Lazarus You Heung-sik
Lazarus You Heung-sik (17 November 1951–) is a South Korean prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Quotes
[edit]- St. Andrew Kim, and others of our forefathers, practiced what they believed, even if they lived in a society dominated by a hierarchical social system, and did their best to live the Gospel ideals of human dignity and equality among peoples.
- I have never thought of advising the Holy Father. Instead, I have always found communion with the Pope very beautiful. For my part, instead of advising, I rather try to listen to the Holy Father in order to understand well what he expects from my service, starting with some fundamental questions: What priests does the Church need today? How do we choose them? How do we form them? I see in this regard a very clear answer, ever since, at the beginning of the Pontificate, the Pope gave us the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium.
- The important thing is to live the Word of God. We generally say that those who live the Word are Christians, and those who do not live it cannot call themselves Christians. [What is important is] to live the Word together as the Holy Father advocates in the Encyclical Fratelli tutti, that is, to be brothers and sisters in an evangelical atmosphere of mutual love.
- Today we read in the Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium that evangelization is done first of all through witness: the witness of charity, of brotherly love. Priests therefore should be the first to put into practice the spirit of Praedicate Evangelium, living, with the communities entrusted to them, the reality of a synodal Church.
- From an interview of Deborah Castellano Lubov, A dialogue with future Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik, Vatican News (June 24, 2022)
- Pope Francis [...], invited us to face the struggle of searching within ourselves and, at the same time, not to forget God’s presence in our life. We can thus recognize a vocation when we place our deep desires in dialogue with the work that God’s grace does inside of us; thanks to this dialogue, the night of doubts and questions gradually lightens and the Lord allows us to understand which path to take.
- As quoted in A conversation with the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy (April 19, 2024)
- Seminaries should not be factories for priests who are already beautiful and ready.
- As quoted in Vatican: Should the Church be “Koreanized”?, Society of Saint Pius X (April 19, 2023)
- In the Church, we must remember this: it is better to be imperfect in communion than to be perfect in disunity.
- As quoted in Vatican: Should the Church be “Koreanized”?, Society of Saint Pius X (April 19, 2023)
- When others see our joy as Christians, they are contaminated.
- As quoted in South Korean cardinal’s memoir offers richness of Asia to whole Church(March 4, 2023)
