austraLasia #2076

Note new resources today on GC26 website : (1) Good Nights, (2) Giraudo guide-Piedmont (in 'Pilgrimage' link), (3) Retreat talks, (4) Cartoons (5) additional homilies

Passion, and the spirituality of our charism

ROME: 28th February 2008 --  Thursday 28th was entirely given over to silence and reflection, and two stimulating talks by Fr Placencia, one on 'Da mihi animas' the other on 'cetera tolle'. Let's spend a moment with the first of these.
    The four sections (you can read the entire text, cf. link above) clearly indicate the preacher's direction: two direct elements from Don Bosco (Da mihi animas - Salesian asceticism, and 'The glory of God and the salvation of souls'), and two direct references to the current successor of Don Bosco, or rather his preferred language: 'Passion for God, man, Christ...', and Don Bosco's 'apostolic passion'.  Holding all this together was an analysis of the term 'passion'.  At this point you might also do well to follow up, through a search in the australasia section on SDL, the word 'passion'. The results are interesting!
    The preacher found the RM's use of 'passion' very interesting..."and significant...No doubt it is a word that has gradually entered into the language of our time. I wouldn't be able to say if it has entered into our mentality as well". Using Benedict XVI's first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, and in particular his explanation of 'eros', the preacher linked the two notions of passion and eros to posit a new image of God which he then directed towards a theologically renewed understanding of Don Bosco's 'passion'. It all merits further reflection.
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Title: australasia 2076
Subject and key words: SDB General GC26 retreat
Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2076