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    Wisdom from Pope Paul VI
    Wisdom from Pope Paul VI
    Wisdom from Pope Paul VI
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    Wisdom from Pope Paul VI

    By Mary Leonora Wilson

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    With amazing courage Pope Paul VI faced hardship in his papacy and held steadfast to hope, leading the Church through some of the most turbulent times in recent history. This precious keepsake book underlines his faith, his strength of character in following God's will, and his steady leadership during a formative time for the Church.
    Compiled on the occasion of his canonization, this pocket-size volume provides readers with an introduction to this often-misunderstood pope whose words and actions have proven to be bold and prophetic for those who wish to follow the way of the Lord. Taken from a wide array of his talks with people from around the world, they highlight what it means to be a disciple today.

    The compiler, Mary Leonora Wilson, FSP, entered the Daughters of St. Paul on the same day Pope Paul VI was crowned as pontiff. Her special connection and love for the saint is evident in the care taken to choose those words of the holy father's that would most inspire all those who seek God, especially those who face darkness, fear, or seemingly insurmountable odds. With themes on the cross, courage, joy, Mary as Mother, and the Eucharist, readers will be delighted to discover a wealth of wisdom for their own path today. The book also includes a wonderful collection of prayers from the new saint, as well as original prayers from the compiler paired with each meditation, and a brief contemporary biography.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPauline Books and Media
    Release dateMar 25, 2019
    ISBN9780819883780
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      Wisdom from Pope Paul VI - Mary Leonora Wilson

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      WISDOM FROM POPE PAUL VI

      Compiled by

      Mary Leonora Wilson, FSP

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2018948419

      CIP Data is available.

      ISBN 10: 0-8198-8377-8

      ISBN 13: 978-0-8198-8377-3

      Excerpts from Pope Paul VI’s magisterium texts copyright © Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.

      Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Cover design by Rosana Usselmann

      Cover art by Amedeo Brogli

      Introduction, A Brief Biography, and prayers following the meditations written by Mary Leonora Wilson, FSP

      Selected Prayers of Pope Paul VI translated by Mary Leonora Wilson, FSP

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      P and PAULINE are registered trademarks of the Daughters of St. Paul.

      Copyright © 2018, Daughters of St. Paul

      Published by Pauline Books & Media, 50 Saint Paul’s Avenue, Boston, MA 02130–3491

      Printed in the U.S.A.

      www.pauline.org

      Pauline Books & Media is the publishing house of the Daughters of St. Paul, an international congregation of women religious serving the Church with the communications media.

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      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      A Brief Biography

      Faith

      Life Is You, O God!

      Don’t Be Afraid

      Believe in Christ

      Immersed in God

      Love

      God Loves Us!

      God IS Love

      Respond to Divine Love

      Love Is the Art of Peace

      Eucharist

      Mystery of Love

      Extraordinary Bread

      Real Presence

      Mystery of Faith

      Mary, Our Mother

      Devotion to Mary

      Look to Mary

      Mother of Christ

      The Rosary

      Prayer

      Inner Silence

      Need of Prayer

      Jesus Prays

      Personal Prayer

      Joy

      God Is Our Happiness

      Serene in Christ

      Easter Joy

      Joy in the Church

      Courage

      Christianity Is Demanding

      Live by Hope

      The Christian Lifestyle

      Christ Is for Us

      Evangelization

      We Have Good News!

      God’s Great Plan

      Epiphany Proclamation

      Now Is the Time

      Selected Prayers

      INTRODUCTION

      What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

      MT 11:9

      What Jesus said to the crowds about John the Baptist rings true twenty centuries later about another who would bear the Italian equivalent of that name: Giovanni Battista Montini. The Latins have an expression, Nomen est omen, which means The name is a sign. No wonder that Giovanni Battista Montini, the man we now know as Pope Paul VI, is both a prophet and a saint!

      I was thrilled when I heard that Pope Paul VI was going to be canonized; he has been a mentor and model to me for more than fifty years. This mentoring started—even though I wasn’t aware of it—when I was just a teenager. I entered the congregation of the Daughters of Saint Paul on June 29, 1963, the same day that Pope Paul VI was crowned. The coronation ceremony was fascinating, but foreign to me. It was like opening a time capsule. Little did I know, I was witnessing the elaborate ceremony for the last time. The coronation was just one of the many trappings of aristocracy that would be removed, prompted by subsequent decisions of Pope Paul VI to simplify the papacy and render it more evangelical.

      Paul VI had been elected pope eight days before, thus my entrance into religious life was ushered in with a new Pope. I joined a community whose mission is to use every means of communication available to proclaim Christ from the rooftops and on all the streets and byways of the world—the very mission of the first apostles and disciples! I was filled with the enthusiasm of youth. Every day of convent life was new and exciting, and I had fallen in love with Jesus Christ and his Church. Unconsciously, I was looking for people who could direct me always closer to the Lord. I had no idea that the newly elected pontiff would be one of those people.

      Just months after his coronation, Pope Paul VI reconvened the Second Vatican Council. I wasn’t yet familiar with Church councils, but in community we followed every session and read every document as it was issued. Not only that, we also published them for everyone else to read. As a community, we subscribed to the weekly English edition of L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. We read some articles aloud together, especially the words of the Holy Father. I began to look forward to them even though the ecclesiastical language and sentence structure challenged me. The words of the pope struck a chord in my soul.

      In those early days I was especially impressed with his love for Christ and the Church, his insistence on dialogue and ecumenism, his concern about rampant injustice and escalating violence in the world, and his unwavering serenity and gentleness despite harsh public criticism. I was particularly touched by his compassion, fired by his missionary vision, and awed by the way he embraced and carried the Cross of Christ. Pope Paul VI stoked the fire of my own love of Christ. More by his life than by his words, he taught me what it means to be a disciple of the Master. His weekly addresses illuminated my theology studies, and as I studied Scripture I began to recognize that he was indeed a contemporary prophet. He became my pope.

      In the following pages, you will find some of the most moving passages from Pope Paul VI. Each selection ends with a brief prayer to serve as a springboard for your own prayer and reflection. In Pope Saint Paul VI, may you discover a spiritual friend and mentor for your own journey with the Lord, just as I did so many years ago.

      MARY LEONORA WILSON, FSP

      A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

      Battista Montini

      Pope Saint Paul VI was born on September 26, 1897, at Concesio, near Brescia, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. He was baptized on September 30 and given the name Giovanni Battista Montini—actually, Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini!

      Battista was the second son of Giorgio Montini and Giuditta Alghisi. His father was a non-practicing lawyer and landowner, the editor of the local Catholic newspaper, and a parliamentary deputy. Battista’s mother, although orphaned as a child, was from a noble family and schooled in a French-speaking convent in Milan. She would become the leader of the Catholic Women of Brescia. Battista was one of three children, all

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