afraid of anything or anyone. “

Cardinal Fernández Artime inspired by popochoter John Paul II. He reminded the believers of the continuing need for authentic encounters with Christ in the modern world. He quoted the words of the late Pope: “Today, like yesterday, the men and women of today's generation have a great need to counter the Lord and his liberating message of salvation.”

The cardinal also emphasized the “prophetic presence” of religious and women, who, under difficult circumstances, often “the poor, the marginalized and the least serve.

“Brothers and sisters, it is true that we all, baptized this entire meeting as a witness of the Lord Jesus, dead and risen, are called,” he said. “But it is also true that we, men and women, have received this calling, this calling this call for discipleship, which asks us to testify to the primacy of God with our whole life.”

He emphasized the urgency of this witness, especially “if – as today in many parts of the world – we experience the absence of God or forget his centrality.” Cardinal Fernández Artime referred to the wisdom of Saint Benedict and encouraged everyone to “put nothing to the love of Christ”.

He quoted Pope Benedict XVII and described consecrated persons as “wax post who perceive and announce the new life already existing in our history”, and confirmed that “only God of human existence of human existence and that our lives have to be an eloquent sign of the kingdom of God for today's world.”

Cardinal Fernández Artime asked religious men and women to “be a credible and shining sign of the gospel and its paradoxes in the world, and asked them not to correspond to secular mentalities, but to constantly renew their commitment.

He recalled the assembly that “only the presence of the resurrected Jesus is transformed: darkness is conquered by light; useless work becomes fruitful and promising again; the feeling of fatigue and abandonment gives way to a new impulse and the certainty that it is with us.”

Cardinal Fernández Artime ended the intercession of Mary and prayed: “Mai Maria, mother of the church, grants us all the grace that is now a mission musician witness to her son in her church, which – under the leadership of the Holy Spirit – lives in hope because the risen Lord until the end of time.” Amen.