'As St. Augustine teaches, may the Church be a community open for all'

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Looking to his example, the Cardinal said, we should ask God for “a Church capable of being a home, a community, a family,” where “the Word is heard,” the Eucharist is celebrated with faith, “the poor are welcomed,” and every person can feel that they are sought out and loved.

The journey of Augustine teaches us that “restlessness, mistakes, questions, and even our resistance can become the place where God comes to seek us,” the cardinal noted. A “teacher of faith and the interior life,” Augustine teaches us never to tire of seeking the Truth and “to allow ourselves to be found by Christ.

After having “searched many paths,” “listened to many voices,” and “experienced the allure of culture, philosophy and human ambitions,” Augustine “discovered that no voice could give his heart what Christ, the Good Shepherd, ‘the true Shepherd,’ could give him.

The Second Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy, with its exhortation to proclaim the Word of God, immediately calls to mind Augustine as “a man of the Word,” the cardinal said. “The Church does not need shepherds who seek themselves,” he said.

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A “teacher of faith and the interior life,” Augustine teaches us never to tire of seeking the Truth and “to allow ourselves to be found by Christ.
Looking to his example, the Cardinal said, we should ask God for “a Church capable of being a home, a community, a family,” where “the Word is heard,” the Eucharist is celebrated with faith, “the poor are welcomed,”…
The Second Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy, with its exhortation to proclaim the Word of God, immediately calls to mind Augustine as “a man of the Word,” the cardinal said.
After having “searched many paths,” “listened to many voices,” and “experienced the allure of culture, philosophy and human ambitions,” Augustine “discovered that no voice could give his heart what Christ, the Good…
“The Church does not need shepherds who seek themselves,” he said.
The journey of Augustine teaches us that “restlessness, mistakes, questions, and even our resistance can become the place where God comes to seek us,” the cardinal noted.

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