Hajja Salesjana October-November 2020

H AJJA S ALESJANA 17 4. Neither a pessimist nor an optimist, the Salesian of the 21st century is a man filled with hope because he knows that his centre is the Lord who can make all things new (cf. Rev 21:5). Only this will save us from living in an attitude of resignation and defensive survival. Only this will make our lives fruitful (cf. homily, 2 February 2017). 5. Living faithfully the charism is something richer and more stimulating than the simple abandonment, retreat or readjustment of houses or activities; it implies a change of mentality in the face of the mission that must be carried out. 6. May the charism be renewed . Every charism needs to be renewed and evangelized, and in your case especially by the poorest young people. 7. It is important to say that we are not formed for the mission, but that we are formed in the mission . Our whole life revolves around it, with its choices and priorities. 8. Coadjutor Brothers are a living expression of the gratuitousness that the charism invites us to safeguard . Your consecration is, above all, a sign of the gratuitous love of the Lord, and to the Lord in his young people, which is not defined primarily by a particular ministry, function or service, but by a presence. 9. The universal presence of your Salesian Family is a stimulus and an invitation to guard and preserve the richness of many of the cultures in which you are immersed without trying to get them all to conform. 10. Dream of open, fruitful and evangelizing houses capable of allowing the Lord to show so many young people His unconditional love and also allowing you to enjoy the beauty to which you have been called. Dream...