But private schools in which religion is rightly taught stress the importance of patriotism and loyalty to civic duties based on love of God, of neighbor and country. Such education is unifying , not divisive. It is urgent to rediscover and to set forth once more the authentic reality of the Christian faith , which is not simply a set of propositions to be accepted with intellectual assent. Rather, faith is a lived awareness of Christ, a living remembrance of His commandments, a truth to be lived out. A word . . . is not truly accepted . . . until it is put into action.
Faith is a decision involving one s whole existence.
It entails an act of entrusting abandonment to Christ which enables us to live as He lived, in profound love of God and of our brothers and sisters. I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish that it were already enkindled. That fire was ignited and burned brightly in the minds and hearts of the apostles, and that is why they were so instrumental in the spread of the faith. A fire gives forth both light and heat , and both are needed for evangelization. That fire was ignited on Calvary.