a summary of Pope Francis' exhortation on sanctity, chapter 1

1. GAUDETE ET EXSULTATE
OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
ON THE CALL TO HOLINESS
IN TODAY’S WORLD

2. GAUDETE ET EXSULTATE – (Rejoice and be glad)
Cap 1 The Call to Holiness
Cap 2 Two Subtle Enemies of Holiness
Cap 3 in the light of the master
Cap 4 Signs of Holiness in Today’s World
Cap 5 Spiritual Combat, Vigilance and Discernment

3. « Rejoice and be glad » [1-2]
Ch 1 THE CALL TO HOLINESS
The saints who encourage and accompany us [3-5]
The saints “next door” [6-9]
The Lord calls [10-13]
For you too [14-18]
Your mission in Christ [19-24]
Activity that sanctifies [25-31]
More alive, more human [32-34]

4. “REJOICE AND BE GLAD” (Mt 5:12),
Jesus tells those persecuted
or humiliated for his sake. GE1

5. For the Lord has chosen each one of us
“to be holy and blameless before him in love”
(Eph 1:4).GE2

6. Ch 1 – THE CALL TO HOLINESS
The Saints who encourage
and accompany us
Hebrews presents a number of testimonies
that encourage us to “run with perseverance the race
that is set before us” (12:1).
It speaks of Abraham, Sarah, Moses,
Gideon and others (cf. 11:1-12:3). GE3

7. All the saints of God are there to protect me,
to sustain me and to carry me”. GE4

8. The processes of beatification and canonization recognize the signs of heroic virtue,
the sacrifice of one’s life in martyrdom, and certain cases where
a life is constantly offered for others, even until death. GE5

9. The saints next door.
The Holy Spirit bestows holiness in abundance
among God’s holy and faithful people, for
“it has pleased God to make men and women holy
and to save them, not as individuals without any bond
between them, but rather as a people who
might acknowledge him in truth
and serve him in holiness”. GE6

10. I like to contemplate the holiness present in the patience of God’s people:
in those parents who raise their children with immense love,
in those men and women who work hard to support their families,
in the sick, in elderly religious who never lose their smile. GE7

11. Let us be spurred on by the signs of holiness that the Lord shows us
through the humblest members of that people which “shares also
in Christ’s prophetic office, spreading abroad a living witness to him,
especially by means of a life of faith and charity” GE8

12. Holiness is the most attractive face of the Church. GE9

13. The Lord Calls
“Be holy, for I am holy”
(Lev 11:44; cf. 1 Pet 1:16) GE10.

14. “Each in his or her own way” the Council says. GE11

15. the “genius of woman”
SaInt Hildegarda of Bingen, Saint Brígid, Santa Catherine of Siena,
Saint Teresa of Ávila or Saint Teresa of Lisieux. GE 12

17. FOR YOU TOO
We are all called to be holy by living our lives with love
and by bearing witness in everything we do,
wherever we find ourselves. GE 14

18. Let the grace of your baptism
bear fruit in a path of holiness.
Let everything be open to God;
turn to him in every situation GE 15

19. This holiness to which the Lord calls you
will grow through small gestures. GE 16

20. we need only find a more perfect way of doing
what we are already doing: “There are inspirations
that tend solely to perfect in an extraordinary way
the ordinary things we do in life”. GE 17

21. In this way, led by God’s grace,
we shape by many small gestures
the holiness God has willed for us. GE 18

22. Your mission in Christ
Each saint is a mission, planned by the Father
to reflect and embody, at a specific moment in history,
a certain aspect of the Gospel. GE 19

23. holiness is experiencing, in union with Christ,
the mysteries of his life. It consists in uniting ourselves
to the Lord’s death and resurrection in a unique
and personal way, constantly dying
and rising anew with him. GE 20

24. «la santidad se mide por la estatura que Cristo alcanza en nosotros,
por el grado como, con la fuerza del Espíritu Santo,
modelamos toda nuestra vida según la suya» GE 21

25. What we need to contemplate is the totality of their life,
their entire journey of growth in holiness,
the reflection of Jesus Christ that emerges
when we grasp their overall meaning as a person. GE 22

26. listening to God in prayer and recognizing the signs that he gives you.
Always ask the Spirit what Jesus expects from you at every moment
of your life and in every decision you must make,
so as to discern its place in the mission you have received GE 23

27. May you come to realize what that word is,
the message of Jesus that God wants to speak
to the world by your life.
Let yourself be transformed. GE 24

28. Your identification with Christ and his will
involves a commitment to build with him that kingdom
of love, justice and universal peace GE 25
Activity that sanctifies

29. We are called to be contemplatives even in the midst of action,
and to grow in holiness by responsibly and generously
carrying out our proper mission. GE 26

30. «no es que la vida tenga una misión, sino que es misión» GE 27

31. in Evangelii Gaudium I concluded by speaking of a spirituality of mission,
in Laudato Si’ of an ecological spirituality, and
in Amoris Laetitia of a spirituality of family life. GE 28

32. The presence of constantly new gadgets,
the excitement of travel and
an endless array of consumer goods at times
leave no room for God’s voice to be heard GE 29

33. The same distractions that are omnipresent in today’s world also
make us tend to absolutize our free time, so that we can give
ourselves over completely to the devices that provide us
with entertainment or ephemeral pleasures. GE 30

34. We need a spirit of holiness capable of filling both our solitude
and our service, our personal life and our evangelizing efforts,
so that every moment can be an expression of
self-sacrificing love in the Lord’s eyes GE 31

35. he created you, and you will be faithful to your deepest self.
To depend on God sets us free from every form of enslavement
and leads us to recognize our great dignity. GE 32
More alive, more human

36. To the extent that each Christian grows in holiness,
he or she will bear greater fruit for our world. GE 33

37. Do not be afraid to set your sights higher,
to allow yourself to be loved and liberated by God.
Do not be afraid to let yourself be guided by the Holy Spirit.
Holiness does not make you less human,
since it is an encounter between your weakness
and the power of God’s grace. GE 34

38. 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
Evangelii Gaudium 1- 5
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- Dreedom 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 – The Marriage Bond of Christians
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
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39. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 atracción natural
Amor y Matrimonio 2 crecer hasta la madurez sexual
Amor y Matrimonio 3 sicología – diferencias y complementariedad
Amor y Matrimonio 4 origen de la atracción sexual
Amor y Matrimonio 5 liberta e intimidad
Amor y Matrimonio 6 amor humano
Amor y Matrimonio 7 el destino del amor humano
Amor y Matrimonio 8 matrimonio entre cristianos creyentes
Amor y Matrimonio 9 el vinculo matrimonial de cristianos
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
Evangelii Gaudium cap 1- 5
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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