Religious by the very nature of their calling are a
sign of Gods existence. This way of life is a gift given to some with the aim
of evangelizing. Religious are a sign and symbol of availability to all.
Religious are a challenge to the world by the witness value of poverty, purity
and sincerity that they carry. This type of witnessing to the faith touches the
hearts of those who do not believe in Christ or in other words are non-
Christians.
While
there are religious on one hand, there are also lay people on the other hand who
are amidst other people in the world. They too carry a very specific form of
evangelization. Their range of evangelization is much larger than that of the
religious. They evangelize in the vast world of politics, society and economics,
culture, sciences and arts, international life and mass media. They are also
involved in the field of human love, family, education of children and adolescents,
professional works and so on.
Coming
to the context of the family, it can be said that the family is the place where
the gospel is transmitted and from which the gospel radiates itself. When one
family has been evangelized by members within or from outside the family, other
families too get evangelized due to this family. Also young people who are
trained in the faith and prayer have a duty towards the other youth. Their
contribution means a lot to the Church.
The
laity are called to work in collaboration with their pastors in the great task
of evangelization. This collaboration must have an effect on those who are
close to the Church and also on those who are not. For such an effect to take place, proper training of the laity and the clergy personnel
has to take place. All who are in the field of evangelization need an adequate
amount of training so as to facilitate greater enrichment in the faith and also
greater evangelization.
What
is of great importance is the inner attitude that an evangelizer needs to have while
evangelizing. A right and docile attitude to the workings of the Holy Spirit
will be of great benefit both to the evangelizer and to the one being
evangelized. The Holy Spirit plays a dynamic and a great role in the process of
evangelization to whom the evangelizer must be ever grateful.
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