Jesus reminds us in the Gospels that the harvest is abundant but
the laborers are few[1], yet
we do not see the church pews full. I think when we look at the world we see
the harvest is indeed abundant but the harvest does not even know that they are
being called by the master of the harvest to the Church, the answer to their
searching. Many people in our world are searching for meaning in their lives,
often in all the wrong places. We know as Christians, that it is only the
Christian message that will ultimately answer their questions.[2]
The harvest is indeed abundant it just needs to be grasped up through
evangelization.
The heart of evangelization is the Gospel, the Good News. It is
the Good News that proclaims salvation, "which is liberation from
everything that oppresses man but which is above all liberation from sin and
the Evil one."[3]
The world is in desperate need of hearing the Gospel message yet they do not
come to our churches to hear it so it must be brought out into the world to
them.
The Gospel
message is brought to the people by the witness given by the members of the
Church. In other words the Gospel is brought to the world by those who have
already heard and accepted the Good News. It is in fact the role of those who
have heard the message, the Church to spread the message to others. This only
makes sense what person upon hearing good news desires to keep it to himself.
The Good News we know and which has transformed us should compel us to want to
go out and share it with others. While words are certainly necessary the
ordinary way of spreading the Gospel is by the living out of faithful Christian
lives by the faithful. We must often remind ourselves of the essential role play in
spreading the Good News by living out our faith in our ordinary everyday lives.
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