Solidarity

Reflections" regarding THE PATH TO SOLIDARITY

Prayer ~~ "Come Spirit of Love!

Come that as a result of our CONVERSION
AND
COMMUNION,
a complete unity of all the peoples
on this great CONTINENT OF AMERICA
may take place!

That beginning with
The CHURCH IN AMERICA
a
SOLIDARITY,
never before seen
on the face of this earth,
may result!

St John tells us in Chapter 13, verses 34-35,

Jesus said to his Apostles during the Last Supper,

A new commandment I give unto you:
That you love one another,
AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,
that you also
LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love~~ one for another.

Once we have experienced a spiritual transformation of our hearts and minds~~ CONVERSION
it is then that we are able to come into COMMUNION
with the "Living" Jesus Christ and then through Him we are able to experience true communion with our brothers and sisters in this great
Continent of America
and
throughout the world.

St. Paul tells us in Galatians, Chapter 5, verses 13-15,
Douay Rheims Version~~

For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh,
but by charity of the spirit serve one another.   For all the law is fulfilled in one word:
THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR
AS THYSELF.
But if you bite and devour one another; take heed you be not consumed one of another.

"...since the FACE OF CHRIST SHINES FORTH IN EVERY HUMAN BEING,"

we really begin to see the material and spiritual needs of our brothers and sisters~~

first
within our own neighborhood
and then
within our own country,
then
within our own continent
and finally,
throughout the world,

Our Holy Father continues, "Solidarity is thus the "fruit" of the communion which is grounded in the mystery of the triune God...

It is expressed in Christian love
which
seeks the good of others,
especially of those most in need."

Pope John Paul II along with the Synod of Bishops agreed that once the various churches of the AMERICAN CONTINENT

unite to share their spiritual gifts and material goods, with which God has blessed them, a culture of solidarity will be promoted.

This solidarity must begin within the Church, itself, and
is the central theme of the Synod of American Bishops and is the central idea of the
Apostolic Exhortation, Ecclesia in America, the

CHURCH IN AMERICA

Pope John Paul II continues to reinforce to us that through our SOLIDARITY, we will be much better able to

"...support the poor and the outcast, especially refugees forced to leave
their villages and lands in order to flee violence."

must encourage the international agencies of the continent to establish an economic order dominated
not only by the profit motive but also by the
pursuit of the common good of nations
and of
the international community..."

AND
it is the responsibility of the
CHURCH IN AMERICA
to see that in the international community, that there is a equitable, or fair distribution of the world's goods
AND
it is the responsibility of the
CHURCH IN AMERICA
to see that in the international community, that there is an
ongoing
spiritual and economic development
of all the people.

A development in which each of us will begin to feel that we play an indispensable part, in this unified spiritual and economic development.

It is for this reason that
the
CHURCH IN AMERICA
must encourage
SOLIDARITY!!!