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Context … The Story
The context of our
congregational story today is the rapidly changing world which sets a new
agenda for the Church. In these changing circumstances we are called
to discover anew what the true following of Jesus requires of us in the
spirit of Edmund's charism.
The God of Jesus is a God of radical transformation "who puts down the
mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly" (Lk 1:52)
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The prophetic content of Jesus' proclamation of the Reign of God was centred on the poor.
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The material resources and spiritual energies of Edmund were directed to raising the poor to a dignified manner of living.
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Responding to the cry of the poor touches what is deepest in the Good News and and is at the heart of our charism
At a personal level our involvement with people at the margins requires a conversion of heart that enables us:
- To see the world through the eyes of the poor
- To respond to the urgings of the Spirit to choose life
- To address fears and anxieties that paralyse the action of the Spirit in our response to new beginnings
- To accept that our involvement with the most
disadvantaged in society is a call to faith in the person and faith-vision
of Jesus
Direction … The Dream