“in the Church everyone – from the highest hierarchical ministry to the layperson – is united by the love of Christ, and that each person is a bearer of the grace of the Holy Spirit, which does not dwell in a person automatically but is given in response to a pious life.
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“every bishop, like every layman, is a witness to Christ crucified and risen, and that this witness has to be everywhere and always—among one’s own flock and among the people outside the bounds of the Church.
“I thank you for loving God, for loving one another, for knowing how to forgive one another, and in this way making yourselves worthy to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit. When people love God, it is easy for a pastor to guide them,
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and to an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
“All people are created in the image of God, but only those who live in communion with Him through prayer and fulfil His will by being good and merciful attain likeness to God
“The Church calls us to forgive all the faults of our fellow human beings. In this way, we free our souls from the painful bonds of selfishness and revenge so that we may receive the Holy Eucharist.
“every bishop bears witness to Christ Crucified and Risen both among his own flock and among those outside the Church
“Our faith is that, like the Mother of God, by being filled with Christ and receiving God within us, we pass from death to life.