Rome, Tuesday, April 24, 2012
“I was asked to prepare a text on the Word following the proposal made by the General Council in their Letter ‘The Word of God in our Missionary Being and Acting’ (January, 2012). This ‘aid’ ought not to derive from ‘ideas’ but rather from what we live out in our daily missionary lives and should, therefore, be based upon personal experience. I accepted this task with some embarrassment. I do not think my experience differs much from yours. On the contrary, that of many other confreres is doubtless much richer and more effective. At any rate, after some uncertainty, I accepted the task gladly, both because it made me reflect upon my life and because it is an opportunity to put into practice the Chapter invitation to engage in the ‘sharing of the interior life’ (CA 2009, n. 26).” P. Manuel João, mccj.