The mystery of the Church is the central element that inspires and directs our life in all its aspects and dimensions. This mystery reveals to us the Father’s saving plan and shows us what it means to belong to the Mystical Body of Christ. The Church introduces us to a life of communion with the divine mysteries. The mystery of the Church also unifies our religious consecration and inspires our programs of formation and style of government.
The Church, that has the Trinity as her permanent source of nourishment and inspiration, is also “sacramental” in history: communion with God for He is the one who acts in us and gives LIFE and communion with the brothers and sisters, who enjoy the same divine life.
The following of Jesus does not end in his person, but certainly flows to the Church. It is the Church, the community of disciples of Jesus, which has received the mission from the Lord to proclaim the Good News to all men and women. The Church asks of the religious life to be a testimony and prophecy to the world, making a visible sign par excellence of the Kingdom, that is, communion.
The mystery of the Church is the central core of the experience of Francisco Palau. His Church-centred spirituality emphasizes the Church, Mystical Body of Christ. In his experience of the mystery, the presence of Christ, Head, joined with the members, is one that is unique, binding, and vital, since "there is only one Head and only one Spirit that vivifies".
You know Oh Church that if I live, I live for you and only for you.
Francisco Palau
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