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The Mission of the Church - Part Seven

Published: Oct. 5, 2014, 9:34 p.m.

The Mission of the Church - Continuing the Council's Exhortation

Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation\xa0Evangelii Gaudium\xa0makes alive and practical the lessons of the Second Vatican Council. "With Christ, joy is constantly born anew". The Mission of the Church depends on believing Christians living out the joy of the Gospel in a real and tangible way. This joy is not merely "giddiness"; but rather an enduring certainty that we are infinitely loved. Christians are called each day to renew their encounter with Christ, so that our lives and the lives of others may be changed by God. The problems of our affluent world afford us many excuses to suppress this joy.\xa0