You Don’t Have to Be a Saint to Save Someone
One of the biggest internal obstacles to people sharing the Gospel is their own personal sense of sinfulness. “How can I tell others to live more Christ-like when…
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I DARE YOU!
You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel,…
Fire Doesn’t Rest
St. Maximilian Kolbe teaches us that “(l)ove does not rest, but spreads like fire consuming everything.” (Aim Higher, 68) In a fire, one tongue may go out but…
Five ways to share your faith in the Year of Mercy
In this Year of Mercy, Pope Francis encourages us to show God’s mercy through our witness. The Holy Father called this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy to direct our…
You Can’t Win
You can’t win. You can’t. But that’s nothing new. Jesus and John faced the same problem: “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children…
At the Service of Truth
I recently had the pleasure of attending Sean McAfee’s class on the Social Media Magisterium. Among the readings was Pope Paul VI’s 1972 Message for the World Social…
Breath
I’ve been retired a while now and have been moved to the place where I am constantly reading and seeking all of the “natural” points of view about health. …
What the Samaritan Woman Teaches Us Evangelization
“Evangelism? That’s not my charism, not my personality.” “I need more education, first.” “I evangelize by example.” But the Second Vatican Council and all Popes since teach that…
Swept up by the Spirit: Journey of Transformation
“I have lived two vastly different lives—one spent exalting materialism and filled with spiritual darkness, the other spent exalting Jesus the Lord and filled with light and hope.”…
Avoiding Generic Discipleship
This is the third post in a series examining concerns and cautions about evangelization voiced by Fr. Francis P. DeSiano, CSP, President of the Paulist Evangelization Ministries. Over…