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IMMERSED IN A SOCIETY
FRAGMENTED BY DIVISIVE
CONFLICTS
AND AFFLICTED BY WIDESPREAD POVERTY
YET DEEPLY ASPIRING FOR FULLNESS OF LIFE IN GOD:
WE, AS CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES,
WITH TOTAL TRUST IN GOD’S LOVE,
ENVISION OURSELVES
AS THE COMMUNITY OF DICIPLES,
WHO FIRMLY BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS
AND JOYFULLY LIVE IN HARMONY AND SOLIDARITY
WITH ONE ANOTHER, WITH CREATION, AND WITH GOD.
FOLLOWING THE WAY OF OUR LORD,
WE OPT TO BE A CHURCH OF THE POOR,
WHICH DEMANDS EVANGELICAL POVERTY OF US ALL
AND HARNESSES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER
OF THE POOR AMONG US
TOWARD THE JUSTICE AND LOVE OF GOD
IN THIS WORLD.
TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION,
UNDER THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD
AND WITH MARY AS OUR GUIDE,
WE SHALL EMBARK ON A RENEWED INTEGRAL EVANGELIZATION
AND WITNESS TO JESUS CHRIST’S
GOSPEL OF SALVATION AND LIBERATION
THROUGH OUR WORDS, DEEDS AND LIVES.
AS BISHOPS, PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND LAITY,
WE TOGETHER COMMIT OURSELVES
TO IMPLEMENT THE SPIRIT AND DECREES
OF THE SECOND PLENARY COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES
IN ORDER TO INCULTURATE GOSPEL VALUES IN OUR MEILIEU.
BY THIS SHALL KAAYUSAN (ORDER IN HARMONY) BE ACHIEVED
THROUGH PERSONS WHO ARE MAKA-DIYOS, MAKA-TAO, MAKABAYAN
AT MAKA-BUHAY.
OURS WILL THEN BE A CIVILIZATION LIFE AND
LOVE,
A SIGN OF THE IN-BREAKING OF THE FATHER’S KINGDOM.
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