THE IMAGE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE LITURGY
Because Pope Benedict is one of the most intelligent and the clearest presenter of Catholic truths among recent Popes, it is good for us to study what he had taught during his Pontificate.
The first step the Holy Father gave us that leads to eternal life is CONVERSION, a topic that was sadly excluded from the Lineamenta sent to the Bishops for the Bishop's Synod in Rome. The topic which Pope Benedict considered as the crucial and most important topic, though mentioned in passing in Proposal 22 was not well explained. Because of this neglect, the Holy Father repeated the need to emphasize 'conversion' immediately after the Synod.
This is the reason why we,too, have emphasized it in these posts. 'Conversion' is the very 'Act of Faith.' No conversion, no Act of Faith. Faith, on the other hand, is the door into the Kingdom of God or the Catholic Church. It is the virtue that makes us Catholics. And Faith perfected by Charity is what makes us …More