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Call from the pope to Catholics for a total commitment:
"Pope John Paul II has called on all Christians to be ready to bear witness to the truth of Christ, even “at the cost of suffering and great sacrifice”.
Referring to the encyclical Veritatis splendor, the Pope said martyrdom, like that of St John the Baptist, is “an eminent sign of the holiness of the Church,” which “represents the summit of the testimony to moral truth.”
Although relatively few are called to this supreme sacrifice, it is “testimony that all Christians must be ready to give every day, even at the cost of suffering and grave sacrifice.”
Acknowleding the daily challenges of living the faith in today’s world, the Pope said, “it sometimes requires a herioc commitment to not give up, even in daily life, to the difficulties that push us to compromise and to live the Gospel ‘sine glossa’ (without footnotes.)”
"Pope John Paul II has called on all Christians to be ready to bear witness to the truth of Christ, even “at the cost of suffering and great sacrifice”.
Referring to the encyclical Veritatis splendor, the Pope said martyrdom, like that of St John the Baptist, is “an eminent sign of the holiness of the Church,” which “represents the summit of the testimony to moral truth.”
Although relatively few are called to this supreme sacrifice, it is “testimony that all Christians must be ready to give every day, even at the cost of suffering and grave sacrifice.”
Acknowleding the daily challenges of living the faith in today’s world, the Pope said, “it sometimes requires a herioc commitment to not give up, even in daily life, to the difficulties that push us to compromise and to live the Gospel ‘sine glossa’ (without footnotes.)”
