“THUS SAYS : HERE IS MY SERVANT WHOM I UPHOLD, MY CHOSEN ONE WITH WHOM PLEASED, UPON WHOM I HAVE PUT MY SPIRIT,” ISAIAH :

January 10 The Baptism of the Lord Nnool.us | (303) 469-5171 Encouraged by her own tion, we must learn to look A LETTER experience, Teresa upon our weaknesses with persuaded others to culti- tender mercy.[12] vate devotion to Joseph.[9] The evil one makes us see FROM OUR […] and condemn our frailty, The greatness of Saint whereas the Spirit brings Joseph is that he was the Joseph saw grow it to light with tender love. spouse of Mary and the daily “in wisdom and in Tenderness is the best PRIESTS father of Jesus. In this years and in divine and way to touch the frailty way, he placed himself, in human favour” (Lk 2:52). As within us. Pointing fingers the words of Saint John the Lord had done with and judging others are Chrysostom, “at the Israel, so Joseph did with frequently signs of an service of the entire plan Jesus: he taught him to inability to accept our own of salvation”. walk, taking him by the weaknesses, our own hand; he was for him like a frailty. Only tender love Saint Paul VI pointed out father who raises an infant will save us from the that Joseph concretely to his cheeks, bending snares of the accuser (cf. expressed his fatherhood down to him and feeding Rev 12:10). That is why it is “by making his life a sacri- him (cf. Hos 11:3-4). so important to encounter ficial service to the mys- God’s mercy, especially in tery of the incarnation In Joseph, Jesus saw the the Sacrament of Recon- and its redemptive tender love of God: “As a ciliation, where we experi- purpose. He employed his father has compassion for ence his truth and tender- legal authority over the his children, so the Lord ness. Paradoxically, the FR. ACCURSIO to devote has compassion for those evil one can also speak the himself completely to who fear him” (Ps 103:13). truth to us, yet he does so CIACCIO them in his life and work. only to condemn us. We He turned his human In the synagogue, during know that God’s truth vocation to domestic love the praying of the Psalms, does not condemn, but into a superhuman obla- Joseph would surely have instead welcomes, Dear Parishioners, tion of himself, his heart heard again and again that embraces, sustains and and all his abilities, a love the God of Israel is a God forgives us. That truth placed at the service of of tender love,who is good always presents itself to As you may know, recently the Messiah who was Pope Francis wrote a beauti- to all, whose “compassion us like the merciful father growing to maturity in his in Jesus’ parable (cf. Lk ful letter called Patris Corde, is over all that he has home”. made” (Ps 145:9). 15:11-32). It comes out to With a Father's Heart, on St. meet us, restores our Joseph. This letter describes Thanks to his role in salva- The history of salvation is dignity, sets us back on how St. Joseph was a good tion history, worked out “in hope our feet and rejoices for father and describes the has always been venerat- against hope” (Rom 4:18), us, for, as the father says: ABOUTnature of fatherhood for all ed as a father by the through our weaknesses. “This my son was dead men. I want to invite all of Christian people. This is All too often, we think that and is alive again; he was you, and especially the shown by the countless God works only through lost and is found” (v. 24). fathers, to read the entire churches dedicated to our better parts, yet most him worldwide, the of his plans are realized in Even through Joseph’s document, which is fairly numerous religious Insti- short. Here is a little teaser. and despite our frailty. Thus fears, God’s will, his histo- tutes, Confraternities and Saint Paul could say: “To ry and his plan were at ecclesial groups inspired keep me from being too work. Joseph, then, teach- Have a great week, by his spirituality and elated, a thorn was given es us that faith in God Fr. Accu bearing his name, and the me in the flesh, a messen- includes believing that he many traditional expres- ger of Satan to torment me, can work even through our sions of piety in his honor. to keep me from being too fears, our frailties and our Innumerable holy men and elated. Three times I weaknesses. He also women were passionately appealed to the Lord about teaches us that amid the devoted to him. Among this, that it would leave me, tempests of life, we must them was Teresa of Avila, but he said to me: ‘My never be afraid to let the who chose him as her grace is sufficient for you, Lord steer our course. At advocate and intercessor, for power is made perfect times, we want to be in had frequent recourse to in weakness’” (2 Cor 12:7-9). complete control, yet God him and received whatev- always sees the bigger er graces she asked of Since this is part of the picture. N him. entire economy of salva- DAILY READINGS PARISH OFFICE DAY 1ST READING 2ND READING Location Sat 1/9     900 W. Midway Blvd Sun 1/10        Broomfield, CO 80020 Mon 1/11     Tues 1/12      Website: www.nool.us Wed 1/13     Thurs 1/14     Fri 1/15      Phone: (303) 469-5171 Sat 1/16     Sun 1/17        Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am-9:00pm PARISH TIMES Saturday Mass Times Confession Drive-up Monday - Friday Thursday Communion 8:00am-5:00pm 7:00am | 9:30am 5:00-6:00pm Sunday 9:30am Fax: (303) 469-5172 Saturday Saturday Daily Livestream School: (303) 466-4177 9:30am | 4:00pm 8:00-9:30am of Mass 5:00pm 3:00-4:30pm 9:30am BULLETIN INFO

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Endowed with ʻa spiritual and immortalʼ soul, the human person is ʻthe only creature on earth that God has willed for its own sake.ʼ From his conception, he is destined for eternal beatitude. The human person participates in the light and power of the divine Spirit. By his reason, he is capable of understanding the order of things established by the Creator. By free will, he is capable of directing himself toward his true good. He finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good. (Catechism #1703-1704)

ST. MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS SACRISTY LAUNDRY MARGE LAY Tuesday, January 12

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, January 9 Monday, January 11 Thursday, January 14 Sunday, January 17 9:30 † George Lutito 7:00 † Ann Marie Adams 7:00 Intentions 7:30 † Fr. Luis Jaramillo by Ron and Chris Morrison by The Cloutier Family of the Wilk Family 8:30 † John Sunderman 4:00 † Janina and Alojzy Wegrzyn 9:30 † Mary Jane Collopy 9:30 † Nick Thomm by Linda Kent by The Wegrzyn Family by Carol Day by His Family 9:30 People of the Parish 5:00 Sister Rosa Lombardi Tuesday, January 12 11:00 † Ahna Mack by Cynthia Lombardi 7:00 † Robert Siurek Friday, January 15 by MIke Oakes by His Family 7:30 † Celia Garcia 12:00 † The Faithful Departed Sunday, January 10 9:30 Linda Siurek by Her Daughter of The John Paulsen Family 7:30 Intentions of by Her Family 9:30 † David Soenksen by Linda Kent The Wilk Family by Bette Dean 4:00 † Anne Watkins 8:30 June Curran Wednesday, January 13 by Colleen and Eric Rupp by John Curran 7:00 Ryan Siurek by Kim Saturday, January 16 5:00 Karen Moreira 9:30 People of the Parish 9:30 † Bobbie Mitchell 9:30 † Maria Marian Cwierz by The Family 11:00 Griffen Schowe by Her Daughter Kim by The Wegrzen Family by The Buzbee Family 4:00 † The Cloutier Family 12:00 † Josephine Logay 5:00 Magdalen Storey by Stacy Logay by The Family 4:00 † Carol Langner by The Parish Staff 5:00 † Michelle Callahan by The Callahan Family

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Sunday, January 10 Tuesday, January 12 Thursday, January 14 Saturday, January 16 7:30am Mass 7:00am Mass 7:00am Mass 8:00am Cenacle Prayer Group 8:30am Mass 9:30am Livestream Mass 9:00am ENDOW 9:00am CL 9:30am Drive-Up 10:00am SVdP 9:30am Livestream Mass 9:30am Livestream Mass 11:00am Mass 12:30pm Study 10:00am SVdP 11:00am Baptisms 12:00pm Mass 4:30pm RE 5:30pm Stephen Ministry 4:00pm Mass 4:00pm Mass 6:30pm RCIA 6:00pm Sojourners 5:00pm Mass 5:00pm Mass 6:30pm RE 6:45pm Baptism Class 6:00pm HS Youth Group 7:00pm Venturers 7:00pm CL Friday, January 15 If you have any prayer requests, Monday, January 11 Wednesday, January 13 please contact Joanne Farver at 7:00am Mass 7:00am Mass 303-466-8859 or at [email protected]. 9:30am Livestream Mass 5:30am St. Joe’s Men’s Group 7:30am Men of Emmaus 7:00am Mass ENDOW 10:00am SVdP 9:00am Prayers for the sick and for 6:30pm SVdP Volunteer Mtg 9:30am Livestream Mass 9:30am Mass the deceased: 7:00pm Boulder CL 10:00am SVdP 10:00am SVdP We pray for all who are sick, and 7:00pm St. Joe’s Men’s Group 1:00pm Philippians 1:00pm Used Uniform Sale for our deceased relatives and 4:30pm RE 3:00pm CL friends that they may speedily attain the blessedness of heaven If you're going to the hospital 6:30pm CL Please see the website, and rejoice in the eternal treasure and need a visit from a priest 6:30pm RE of God’s glory and love. 7:15pm Scouts nool.us, for updated parish or deacon, please call the front schedule due to changes in desk at: 303-469-5171 7:30pm Book Club COVID-19 procedures. Also, sign up on Flocknote for up-to-date information delivered directly into your inbox at: app.flocknote.com/nool 4 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Enroll your children in RE today! & SPRING RESTORED ORDER nool.us/religious-education

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Upcoming Study: What do Catholics Believe? REGISTER NOW for Summer Camp at January 12, 2021 - March 30,2021 Annunciation Heights! Tuesdays at 1:00pm in Cabrini Hall In a few short months, the youth and families of the We will be reading Book 1 from: Archdiocese will be heading into the beautiful Rocky Catholicism (All-in-One) for Dummies (5 books in 1) Mountains for a week of adventure and friendship in a ISBN 978-1-119-08468-6 dynamic faith-filled environment. With our summer camp schedule beginning in June, we will host six Book 1: What do Catholics Believe one-week youth sessions and three family camps. Book 2: Walking the Catholic Walk Book 3: Catholic Mass Youth camp sessions are oered for boys and girls from Book 4: Saints and other important figures grades 4 through 12. Programming will include climbing, Book 5: All about the Pope hiking, small group formation, Mass outdoors, and so much more. To order a book please email, NCyndi Beckingham at: For more information about dates, pricing, and to [email protected] register, visit: https://annunciationheights.org

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6 tion, we must learn to look upon our weaknesses with tender mercy.[12] The evil one makes us see and condemn our frailty, The greatness of Saint whereas the Spirit brings Joseph is that he was the it to light with tender love. spouse of Mary and the Tenderness is the best father of Jesus. In this way to touch the frailty way, he placed himself, in within us. Pointing fingers the words of Saint John and judging others are Chrysostom, “at the frequently signs of an service of the entire plan inability to accept our own of salvation”. weaknesses, our own frailty. Only tender love Saint Paul VI pointed out will save us from the that Joseph concretely snares of the accuser (cf. expressed his fatherhood Rev 12:10). That is why it is “by making his life a sacri- so important to encounter ficial service to the mys- God’s mercy, especially in tery of the incarnation the Sacrament of Recon- and its redemptive ciliation, where we experi- purpose. He employed his ence his truth and tender- legal authority over the ness. Paradoxically, the Holy Family to devote evil one can also speak the himself completely to truth to us, yet he does so them in his life and work. only to condemn us. We He turned his human know that God’s truth vocation to domestic love does not condemn, but into a superhuman obla- instead welcomes, tion of himself, his heart embraces, sustains and and all his abilities, a love forgives us. That truth placed at the service of always presents itself to the Messiah who was us like the merciful father growing to maturity in his in Jesus’ parable (cf. Lk home”. 15:11-32). It comes out to meet us, restores our Thanks to his role in salva- dignity, sets us back on tion history, Saint Joseph our feet and rejoices for has always been venerat- us, for, as the father says: ed as a father by the “This my son was dead Christian people. This is and is alive again; he was shown by the countless lost and is found” (v. 24). churches dedicated to him worldwide, the Even through Joseph’s numerous religious Insti- fears, God’s will, his histo- tutes, Confraternities and ry and his plan were at ecclesial groups inspired work. Joseph, then, teach- by his spirituality and es us that faith in God bearing his name, and the includes believing that he many traditional expres- can work even through our sions of piety in his honor. fears, our frailties and our Innumerable holy men and weaknesses. He also women were passionately teaches us that amid the devoted to him. Among tempests of life, we must them was Teresa of Avila, never be afraid to let the who chose him as her Lord steer our course. At advocate and intercessor, times, we want to be in had frequent recourse to complete control, yet God him and received whatev- always sees the bigger er graces she asked of picture. him.

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THE HOPE CORNER: ST. JOSEPHʼS MENʼS GROUP A MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRY Attention Men of Nativity:

By: Becky Kusick, MA, LPC Announcing St Joe's Men's Group's New Spring Semester and Lenten Journey Due to the pandemic, this past year might have seemed like you were running a marathon. But, marathons, no Are you looking to deepen your relationship with God? matter how distant, have a clearly defined finish line. Be a better husband? Become a more loving father? Many are feeling the current state of the pandemic is Build friendships with other like-minded men? anything but clearly defined. For many of us, it is this And seek to be the best man you can be? unknown ending point that may be one of the most dicult struggles of the virus. One important thing to Attend our St Joe's Men's Group weekly sessions. We help us stay the course to the end of this marathon is that are starting our Spring Semester which will include a eventually the pandemic will become an event that special Lenten Journey. happened, rather than a period of time we struggled to live through. There are two options for attending these one hour sessions: NSome tips as we begin 2021 to get us through include the following: Monday evenings at 7:30pm at the Frassati House, behind the . 1. Continue to take good care of yourself. Get plenty of rest, stay active, hydrate and eat a healthy diet. Wednesday Mornings at 5:50am in Cabrini Hall.

2. Practice daily gratitude. The positive mental health Contacts for questions: benefits of gratitude are well documented. Steve Peixoto 303-619-5741 Carlos Ocampo 303-619-0835 3. Look out for one another and help others during this Bob Patton 720-883-1893. time. It strengthens us to help others. or email: [email protected]

4. Stay in the moment. Breathe in and out and tell yourself, “this is a temporary feeling, I will get through.”

5. Remind yourself of the past diculties you got through MARCH FOR LIFE, DENVER in your life. You are resilient, resourceful, strong and God is always near! Rosary and Mass: Saturday, January 23 The Hope Corner is a free mental health ministry #CELEBRATELIFE2021 committed to instilling hope and reducing stigma. Please contact The Hope Corner with any questions or Due to the local Covid restrictions in place, there will comments. If you or a family member are in need of any not be a March for Life in Denver this January. referrals, information or community-based resources, We will celebrate life at Nativity by praying a rosary at contact: 9:00am followed by a Respect Life Mass at 9:30am on Saturday, January 23. The day after marks the 48th Becky Kusick, MA, LPC at, anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the supreme court [email protected] decision that legalized abortion. or 303-907-6499. From the Respect Life Oce of the Archdiocese: If you are having a mental health crisis, please call Colora- “In Colorado, and all across the country, let’s show that do Crisis Services at 844-493-8255 or text “TALK” to we will continue to stand up for the value, worth and 38255. dignity of all human life. We will continue to be a positive, prayerful presence because we know that we stand on the side of truth: scientific truth and eternal truths! We will not waver and we will be a witness for the culture of life.”

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The Beauty of Dying Parish family looking for experienced babysitter/nanny starting in January, for seven-month-old and three-year-old. “For me, to live is and to die is gain.” - Phillippians Tuesdays 1-4pm, Thursdays 9am-1pm, and Fridays 1-4pm. 1:21 For more details call 307-214-5104. Resumes can be emailed to: [email protected] Death is often thought of as an ending of a life, of unful- filled goals and dreams; a separation from our loved Experienced older teenagers and young adults welcome to ones. It is especially dicult when death comes to some- inquire! one at what seems to be an unfairly young age, or due to a devastating illness. Although we live in a cruel world, where there is no shortage of injustice, suering and MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER sorrows, we also enjoy the wonderful moments of bless- ings and hope when Christ lives in our hearts. And yet, ”I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the to die is to gain. ”. Jesus so beautifully told us, “I am the resurrection and Invite the Holy Spirit into your marriage by participating in a the life, he who believes in Me, though he dies, he will virtual or local Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. live. And he who lives and believes in Me will never die.” We have a tendency to believe that death means leaving Upcoming Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends: the living behind, and yet, we are actually all presently dying and then transition to eternal life. If a person has 2021 Virtual: the right relationship with Jesus, to die is to gain many Jan. 29-31 blessings. There is a perfect home with God; no more Feb. 19-21 pain, or tears, no more imperfections of being human, April 23-25 but rather, living in harmony and love in the place that June 11-13 has been prepared for us.

2021 Durango or Dillon: Sept. 17-19 There is no such thing as a flawless person. Yet, when we 2021 Colorado Springs: Nov. 5-7 die, we no longer have these flaws. Although death can be painful, it has a beauty, that the believer is now living For questions, or to find out more about a a better life, in a perfect home, as an immortal, glorious Virtual Encounter Weekend, feel free to contact: being with Christ. Brenda & Gary Granger: 720-213-8833 The SVdP Society would like to thank our parishioners Space is limited, so reserve your weekend early. for their support. We know these are hard times for most and your support allows us to continue to help those in For more information about need in both our parish and community. World Wide Marriage Encounter, please visit www.wwme.org.

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8 IN THE CLASSROOM Welcome back, Knights! A special welcome to our Holiday cheer continues at Nativity with a 14 new students joining us Christmas free dress day & hot cocoa at recess! for another semester of in-person learning!

UPCOMING VIRTUAL GALA INFO

What is the Gala? When: Saturday, February 6, 2021 Registration is FREE The annual school Gala is the largest Registration is now open: to participate in the silent auction fundraising event of the school year. school.nool.us/gala and event. Optional: add dinner from a local favorite, Delvivkios.

Silent Auction Who Should Attend? Why We Fundraise? The silent auction will open one week All supporters of Catholic education Funds raised at the Gala, A Knight prior to the Gala, January 31 at noon, at Nativity: Faith & Reason, local, near, for Joy, will directly supplement our and bids can be placed all week long! and far, please share the link! Stronger Together annual appeal for tuition assistance, as well as allocate monies for essential school operations and training opportunities for our How to Get Further Involved faculty. Aside from attending the event, there is still time to help us build our silent auction, and become a sponsor.

1. We are still seeking items from our Amazon Wishlist, including larger ticket items such as vacation homes.

2. If your family or business would like to make a monetary donation to become a Gala sponsor, you will be recognized at the event and in all promotional comm- unications. Be sure to keep an eye on the newsletters and visit our website periodically for updated info!

N9 Part 1: Sections 1-2 A LETTER FROM OUR POPES Venerable Brothers and dear sons and daughters, In the encyclical already referred to, I have tried DIVES IN greetings and the apostolic blessing. to show that the deepening and the many-facet- ed enrichment of the Church's consciousness MISERICORDIA 1. The Revelation of Mercy resulting from the Council must open our minds and our hearts more widely to Christ. Today I wish Week 1 It is "God, who is rich in mercy" 1 whom Jesus Christ to say that openness to Christ, who as the 30 November 1980 has revealed to us as Father: it is His very Son who, in of the world fully reveals man himself," Himself, has manifested Him and made Him known to can only be achieved through an ever more us.2 Memorable in this regard is the moment when mature reference to the Father and His love. Philip, one of the twelve Apostles, turned to Christ and said: "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be 2. The Incarnation of Mercy satisfied"; and Jesus replied: "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me...? He who has Although God "dwells in unapproachable light,"8 seen me has seen the Father."3 These words were He speaks to man he means of the whole of the spoken during the at the end of universe: "ever since the creation of the world his the paschahhvl supper, which was followed by the invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and events of those holy days during which confirmation deity, has been clearly perceived in the things was to be given once and for all of the fact that "God, that have been made."9 This indirect and imper- who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which fect knowledge, achieved by the intellect seeking he loved us, even when we were dead through our God by means of creatures through the visible trespasses, made us alive together with Christ."4 world, falls short of "vision of the Father." "No one has ever seen God," writes St. John, in order to Following the teaching of the Second Vatican Council stress the truth that "the only Son, who is in the and paying close attention to the special needs of bosom of the Father, he has made him known."10 our times, I devoted the encyclical Redemptor This "making known" reveals God in the most hominis to the truth about man, a truth that is profound mystery of His being, one and three, revealed to us in its fullness and depth in Christ. A no surrounded by "unapproachable light."11 Never- POPE SAINT less important need in these critical and difficult theless, through this "making known" by Christ times impels me to draw attention once again in we know God above all in His relationship of love JOHN PAUL II Christ to the countenance of the "Father of mercies for man: in His "philanthropy."12 It is precisely and God of all comfort."5 We read in the Constitution here that "His invisible nature" becomes in a The situation of the world today Gaudium et spes: "Christ the new Adam...fully reveals special way "visible," incomparably more visible not only displays transformations man to himself and brings to light his lofty calling," than through all the other "things that have been that give grounds for hope in a and does it "in the very revelation of the mystery of made": it becomes visible in Christ and through better future for man on earth, but the Father and of his love."6 The words that I have Christ, through His actions and His words, and also reveals a multitude of threats, quoted are clear testimony to the fact that man finally through His death on the cross and His far surpassing those known up till cannot be manifested in the full dignity of his nature resurrection. now. Without ceasing to point out without reference - not only on the level of concepts these threats on various occasions but also in an integrally existential way - to God. Man In this way, in Christ and through Christ, God also (as in addresses at UNO, to and man's lofty calling are revealed in Christ through becomes especially visible in His mercy; that is to UNESCO, to FAO and elsewhere), the revelation of the mystery of the Father and His say, there is emphasized that attribute of the the Church must at the same time love. divinity which the Old Testament, using various examine them in the light of the concepts and terms, already defined as "mercy." truth received from God. For this reason it is now fitting to reflect on this Christ confers on the whole of the Old Testament mystery. It is called for by the varied experiences of tradition about God's mercy a definitive meaning. The truth, revealed in Christ, about the Church and of contemporary man. It is also Not only does He speak of it and explain it by the God the "Father of mercies,"16 demanded by the pleas of many human hearts, their use of comparisons and parables, but above all He enables us to "see" Him as particu- sufferings and hopes, their anxieties and expecta- Himself makes it incarnate and personifies it. He larly close to man especially when tions. While it is true that every individual human Himself, in a certain sense, is mercy. To the person man is suffering, when he is under being is, as I said in my encyclical Redemptor hominis, who sees it in Him - and finds it in Him - God threat at the very heart of his the way for the Church, at the same time the Gospel becomes "visible" in a particular way as the Father existence and dignity. And this is and the whole of Tradition constantly show us that who is rich in mercy."13 why, in the situation of the Church we mustFR. travel MICHAEL this day with every individual just as and the world today, many individ- Christ traced it out by revealing in Himself the Father The present-day mentality, more perhaps than uals and groups guided by a lively and HisCARVILL love.7 In Jesus Christ, every path to man, as that of people in the past, seems opposed to a sense of faith are turning, I would it has been assigned once and for all to the Church in God of mercy, and in fact tends to exclude from say almost spontaneously, to the the changing context of the times, is simultaneously life and to remove from the human heart the very mercy of God. They are certainly an approach to the Father and His love. The Second idea of mercy. The word and the concept of being moved to do this by Christ Vatican Council has confirmed this truth for our time. "mercy" seem to cause uneasiness in man, who, Himself, who through His Spirit thanks to the enormous development of science works within human hearts. For the and technology, never before known in history, mystery of God the "Father of The more the Church's mission is centered upon has become the master of the earth and has mercies" revealed by Christ man-the more it is, so to speak, anthropocentric-the subdued and dominated it.14 This dominion over becomes, in the context of today's more it must be confirmed and actualized theocentri- the earth, sometimes understood in a one - sided threats to man, as it were a unique cally, that is to say, be directed in Jesus Christ to the and superficial way, seems to have no room for appeal addressed to the Church. Father. While the various currents of human thought mercy. However, in this regard we can profitably both in the past and at the present have tended and refer to the picture of "man's situation in the In the present encyclical wish to still tend to separate theocentrism and anthropocen- world today" as described at the beginning of the accept this appeal; I wish to draw trism, and even to set them in opposition to each Constitution Gaudium et spes. Here we read the from the eternal and at the same other, the Church, following Christ, seeks to link them following sentences: "In the light of the foregoing time-for its simplicity and depth- up in human history, in a deep and organic way. And factors there appears the dichotomy of a world incomparable language of revela- this is also one of the basic principles, perhaps the that is at once powerful and weak, capable of tion and faith, in order through this most important one, of the teaching of the last Coun- doing what is noble and what is base, disposed to same language to express once cil. 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