by Benjamin | Jan 20, 2014 | Blog Post, Evangelii Gaudium
128. In this preaching, which is always respectful and gentle, the first step is personal dialogue, when the other person speaks and shares his or her joys, hopes and concerns for loved ones, or so many other heartfelt needs. Only afterwards is it possible to bring up...
by Benjamin | Jan 16, 2014 | Blog Post, Evangelii Gaudium
120. In virtue of their baptism, all the members of the People of God have become missionary disciples (cf. Mt 28:19). All the baptized, what ever their position in the Church or their level of instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelization, and it would be...
by Benjamin | Jan 14, 2014 | Blog Post, Evangelii Gaudium
121. Of course, all of us are called to mature in our work as evangelizers. We want to have better training, a deepening love and a clearer witness to the Gospel. In this sense, we ought to let others be constantly evangelizing us. But this does not mean that we...
by Benjamin | Jan 12, 2014 | Blog Post, Evangelii Gaudium
The salvation which God offers us is the work of his mercy. No human efforts, however good they may be, can enable us to merit so great a gift. God, by his sheer grace, draws us to himself and makes us one with him. He sends his Spirit into our hearts to make us his...
