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768<br />

Acta Apostolicae Sedis - Commentarium Officiale<br />

II<br />

Àd quosdam sacros Praesules Insularum Philippinarum, occasione oblata<br />

eorum visitationis «Ad limina».*<br />

Dear Brothers in Christ,<br />

In welcoming yon with deep affection, we wish to recali a passage<br />

found in the Breviary. This passage has struck us forcefully. It concerns<br />

Christ, and was spoken by Paul VI on his visit to the Philippines :<br />

"I must bear witness to his name : Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the<br />

living God ... he is the king of the new world ; he is the secret of history ;<br />

he is the key to our destiny". 1<br />

On our part we hope to sustain you, support you, and encourage<br />

you in the great mission of the episcopato : to proclaim Jesus Christ<br />

and to evangelize his people.<br />

Among the rights of the faithful, one of the greatest is the right to<br />

receive God's word in ail its entirety and purity, with ail its exigencies<br />

and power. A great challenge of our day is the full evangelization<br />

of ali those who have been baptized. In this, the Bishops of the Church<br />

have a prime responsibility. Our message must be a clear proclamation<br />

of salvation in Jesus Uhrist. With Peter we must say to Christ, in<br />

the présence of our people: "You have the words of eternai life". 2<br />

Por us, evangelization involves an explicit teaching about the name<br />

of Jesus, his identity, his teaching, his Kingdom and his promises. And<br />

his chief promise is eternai life. Jesus truly has words that lead us<br />

to eternai life.<br />

Just recently at a general audience, we spoke to the faithful about<br />

eternai life. We are convinced that it is necessary for us to empha-<br />

sizè this element, in order to complete our message and to model our<br />

teaching on that of Jesus.<br />

From the days of the Gospel, and in imitation of the Lord, who<br />

"went about doing good", 3<br />

the Church is irrevocably committed to con-<br />

Iributingto the relief of physica! misery and need. But her pastoral<br />

charity would be incomplete if she did not point out even "higher needs".<br />

* Die 28 m. septembris a. <strong>1978</strong>. :<br />

2<br />

1<br />

3<br />

13th Sunday of the Year : Homily of November 29, 19<strong>70</strong>.<br />

Jn 6 :69.<br />

Acts 10 :38.

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