May 31: Feast of the
Visitation instead of Saturday of the 6th week of Easter:
A thought for those who want to reveal
the risen Jesus in their lifestyle.
Zephaniah 3:14-18 or Romans
12:9-16; Canticle: Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Luke 1:39-56
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord” Luke 1:46
Every Christian knows and can say, “ The Almighty has
done great things for me.” But how many proclaim it?
Pope Francis wrote in The
Joy of the Gospel:
9. Goodness always tends to spread. Every authentic
experience of truth and goodness seeks by its very nature to grow within us…
10. Life grows by being given away… Those
who enjoy life most are those who become excited by the mission of
communicating life to others. When the Church summons Christians to take up the
task of evangelization, she is simply pointing to the source of authentic
personal fulfillment. For “here we discover a profound law of reality: that
life is attained and matures in the measure that it is offered up in order to
give life to others.”
If
we are not talking about the Good News with others, we have to wonder whether
we have really heard it ourselves. Announcing the Good News is not just
something Christians do; it is something we are. At Baptism we were
anointed—consecrated by God—to continue Christ’s mission as prophets, priests and stewards of the kingship of Christ. If we fail to do
what we can, we fail to be what we are. But in doing what we are empowered to
do, we experience “life to the full.”
PRAY: “Lord, act
with me, act in me, act through me.”
PRACTICE: Share with
others your experience of Christ.
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