Eric Sammons on Living and Sharing the Faith in the Workplace

"The modern workplace is both a treasure trove of opportunities for evangelization as well as a minefield for offending others, risking our jobs and compromising our own faith. On the one hand, the workplace is where most of us spend the majority of our waking hours, and this allows us to come into close contact with both non-Catholics and Catholics who desperately need to encounter Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church. Yet American culture typically forbids any discussion of religious topics there, and in some jobs just living one’s Catholic faith can be fraught with perils. But our Lord has commanded each of his followers to share their faith with others, and this command doesn’t exclude our co-workers. We, therefore, must navigate the dangers of workplace evangelization in order to bring the saving message of Jesus Christ to those people whom God has placed in our lives. "
 
In the upcoming issue of Our Sunday Visitor, Eric Sammons, Diocese of Venice (FL) Director of Evangelization, offers some reflections about living and sharing one's faith in the workplace.

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