A Year with John Paul II by Pope Saint John Paul II

Author:Pope Saint John Paul II
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

Jesus Christ, sent by the Father, the first Missionary, is the only Savior of the world. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life; as he was yesterday, he is today and will be tomorrow, until the end of time, when all things will be united in him. The salvation brought by Jesus penetrates the intimate depth of the human person, freeing us from the Evil One, from sin and from eternal death. Salvation is the coming of “new life” in Christ. It is a gratuitous gift of God, who seeks our free adhesion: in fact, it must be won, day after day, “through abnegation and the Cross” (Evangelii Nuntiandi). This calls for our personal untiring cooperation through the will’s docile acceptance of God’s plan. This is the way to reach the safe and definitive haven, which Christ won through his Cross. There is no alternative liberation through which we may obtain true peace and joy, which can only come from an encounter with God-Truth: “You will learn the truth and the truth will make you free” (John 8:32). This, in brief, is the good news that Christ was sent to bring to the “poor,” to the captives of so many forms of slavery in this world, to the “afflicted” of every era and latitude, to all people, since this salvation is for every person, and every man and woman on earth has the right to be told about it: it is a matter of our eternal destiny. “Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved” (Rom. 10:13), St. Paul reminds us. No one, however, can invoke Jesus, believe in him, unless they are told about him, unless they hear his name (Rom. 10:14–15).

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