This document discusses the importance of evangelization and missionary work, especially among the poor. It references the teachings and example of Saint Vincent de Paul, who dedicated his life to serving the poor. The document emphasizes that communion with others and commitment to social justice are essential aspects of continuing Christ's mission of proclaiming the Kingdom of God.

3. “The
secret
for
eternal
youth
is
in
having
an
ideal
to
achieve.”
El
secreto
de
la
eterna
juventud
es
tener
un
ideal
para
dedicarse"
Hélder
Cámara,
deceased
Brasilian
bishop,
who
was
committed
to
the
poor
and
affiliated
with
our
Vincenian
Family.

4. Today’s
catholic
church
invites
us
to
renovate
our
faith
and
to
proclaim
it
with
enthusiasm.
Like
the
Samaritan
woman,
today’s
people
can
feel
the
necessity
to
come
near
the
well
to
hear
Jesus,
who
invites
all
to
believe
in
Him
and
to
receive
the
living
water
that
overflows
from
His
being.
(cf.
Jn
4,
14).”
“You
are
the
salt
of
the
earth,
but
if
it
loses
its
taste,
with
what
can
it
be
seasoned?
You
are
the
light
of
the
world.
(cf.
Mt
5,
13-­‐16).
“That
is
why
it’s
also
necessary
today
for
us
as
church
to
be
committed
in
favor
of
a
new
evangelization,
to
rediscover
the
joy
of
believing
and
renew
our
enthusiasm
in
communicating
our
faith”.
(Motu
Proprio
Porta
Fidei,
3,7).

5. Jesus
was
sent
from
the
Father
and
under
the
Holy
Spirit’s
action,
he
proclaimed
the
Kingdom
of
God,
through
words
and
actions.
Jesus
called
men
and
women
and
communicated
the
new
way
of
life,
of
fraternity
and
love.
“Go
out
to
all
the
world
and
proclaim
the
Good
News
to
all
creation.”
(Mk
16,15).

6. In
our
faith
in
Christ,
when
our
sense
of
belonging
and
cohesion
grows,
our
desire
to
communicate
the
Gift
of
this
encounter
also
grows.

7. Communion
and
mission
are
deeply
united…
Communion
is
missionary
and
mission
desires
communion.

8. The
missionary
disciple,
guided
by
the
Holy
Spirit,
wants
to
make
manifest
the
merciful
love
of
the
Father,
everywhere
and
in
everyone,
especially
in
those
who
suffer
the
most.

9. We’re
living
in
a
historical
moment
where
a
true
change
is
happening,
where
there’s
a
world
that’s
crumbling,
and
a
new
world
that
is
emerging.
It’s
a
time
of
crisis
in
a
positive
and
negative
way,
full
of
enchantment
and
disenchantment,
with
new
values,
problems
and
possibilities,
that
calls
upon
the
disciples
and
missionaries
of
Christ.

10. Saint
Vincent
lived
and
acted
in
the
17th
century,
in
a
society
that
was
marked
with
great
social
inequality,
with
a
lot
of
poverty
and
injustice.
Throughout
all
of
his
life
Saint
Vincent
let
reality
and
events
speak
to
him.
He
knew
and
heard
the
cry
of
the
poor
of
his
time.
“If
we
asked
our
Lord
why
He
came
to
earth,
He
would
say:
To
help
the
poor!
…
Nothing
was
more
important
for
Him
than
to
work
for
the
poor”.

11. The
encounter
with
Christ
in
the
poor
showed
Vincent
that
the
poor
are
our
“Lords
and
Masters”.
In
them
Jesus
reveals
the
true
face
of
the
Father,
“the
good
God”
of
love,
mercy,
the
protector
and
defender
of
the
poor.

12. The
Vincentian
mission
expresses
and
manifests
a
clear
presence
for
the
apostolate
among
the
poor,
paying
special
attention
to
social
reality,
especially
the
causes
for
unequal
distribution
of
the
world’s
wealth.

13. In
Christ
evangelizer
of
the
poor,
Saint
Vincent
found
the
“true
model
and
the
great
invisible
outline
by
which
we
must
measure
all
of
our
actions.”
“Christ
is
the
rule
of
the
mission”
and
must
be
“the
life
of
our
life
and
the
only
aspiration
that
our
hearts
desire”.

14. Saint
Vincent
developed
the
mission
as
an
act
of
love,
which
is
lived
by
the
generous
and
integral
service
to
the
poor.
It’s
a
“material
and
spiritual
service”,
“affective
and
effective”,
through
words
and
actions
and
it
must
lead
to
true
love.
“Charity
is
greater
than
all
rules
and
all
things
must
relate
to
it”.

15. The
missionary
service
to
the
poor
is
made
in
a
spirit
of
communion
and
participation.
The
work
carried
out
by
Saint
Vincent
was
a
broad
experience
in
solidarity,
it
was
creative
and
diversified,
and
it
counted
on
the
collaboration
of
many
people.

16. It
was
a
communal
and
participative
work,
in
a
true
sense
networking,
as
we
call
it
today.
In
communion
and
collaboration
with
bishops
and
clergy,
he
united
the
rich
and
poor,
clerics
and
laity,
men
and
women.

17. Saint
Vincent’s
missionary
experience
is
truly
a
light
for
us
all,
a
guideline
for
our
actions
today.
It
is
a
genuine
path,
that
requires
commitment,
generosity
and
helps
us
to
live
our
condition
of
disciples
and
missionaries
of
Christ.

18. Let
us
go
to
the
poor!
With
increased
faith,
let’s
be
true
missionaries,
let’s
get
to
work!

19. Seek
to
love
the
God
of
the
poor,
Proclaim
Jesus
Christ
with
zeal.
Tell
them
the
kingdom
of
God
ha
come
And
the
heaven
is
their
destiny.
(bis)
Buscar
que
el
Dios
del
pobre
sea
amado
/
con
celo
anunciarle
a
Jesucristo.
Decirle
que
su
Reino
ha
llegado
/
y
el
Cielo
es
el
lugar
de
su
destino.
(bis)
La
misión
de
Jesucristo
/
es
la
misma
que
Él
nos
dio.
Hoy
nosotros
continuamos
/
su
misterio
salvador.
Loores
elevemos
hasta
al
cielo
/
a
Dios
que
nos
llamó
a
tal
misión
Nosotros
somos
hoy
los
instrumentos
/
que
anuncian
los
designios
del
Señor.
Bis)
Oh,
que
felicidad,
hermanos
míos,
/
mayor
felicidad
nadie
tendrá
Ni
mismo
Santo
Padre
sentirá
/
la
paz
y
la
alegría
que
nos
da.
(bis)
Traducción
libre
de
una
canción
vicentina
muy
conocida
en
Brasil
y
que
puede
ser
utilizada
durante
la
catequesis.
Seek
to
love
the
God
of
the
poor,
Proclaim
Jesus
Christ
with
zeal.
Tell
them
the
kingdom
of
God
has
come
And
heaven
is
their
destiny.
Jesus
Christ’s
mission
Is
the
same
that
he
gave
us.
Today
we
continue
His
salvific
mystery.
Let’s
raise
our
songs
to
the
heavens
To
God
who
called
us
to
this
mission
We
are
the
instruments
That
proclaim
God’s
desire.
What
happiness,
my
brethren,
Nor
greater
joy
can
people
have
The
father
will
feel
The
peace
and
joy
that
he
gives
us.
(Translation
of
a
Vincentian
song
that
can
be
used
during
the
catechesis.)