Letter of the Major Penitentiary, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, on the occasion of the Solemnity of All Saints and the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we hear the word \"Church\", or when we pronounce it in the Sunday profession of faith, what do we really think of?\nor when we pronounce it in our Sunday profession of faith, what do we really think of?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00bfA\nwhere do our minds and hearts go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is, or rather who is, the Church?\nWhat is, or rather who is, the Church? What idea do we have of it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nauthentic answer to these simple but fundamental questions can only lead to the Augustinian reality of the total Christ, to the Church\nlead to the Augustinian reality of the total Christ, to the Church understood not only as a human reality, but in its divine-human identity.\nnot only as a human reality, but in its divine-human identity. The Church\nis always Ecclesia de Trinitate<\/em>Therefore, we must constantly\ntherefore, we must constantly keep in mind its celestial dimension, both in relation to the Trinitarian Mystery\nrelationship with the Trinitarian Mystery, and in particular with the Head who is Christ, as well as in the synchronic and diachronic\nChrist, as well as in the synchronic and diachronic embrace with all our saved brothers and sisters,\nwho have already left this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Such a\nThe Church's theandric reality is admirably expressed in the Liturgy, which in its wisdom\nwhich, in its wisdom, brings the Solemnity of All Saints closer to the commemoration of the faithful departed, making us\nof the faithful departed, making us almost perceive, through the warmth of the\nLiturgy and the clarity of the catechesis that derives from it, the present embrace of God and our brothers and sisters.\nof God and of our brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On\nthese holy days, both in personal reflection, those of us who are universally motivated by the\nuniversally motivated by the affectionate commemoration of our dearly departed loved ones, as well as in the custody of meditation and prayer.\nand in the custody of meditation and prayer, we are called to draw abundantly from the inexhaustible treasure of Communion,\nwe are called to draw abundantly from the inexhaustible treasure of Communion,\nwhich has its own particular declension in the reality of Indulgence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To cooperate with the participation in the Eucharist,\nwith prayer, with penance and the practice of almsgiving, with the works of mercy, to the great work of Christ's\nmercy, to the great work of Redemption accomplished by Christ, means allowing oneself to be inserted by grace, with the help of one's own freedom, in the great work of Redemption accomplished by Christ.\nmeans allowing oneself to be inserted by grace, with the help of one's own freedom, in the very work of the Trinity, which, from the\nwork of the Trinity itself, which, from creation to the end of time Escathon<\/em>the first covenant and the redemption wrought by the Son, calls all men to full communion with Him.\nthe Son, calls all men to full communion with himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nindulgence is, analogically speaking, the \"whole in the fragment\", since in it the creatural, redemptive and eschatological dimensions are\nthe creatural, the redemptive and the eschatological dimensions are summarized in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drink\nof the Church's treasure of mercy during these holy days, through the pious exercise of the Indulgence\npious exercise of the Indulgence, applicable to oneself or to a faithful departed,\nalso means renewing one's faith through the sacrament of Reconciliation,\nsacramental Communion received with the proper dispositions and the profession of the Creed of the Church, together with the\nof the Creed of the Church, together with prayer according to the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.\nPontiff. With these simple and concrete gestures, each member of the faithful reaffirms his or her full communion with the Church, renewing his or her communion with the Church.\ncommunion with the Church, renewing his or her acceptance of all the spiritual and supernatural goods\nspiritual and supernatural goods that derive from this participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At\nAt the same time, as in every human act, and even more so for acts that have a bearing on the religious sphere, doing so strengthens faith: humbly bending the\nreligious sphere, doing so strengthens the faith: humbly bending one's knees in the confessional\nhumbly bending one's knees in the confessional, confessing all sins with a contrite heart and imploring Divine\nand imploring the Divine Mercy, the faithful not only receives the supernatural grace of Reconciliation\nthe supernatural grace of Reconciliation, but by this gesture he also reaffirms his own faith, seeing it thus\nfaith, seeing it thus strengthened and fortified, objectively through grace and personally by virtue of the\ngrace, and personally by virtue of the help of his or her freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, let us\ntherefore, let us go, and even run to the confessional in these holy days! Let us accept\nhumbly and devoutly, joyfully and generously accept the gift of Plenary Indulgence\nand let us offer it, with great generosity, to our brothers and sisters who, after crossing the threshold of time, can no longer\nthe threshold of time, can no longer do for themselves, but can still receive much of our charity.\nmuch from our charity. Thus, our relationship of love with them continues and is strengthened.\nstrengthened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indulgence is an efficacious and accessible declension of faith in the\naccessible declension of faith in the communio\nsanctorum<\/em>in the communion of saints, which gives a broad horizon to our earthly existence and reminds us\nour earthly existence and reminds us, with extraordinary efficacy, that our actions have an infinite value, both because they are human actions - and because they are not human actions.\nthat our actions have an infinite value, both because they are human actions - and only man is capable of authentically free gestures - and because\nonly man is capable of authentically free gestures - and also because, in this specific case, they are human actions,\nin this specific case, they are human actions that have a supernatural value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be\nalways generous, but especially in these holy days, the availability of confessors; generous and good\nconfessors; the generous and good listening and prayerful participation in this washing of regeneration\nof regeneration, which sends down a shower of grace on the Church, will have infinite merits before the throne of the Most High.\nthe Church, will have infinite merits before the throne of the Most High.\nmore merits can be acquired in hours and hours of confession than in many \"organizational\" meetings, whose usefulness and\n\"organizational\" meetings, whose usefulness and results we all know...! In these days,\nin the confessional, how many occasions of consolation, of encouragement, how many tears can be\nhow many tears can be dried, as propitious occasions to be able to illustrate the reality of eternal life, to\nthe reality of eternal life, to stimulate forgiveness, tenderness in the works of mercy, to make people understand the\nof mercy, to make us understand the meaning of the daily pilgrimage.\nLet us put our whole heart into the ministry of listening, consolation, guidance and\nconsolation, guidance and forgiveness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n May\nmay the days ahead of us be an authentic experience of spiritual renewal, in which\nspiritual renewal, in which, by rediscovering the truth of our faith, declined also in the simplicity of the acts\neven in the simplicity of the acts suggested by the spiritual tradition,\nour hearts open to welcome, again and again, those gifts of grace that the Spirit always bestows on us.\ngrace that the Spirit always bestows on the Church, certain that even the commitment that works of faith can\nthat the commitment that the works of mercy can bring will also bear abundant fruit in our personal\nin our personal existence, in the life of the Church and for the good of the world.\nof the world.\n\n May the Blessed Virgin Mary\nBlessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, Queen of All Saints,\nGate of Heaven, sustain the untiring work of so many meritorious priests;\nbe the Mediatrix of grace for the hearts of the faithful for whom she is the Advocate\nAdvocate, and implore from divine Clemency the inestimable gift of the entry into Paradise of so many of our brothers and sisters.\nParadise for so many of our brothers and sisters. Their happiness is our happiness!\nhappiness!\n\n\n\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carta del Mayor Penitenciario, Cardenal Mauro Piacenza, con motivo de la solemnidad de todos los santos y la conmemoraci\u00f3n de los fieles difuntos, 2019. Cuando escuchamos la palabra \u201cIglesia\u201d, o cuando la pronunciamos en la profesi\u00f3n de fe dominical, \u00bfen qu\u00e9 pensamos realmente? \u00bfA d\u00f3nde van nuestra mente y nuestro coraz\u00f3n? \u00bfQu\u00e9 es, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualidad","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}