![]() And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age” (Mt 28:19-20). Remember Jesus’ words after His resurrection: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. Now, what about the nations? The life of Christ has universal meaning it is for everyone. So we should expect the document to say a lot about the concrete parts of the Church as it manifests Christ. ![]() In the life of Jesus Christ, we have a living example of the fullness of life. The play on light and seeing points us to concrete everyday life. And just so we do not get any romantic ideas about this light, John also said in one of his letters: “The life was made visible we have seen it and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was made visible to us” (1 Jn 1:2). ![]() John the Evangelist says of Him: “Through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race” (Jn 1:4). If we look prayerfully at the right places in the Church, we shall see Christ!įirst, the title of the document known as the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church: in Latin, it is titled Lumen Gentium, which means, “the light of the nations.” This light is Jesus Christ. If we start with the scandals or the politics, then we are starting with the flaws, human flaws, and we are not allowing ourselves to stand in awe of what Christ (not sinful human beings) is doing in the Church. This is how they started to speak about the Church, so this is where we, as members of the Church, need to start to speak about it as well. ![]()
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