CROSS-CULTURAL EVANGELIZATION - One Bread, One Body, 11/13/2008

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Thursday, November 13, 2008, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Philemon 7-20, Psalm 146, Luke 17:20-25
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CROSS-CULTURAL EVANGELIZATION

"I, Paul, ambassador of Christ and now a prisoner for Him, appeal to you
for my child whom I have begotten during my imprisonment." —Philemon 9-10

Paul led Onesimus, a runaway slave and fellow prisoner, to the Lord. Paul
had also led Onesimus' owner, Philemon, to the Lord. Paul converted both
slave and owner, both poor and rich. In his ministry of evangelization,
Paul even did the unthinkable by converting both Jews and Gentiles.

Most people come to the Lord because of the witness of someone like them.
It takes an amazing person to lead to the Lord people of different
backgrounds. For example, most people who would identify with and have
compassion for a runaway slave, don't also relate to the slave-owner, or
vice versa. It requires exceptional love to care about both the slave and
the owner.

List the people you have been instrumental in leading to the Lord. If you
observe significant differences in your converts' ages, backgrounds,
races, and economic status, then you have a love that covers a multitude
of sins (1 Pt 4:8) and bridges the greatest gaps.

Evangelization is primarily a matter of deep love, and cross-cultural
evangelization is a matter of even deeper love. May we love the lost more
than we love ourselves. May we have a river of love so deep that it will
cover not only those close and familiar to us but also those far away and
different from us.

Prayer: Father, may Your love impel me (2 Cor 5:14) to break new ground in
sharing my faith.

Promise: "A time will come when you will long to see one day of the Son of
Man but will not see it." —Lk 17:22

Praise: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini helped her parents until their deaths
and then helped her twelve brothers and sisters before entering the
convent.

(For a related teaching, order our leaflet "Evangelism and Worship" or our
tape on audio AV 49-1 or video V-49.)

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