Evangelizing is the Mission of the Catholic Church
Evangelization
Have you ever sat in a Catholic parish meeting and everyone is asking what we should do? The answer is evangelization. That’s not coming from me, but from the Church. The Church is given the call from Jesus Christ.
As the Father sent Jesus into the world, so does Christ send His Church into the world “to make disciples of all the nations.” So cry out like a voice in the desert, “Evangelization, Evangelization, Lets Go Out and Evangelize.”
I encourage you to read Evangelii Nuntiandi by Paul VI. This document is full of reasons why we must go out, just like Christ, and call people to Him.
Evangelization should be at the center of our ministries. In this mission we will find our identity. This purpose of evangelization is for an interior conversion.
How do we evangelize?
We first look to Jesus in the Gospels and call on the Holy Spirit for direction.
Start with Prayer. Be nourished on the Word of God and the Bread of Angels. Before going out and preaching the Gospel listen to what it has to say. Take time with your evangelization team to pray with the scriptures, go to Mass together, pray the rosary, and make full use of the sacraments.
Don’t rush the process. Listen to where the Lord is calling. After the Lord was baptized he went out in the desert for 40 days, so to must we be prepared.
Witness – Go out. First in our daily lives. They will know we are Christians by our Love. Live as a sign of contradiction to the times. Our witness, preaching, and proclamation of the Good News will “evoke admiration and conversion.”
10 Evangelization Activities
- Welcome Back – Call, Email, Send Letters, and welcome those who are on the parish database who never come to Mass
- Intercession Team – Start a group of people who pray for those ‘out’ evangelizing and those coming back to the Church
- Door-to-Door – Start canvasing neighborhoods around the parish welcoming people to the Christian community.
- TV Commercials – They have worked in Arizona.
- Youth Group – Teens are learning for an opportunity to encounter Christ
- Bible Study – Open the Bible and invite others to come here the Good News. (The Good News is Salvation.)
- Catechism Class for Adults – People want to learn about the faith
- Neighborhood Parties – Invite families to come to someone’s house and watch a religious video, share a meal, or pray the rosary.
- Learn to Evangelize – Offer a night to encourage people to live as a witness in their daily lives.
- On the bus, at home, in school, or at work, everywhere we go Proclaim the Jesus Christ has risen.
The Lord went from town to town preaching to the poorest who were often the most receptive to his message. So the next time you see a homeless person tell him about Jesus Christ. Pray with him. Share with him the love of Christ.
What Do You Share When You Evangelize – All the aspects of His (Jesus) Mystery
- The Incarnation itself
- Miracles
- Teaching
- The gathering together of the disciples
- The sending out of the Twelve
- The cross and the resurrection
- The permanence of His presence in the midst of His own
Be a witness and speak about the joy and happiness of belonging to the Kingdom of God. Proclaim the liberation from sin and snares of the Devil.
Give witness to the radical conversion and the laying down ones life so that others might have life.
“Do not be afraid.” John Paul II
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