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Johannes XXIII.
Geburtstag: 25. November 1881
Todesdatum: 3. Juni 1963
Andere Namen:Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Johannes XXIII. – bürgerlicher Name Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli – wurde am 28. Oktober 1958 als Nachfolger von Pius XII. zum 261. Papst der römisch-katholischen Kirche gewählt. Er wird auch der „Konzilspapst“ oder wegen seiner Bescheidenheit und Volksnähe im Volksmund il Papa buono genannt. Er wurde am 3. September 2000 von Papst Johannes Paul II. seliggesprochen. Papst Franziskus sprach Johannes XXIII. am 27. April 2014 heilig. Sein Gedenktag in der römisch-katholischen Kirche ist der 11. Oktober, der Tag, an dem 1962 das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil eröffnet wurde. Die evangelisch-lutherische Kirche in Amerika gedenkt seiner am 3. Juni, seinem Todestag.
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„Nur für heute werde ich mich bemühen, den Tag zu erleben, ohne das Problem meines Lebens auf einmal lösen zu wollen.“
— Johannes XXIII.
Die Zehn Gebote der Gelassenheit, 1.
„From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues.“
— Pope John XXIII
Context: From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues. I am not St. Aloysius, nor must I seek holiness in his particular way, but according to the requirements of my own nature, my own character and the different conditions of my life. I must not be the dry, bloodless reproduction of a model, however perfect. God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances. If St. Aloysius had been as I am, he would have become holy in a different way.
Journal of a Soul (1903)
„We are not on earth as museum keepers, but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare a glorious future. The Pope is dead. Long live the Pope!“
— Pope John XXIII
Context: One of my favorite phrases that brings me great comfort: We are not on earth as museum keepers, but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare a glorious future. The Pope is dead. Long live the Pope!
Journal entry on the day Pope Pius XII died (9 October 1958); published in Journal of a Soul (1965)
„God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances.“
— Pope John XXIII
Context: From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues. I am not St. Aloysius, nor must I seek holiness in his particular way, but according to the requirements of my own nature, my own character and the different conditions of my life. I must not be the dry, bloodless reproduction of a model, however perfect. God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances. If St. Aloysius had been as I am, he would have become holy in a different way.
Journal of a Soul (1903)
„[Peace must be] founded on truth, built according to justice, vivified and integrated by charity, and put into practice in freedom.“
— Pope John XXIII
Pacem in Terris (11 April 1963), ¶ 167
