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Our Inheritance FR FRANCESCO PIERLI MCCJ OUR INHERITANCE COMBONI MISSIONARIES OF THE HEART OF JESUS ABBREVIATIONS ACR Archivio Comboniano Roma. AG Ad Gentes, Vatican II, 1965. CA Centesimus Annus, John-Paul II, Ency. Let., 1991. CA Chapter Acts. ChL Christifideles Laici, John-Paul II, Apost. Exort., 1988. DM Dives in Misericordia, John-Paul, Ency. Let., 1980. EN Evangelii Nuntiandi, Paul VI, Apost. Exort., 1975. EP Evangelii Praecones, Pious XII, Ency. Let., 1951. FD Fidei Donum, Pious XII, Ency. Let., 1957. GS Gaudium et Spes, Vatican II, 1965. LG Lumen Gentium, Vatican II, 1964. MC Marialis Cultus, Paul VI, Apost. Exort., 1974. MI Maximum Illud, Ency. Let., Benedict XV, 1919. MuR Mutuae Relationes, Congregation for religious, 1978. NA Nostra Aetate, Vatican II, 1965. PC Perfectae Caritatis, Vatican II, 1965. PO Presbyterorum Ordinis, Vatican II, 1965. Positio Positio super virtutibus Servi Dei Danielis Comboni, Roma 1988. Prp Princeps Pastorum, John XXIII, Ency. Let., 1959. Ratio Ratio fundamentalis institutionis et studiorum, Comboni Missionaries, Rome, 1991. RC Redemptoris Custos, John-Paul II, Apost. Exort., 1989. RD Redemptoris Donum, John-Paul II, Apost. Exort., 1984. RE Rerum Ecclesiae, Pious XII, Ency. Let., 1926. RL Rule of Life, Comboni Missionaries, Rome, 1988. RM Redemptoris Missio, John-Paul II, Ency. Let., 1990. S Scritti, the writings of Daniel Comboni in Italian, EMI Press, Bologna, 1991. SD Salvifici Doloris, John-Paul II, Apost. Let., 1984. PREFACE Being heirs to the Apostle of Africa was made the dominant note for the immediate future when the 14th. General Chapter chose the motto "With Daniel Comboni Today." So I am happy to present these outlines of Comboni missionary spirituality written by Fr. Pierli as a help to deepening, appreciating, and living the charism of Comboni. The themes presented are important and thought provoking. Even more so is the approach based, as the author says, not on theory but on direct contact with missionaries in concrete situations. Anyone who has taken part in the retreats preached by Fr. Pierli in the four continents where we work, will find an echo of his love of the Heart of Christ, his enthusiasm for the founder, and his experience of the Society. Of the principle sources mentioned in the Introduction, I want to underline the importance of the official documents of the Society: the Rule of Life, the Chapter Acts, and the Letters of General Superiors (of which some seventy are quoted!). These put us in direct contact with our own tradition. The book lends itself both to individual and to community reflection. In each case it is important to root the message in the experience of everyday life and, as the concluding prayers at the end of each chapter suggest, to transform it into a conversation with the Father. I want to thank Fr. Pierli, and those who helped him, for this book. The hope is that contemplating these basic mysteries of Jesus Christ "with Daniel Comboni today", each of us becomes a good shepherd of the pierced heart. That is, an authentic Comboni Missionary. Father David Glenday MCCJ Superior General INTRODUCTION To get the best use from this book it will be helpful to know something of its origin, method and its aims. 1. The origin. The book is a development of a number of retreats preached, in the main, to Comboni Missionaries who wanted to pray and reflect on their charism, to own it anew, and to live it with joy and enthusiasm at a personal and community level. They work in all kind of situations which are often very poor, insecure and full of tension, profoundly testing the motives for their presence there. This is not a book which was born in at a writing desk but one based on contact with the various situations in which the Comboni Missionaries live and work. Hence its conversational tone, with the emphasis on different themes according to circumstances where the retreats where given. Some sections, such as community life and evangelisation are more developed than others because in these areas the problems are more urgent and complex, and merit more attention. Many of the important areas were suggested by the decisions of General Chapters emphasising them. 2. Method and sources. In choosing a method I was helped by the conciliar decree Perfectae Caritatis where Vatican II puts forward the basic principles for the renewal of the Institutes of consecrated life, that is: a) the following of Christ as proposed by the gospel; b) the original inspiration as lived by the Founder; c) the place of each Institute in the Church of today according to its charism. To enable each person to make these points their own I gave three meditations each day: on Christ, on the Founder and the third on the everyday living of the charism in the missionary context of today. Consequently the three main sources are Scripture, the Writings of Comboni, the Rule of Life and Chapter Acts, the letters of the Superior Generals and their Councils, the history of the Institute and the documents of the Church. 3. Themes. The themes of the eight day retreats are made up of the mysteries of the life of Christ the Good Shepherd whose heart has been wounded for us, this being the centre of the Founder’s experience of Christ. These mysteries are considered in a dynamic way, in the sense that they are contemplated in the way that Christ himself lived as became the Good Shepherd. However, they are not presented in a chronological way, keeping in mind that in some way every mystery contains all the others. The Incarnation, for example, is not complete at Nazareth and Bethlehem but lasted throughout the earthly life of Jesus. Likewise the Passion which, while it culminated on the cross, was part of the life of Jesus from the cradle. 4. Aim. At the request of many confreres and sisters who took part in the retreats, I have taken the trouble to put the conferences into writing. In doing this I hope to be able to help the Comboni family, be it in the beginnings of formation or in on-going formation, to internalise the charism of Comboni. This is in a spirit of obedience to Vatican II which declared, "It is to the Church’s advantage that the Institutes have their own identity and role. Therefore, everything that makes up the heritage of each Institute, as well as the healthy traditions, should be interpreted according to the Founders’s own spirit and aims" (PC2b). 5. Title. "OUR INHERITANCE" is based on Comboni’s phrase, ‘like heirs’. He saw himself as heir to the missionary effort and commitment of those who had worked before him to spread the gospel throughout the world and particularly in Africa. It is interesting to note how in Comboni the word ‘heir’ implies continuity and discontinuity, tradition and newness, faithfulness and creativity. In fact, he speaks of accepting the heritage of his predecessors precisely when, with his Plan, he proposes a change in outlook and method. Faithfulness and continuity are profound motives, implying dedication to the mission ‘ad gentes’ until death and they make the love of the Good Shepherd present and visible. Creativity and discontinuity imply both an acceptance of and a rethinking of the situation of Europe, Africa and the Church, particularly with regard to missionary efforts. Faithfulness sustains and motivates creativity, and this makes faithfulness meaningful in new situations. Comboni succeeded in marrying continuity and discontinuity showing himself to be a true master of ‘remembering’ in the scriptural sense. This book wishes to further this way of being ‘comboni’, faced as we are with the enormous challenge of mission in the new millenium which demands courage and creativity without precedent in the two thousand years of the Church’s history. 6. The Appendix presents saints to whom the Founder made frequent references and under whose protection he placed the Institute (S2649; RL 51.3-4). Their memory has been part of our history and they make up part of our ‘healthy traditions’. In them we can read the outline of our relationship of co- operation and tension with God and with the mission to which we have been called. I want to thank Fr. Piergiorgio Prandina who is co-author of the book. He worked at length to reorganise and document all the material. I entrust this work to Mary, Queen of the missions and Virgin of the Cenacle, to St. Joseph, humble and untiring workman of the Kingdom, and to Daniel Comboni, father and founder of whole comboni missionary movement. THE AUTHOR Chapter I VOCATION The missionary vocation is born out of a deep experience of the Kingdom of God which, at a given moment demands to be announced. The Kingdom is that of the Father who wishes to be "all in all" (1 Co 15:28). That is, he wants to makes sons and daughters of everyone, filling them with the inexhaustible resources of his love through life, strength, joy, hope and light. The Father does not live in isolation and being Father continually gives, shares and makes communion with others. The missionary vocation presupposes a clear awareness of the paternal-maternal presence in the world of "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father and God of all consolation" (2 Co 1:3). This awareness involves a sense of God communicating with us, a sense of divine tenderness that enfolds us, of reassuring gaze which frees us from fear and from the anguish that comes from the confusion of life and the harshness of the desert which we find we have to cross1.
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