1900-06-21
(John Paul II: "Redemptoris Missio", no. 88).
"The mystery of the Incarnation and Redemption is thus described as a total self-emptying which leads Christ to experience fully the human condition and to accept totally the Father's plan. This is an emptying of self which is permeated by love and expresses love. The mission follows this same path and leads to the foot of the cross. The missionary is required to "renounce himself and everything that up to this point he considered as his own, and to make himself every-thing to everyone". This he does by a poverty which sets him free for the Gospel, overcoming attachment to the people and things about him, so that he may become a brother to those to whom he is sent and thus bring them Christ the Saviour. This is the goal of mission-ary spirituality: "To the weak I became weakÀ I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some" (1 Cor 9:22-23)"
(Redemptoris Missio, n° 88).
Il est demandé au missionnaire de « renoncer à lui-même et à tous ce qu’il a possède jusque là, et de se faire tout à tous », dans la pauvreté qui le rend libre pour l’Evangile, dans le détachement des personnes et des biens de son milieu pour se faire le frère de ceux à qui il est envoyé et leur apporter le Christ sauveur. C’est à cela que tend la spiritualité missionnaire : « Je me suis fait faible avec les faibles… Je me suis fait tout à tous, afin d’en sauver à tout prix quelques-uns. Et tout cela, je le fais à cause de l’Evangile… » (1 Co 9, 22-23)
(Redemptoris Missio, nº 88)
Ao missionário, pede-se que “renuncie a si mesmo e a tudo aquilo que antes possuía como seu, e se faça tudo para todos”: na pobreza que o torna livre para o Evangelho, no distanciar-se de pessoas e bens do seu ambiente originário para se fazer irmão daqueles a quem é enviado, levando-lhes Cristo salvador. A espiritualidade do missionário conduz a isto: “com os fracos fiz-me fraco... Fiz-me tudo para todos, para salvar alguns a todo o custo. Tudo faço pelo Evangelho... “(I Cor 9, 22-23).