YOU ARE THE CHURCH. THE OBLIGATION OF SPREADING THE FAITH IS IMPOSED ON EVERY DISCIPLE OF CHRIST, ACCORDING TO HIS STATE (LG 17)

Danas u ovom dijelu svijeta više ne postoji nekadašnje monolitno društvo. Obilježavaju ga osobitosti s kojim se tek sada susrećemo. To su: ambivalentni odnos prema tradiciji, subjektivizam, bijeg u privatnost, bijeg od autoriteta, egoizam, obožavanje slobode. Tradicija je u nekim našim sredinama još uvijek vidljiva, ali se prema njoj odnosi selektivno jer prevladava mogućnot da svatko organizira život po svom ukusu. Članovi Crkve sve manje nalaze vremena za vjerske potrebe. Treba promijeniti nove pastoralne pothvate prema njima da bi se u članovima Crkve podigla svijest odgovornosti za život Crkve, da u sebi osjete poziv: »Ja sam Crkva, zajedno smo Crkva«, tj. da žive kršćanstvo ostvarujući riječ Drugog vatikanskog koncila: »Svaki je Kristov učenik dužan da širi vjeru koliko može« (LG 17). Tek tada je spreman staviti Kristu na raspolaganje svoje sposobnosti i naviještati da je Krist svjetlo naroda (LG 1).Society today is not monolithic, it is a society of differences, and we are dealing with them only lately. These differences are: the ambivalent relationship towards the tradition, subjectivism, escape into individualism and escape from authority, egoism and adoration of liberty. Tradition is still visible in certain environments, but it is approached selectively, because of the prevailing possibility for everyone to organize his own life arbitrarily. The members of the Church have less time for the needs of faith. A new pastoral effort should be made to reinforce in the members of the Church the responsibility for the life of the Church, so that everyone can deeply feel the call: “I am the Church, together we are Church”, i.e. to live their Christianity by actualizing the words of the 2nd Vatican Council: The obligation of spreading the faith is imposed on every disciple of Christ, according to his state (LG 17). Only then he will be able to offer Christ his own capacities and announce: Christ is the Light of nations (LG 1)