Pope Francis teaches us that all the baptized become, through the sacrament, missionary disciples. He says: "Every Christian is challenged, here and now, to be actively engaged in evangelization; indeed, anyone who has truly experienced God's saving love does not need much time or lengthy training to go out and proclaim that love." (Evangelii Gaudium, 120) This means that, having accompanied Jesus up the mount of transfiguration and seen his glory for ourselves, we are also called to follow him down to the plains and join him in his saving mission. This mission involves hardships, disappoints and the cross but having witnessed his glory, we have a sure and certain hope that we will share in the glory of eternal life. A challenge I can imagine for each one of us this Lent is not only to give up treats, give money to charity or pray more but also to engage in opportune acts of evangelization. This can be as simple as asking someone about their spiritual life and journeying with them to deepen it. I can accompany them as they re-engage with spiritual realities in the arid desert of an atheist society afflicted by loneliness; parched for hope and meaning.
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