Abstract or Introduction
Jesus after the resurrection commanded his disciples. “Go therefore and make disciples of all
the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.” (Mt 28:19-20)
The gaining and training of disciples has always been the central work of the evangelising
Church. Conversion is always an ongoing process, a deepening of our understanding of
ourselves and of our relationship with God. This means that the conversion process does not
cease with the giving of the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. This
encounter is ongoing encounter with God; it is a growth journey running into eternity. “We
have come to believe in God's love: in these words the Christian can express the fundamental
decision of his life. Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but
the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive
direction.” [...]
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- Des Gahan (Author), 2008, The application of three major characteristics of liturgy as seen in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults to Pastoral Care of the Sick and Dying, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/132327
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