The icon of the XXVII General Chapter
In our 27th General Chapter we would like to make a discernment on the situation of our congregation called to better respond to this “Church going forth”, wanted by Pope Francis.
Therefore we would like to begin by contemplating Mary, the first disciple, in the icon of the Visitation. Mary is running with eagerness to serve and to bring Jesus, hidden in her womb, to her cousin Elizabeth, who also is pregnant, despite her old age.
Mary could have closed in on herself savoring the tenderness of God and the sublime mission that had been entrusted to her: to be the mother of God. She did not keep the joy of the Gospel for herself, but she ran to share the same joy with her cousin Elizabeth and the child she was carrying in her womb. The disciple became missionary.
In the same way the congregation of Betharram will review its life so that every religious, every community and every pastoral activity, will join in this missionary outreach required by the new evangelization.
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