“Go out into the world
and tell the Good News.” We are to do
this in the psalm today, but exactly how do we do this in the reality of the
world around us? I was talking to the
prisoners at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, telling them that
it is essential to use the technology at our disposal in order to spread
Christ’s Good News. As a priest, I have
a page on Facebook and also have a blog, and I have people from all over the
world who read the homilies on my blog and who connect with me on Facebook and
email. Sometimes it is scary using this
new technology, but I think if Jesus and St Paul and the apostles were around
today, that is exactly what they would do.
For
the Year of Faith that we initiate tomorrow, Pope Benedict uses the image of a
door of faith that ushers us into communication with God, that beckons us to
follow the Gospel and to become disciples of Christ. We are called during this Year of Faith to
experience a new conversion, and to deepen our relationship with our Lord. This ties into the call to tell the world of
Christ’s Good News – it starts with our own conversion and with the witness we
will bring to the world. This is the
challenge that is before us today.
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