Have you started your “Andrew List” yet? The Holy Spirit wants to work in the lives of people you know! Are you praying for them? The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. 1 [...]
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Making a list, checking it twice
February 11, 2011“A true apostle looks for opportunities…”
February 10, 2011There are innumerable opportunities open to the laity for the exercise of their apostolate of evangelization and sanctification. The very testimony of their Christian life and good works done in a supernatural spirit have the power to draw men to belief and to God; for the Lord says, “Even so let your light shine before [...]
Evangelization for lay people
February 9, 2011Lay people* also fulfill their prophetic mission by evangelization, “that is, the proclamation of Christ by word and the testimony of life.” For lay people, “this evangelization . . . acquires a specific property and peculiar efficacy because it is accomplished in the ordinary circumstances of the world.” -Catechism of the Catholic Church, 905 *Lay [...]
Benedict XVI’s Call For Evangelization
February 8, 2011Hello Everyone, I just wanted to post this great quote from Pope Benedict XVI on evangelization. I thought it was timely seeing how this is our topic of the month as well as the current Family Formation home lesson for this week. “We cannot remain tranquil in face of the thought that, after two thousand [...]
Evangelization in your neighborhood
February 8, 2011“Furthermore, the family, like the Church, ought to be a place where the Gospel is transmitted and from which the Gospel radiates. In a family which is conscious of this mission, all the members evangelize and are evangelized. The parents not only communicate the Gospel to their children, but from their children they can themselves [...]
Evangelization at home
February 7, 2011“The ministry of evangelization carried out by Christian parents is original and irreplaceable. It assumes the characteristics typical of family life itself, which should be interwoven with love, simplicity, practicality and daily witness.” -Familiaris Consortio, 53
Go into the whole world!
February 6, 2011The point of this week’s lesson isn’t necessarily to encourage you to pack up your bags and move to Africa to evangelize the poor pagans there,* but we would like to challenge you to think about the topic of evangelization as an everyday event in YOUR life. It’s easy to just assume that there are [...]
Easter Evangelization
March 24, 2010As you page through this month’s Holy Week Activities packet, you’ll notice lots of fun activities to decorate your house or feed your guests, but we challenge you to look at the same pages as suggestions for evangelization. If you’re planning to spend Easter with family or friends, be sure to do all you can [...]
Matt Brounstein
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