"Circumstances in my own life have resonated with the big question that all of us who love the Faith and see people leaving the Church go back to over and over again: How do we help arrange the introduction of Christ to others? We all know that the key way is by our own witness, but what does that look like? How do we prepare the soil? What is it that we're missing when we seek to be evangelizers of the world (as all of us are commissioned to be)?
"This isn't a theoretical question for any of us who love the Faith. As a parent, as a parishioner, as a disciple, this is the constant reality that we must be about the business of doing. As a mother of 10 children, some of whom are adults, many of whom are teens, witnessing the reality of our faith becomes harder and harder with the myriad of influences beyond our doors.
"We must contend with the various distractions and seductions of the
world, the sins and history of our own witness and the witness of the
whole Church. Anyone who loves the Church knows we live with the absence
of those whom we no longer see in the pews. Anyone who loves the Faith
longs for those not at the Mass to return. How do we help eliminate the
reasons for leaving? How do we reveal the reason - the person we know,
the 'why' of why we stay?"
In a recent commentary, writer Sherry Antonetti
reflected on the role of grace in our suffering and in other challenges we face each day.
To access Ms. Antonetti's complete post, please visit:
Our Sunday Visitor: Sherry Antonetti: All is grace - even in suffering (14 JUN )
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