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Tuesday, March 23, 2010, St. Turibius de Mongrovejo
Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 102:2-3, 16-21, John 8:21-30
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EVANGELIZATION AND LENT
"Because He spoke this way, many came to believe in Him." —John 8:30
Jesus told people they would die in their sins unless they believed that
He was God (Jn 8:24). Like the Israelites who were bitten by the saraph
serpents, humanity is sentenced to death and damnation unless it looks
with faith on Jesus (see Nm 21:8; Jn 3:14). People desperately need to
know and love Jesus.
Although the greatest need of every person is to believe in Jesus and
although He commanded us to be His witnesses, many Christians don't share
their faith in Jesus with others. One of the main purposes of this Lent is
to change that. Lent is the imitation of Jesus when He was led by the
Spirit into the desert to fast for forty days and overcome the temptations
of the evil one. When Jesus emerged from that desert, He "returned in the
power of the Spirit to Galilee" (Lk 4:14), where He proclaimed the good
news of redemption (see Lk 4:18).
In imitation of Jesus, we should leave the Lenten desert and proclaim the
good news of life in Jesus. We should acknowledge that our refusal to
evangelize is sinful. We should repent, go to Confession, and share our
faith. We should ask others to pray that the obstacles to evangelization
in our lives be removed. We exist to evangelize (On Evangelization, Pope
Paul VI, 14). Our Lenten repentance must result in Easter evangelization.
Prayer: Father, may I evangelize as if I had seen with my own eyes Jesus'
death on the cross.
Promise: "Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a
pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the
bronze serpent, he recovered." —Nm 21:9
Praise: St. Turibius, bishop of Peru for twenty-five years, counteracted
others' poor examples of Christianity by founding hospitals and religious
houses.
(For a related teaching, order our leaflet "Mission Impossible" or our
audio tape AV 46-1 or video V-46.)
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February 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, August 26, 2009
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