a summery of ch 2 of Pope Francis exhortation Rejoice and be Glad

1. GAUDETE ET EXULTATE
CHAPTER TWO
TWO SUBTLE ENEMIES OF HOLINESS

2. GNOSTICISMOY PELAGIANISM
two forms of doctrinal
or disciplinary security
that give rise “to a
narcissistic and
authoritarian elitism,
whereby instead of evangelizing,
one analyses and classifies others,
and instead of opening
the door to grace, one exhausts
his or her energies
in inspecting and verifying.
GE35

3. Gnosticism presumes “a purely subjective faith
whose only interest is a certain experience
or a set of ideas and bits of information
which are meant to console and enlighten,
but which ultimately keep one imprisoned
in his or her own thoughts and feelings GE36
Contemporary Gnosticism

4. An intellect without God and without flesh
that a person’s perfection is measured
not by the information or knowledge they possess,
but by the depth of their charity GE37

5. Gnosticism exercises a deceptive attraction for some people,
since the gnostic approach is strict and allegedly pure,
and can appear to possess a certain harmony
or order that encompasses everything GE38

6. A Doctrine without mystery
while unduly exalting knowledge or a specific experience,
it considers its own vision of reality to be perfect. GE40

7. Someone who wants everything to be clear and sure
presumes to control God’s transcendence. GE41

8. God is mysteriously present in the life of every person,
in a way that he himself chooses, and
we cannot exclude this by our presumed certainties. GE 42

9. The limits of reason
It is not easy to grasp the truth that we have received from the Lord.
And it is even more difficult to express it. GE43

10. doctrine, or better, our understanding and expression of it, “
is not a closed system, devoid of the dynamic capacity
to pose questions, doubts, inquiries… GE 44

11. what we think we know should always motivate us to respond
more fully to God’s love. Indeed, “you learn so as to live:
theology and holiness are inseparable” GE45

12. St Francis of Asisi wrote to St Antonio de Padua:
“I am pleased that you teach sacred theology to the brothers,
provided that… you do not extinguish the spirit of prayer
and devotion during study of this kind” GE 46

13. “There are activities that, united to contemplation, do not prevent the latter,
but rather facilitate it, such as works of mercy and devotion” GE46

14. Contemporary Pelagianism
The same power that the gnostics attributed to the intellect,
others now began to attribute to the human will,
to personal effort GE 48

15. It was forgotten that everything “depends not on human will or exertion,
but on God who shows mercy” (Rom 9:16)
and that “he first loved us” (cf. 1 Jn 4:19). GE 48

16. A will lacking humility
pray to him humbly: “Grant what you command,
and command what you will”. GE49

17. Grace, precisely because it builds on nature,
does not make us superhuman
all at once. GE 50

18. In order to be blameless, as he would have us,
we need to live humbly in his presence, cloaked in his glory;
we need to walk in union with him,
recognizing his constant love in our lives. GE 51

19. An often overlooked Church teaching
we are justified not by our own works or efforts,
but by the grace of the Lord,
who always takes the initiative. GE 52

20. “Even the desire to be cleansed comes about in us
through the outpouring and working of the Holy Spirit”.
Sinodo de Orange GE 53

21. “We are said to be justified gratuitously because nothing that precedes
justification, neither faith nor works, merits the grace of justification; for
‘if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise, grace
would no longer be grace’ (Rom 11:6)”. GE 53

22. with regard to God, there is no strict right
to any merit on the part of man.
Between God and us there is
an immeasurable inequality”. GE54

23. Yet we cannot celebrate this free gift of the Lord’s friendship
unless we realize that our earthly life and
our natural abilities are his gift. GE 55

24. Only on the basis of God’s gift,
freely accepted and humbly received,
can we cooperate by our own efforts
in our progressive transformation. GE 56

25. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9
Amoris Laetitia – general introduction
Carnival
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Gaudete et exultate
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 1-
Love and Marriage 2 – growing up to sexual maturity
Love and Marriage 3 – psychological differences and complimentarity
Love and Marriage 4- causes of sexual attraction
Love and Marriage 5- freedom and intimacy
Love and Marriage 6 - human love
Love and Marriage 7 - destiny of human love
Love and Marriage 8- marriage between Christian believers
Love and Marriage 9 – sacrament of marriage
Lumen Fidei – ch 1
Lumen Fidei – ch 2
Lumen Fidei – ch 3
Lumen Fidei – ch 4
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
Vocación
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
Winter Olympics – Korea2018
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26. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - el mundo de hombres y mujeres
Amor y Matrimonio 2 – crecer hastala madurez sexual
Amor y Matrimonio 3 – sicología – diferencias y complementariedad
Amor y Matrimonio 4 – causas de la atracción sexual
Amor y Matrimonio 5
Amor y Matrimonio 6
Amor y Matrimonio 7
Amor y Matrimonio 8
Amor y Matrimonio 9
Amoris Laetitia – cap 1
Amoris Laetitia – cap 2
Amoris Laetitia – cap 3
Amoris Laetitia – cap 4
Amoris Laetitia – cap 5
Amoris Laetitia – cap 6
Amoris Laetitia – cap 7
Amoris Laetitia – cap 8
Amoris Laetitia – cap 9
Amoris Laetitia – introducción general
Carnaval
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucaristía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Gaudete et exultate
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1
Lumen Fidei – cap 2
Lumen Fidei – cap 3
Lumen Fidei – cap 4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1
Revolución Rusa y comunismo 2
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 3
Santiago Apóstol
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vocación
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