“Last night, a man at a checkout counter started telling me some alarming stories. About a crime around the corner earlier in the day, about crimes in his apartment building. It was all a bit jarring — and graphic. He obviously needed to talk. And when it was over, I simply said ‘God bless you.’ I really didn’t have anything better. He’s got a job and is moving into a new place. I will be praying for him.
“And so then he started telling me about his church a few blocks away. I was delighted he had a faith family and thanked him.
“Why didn’t I tell him about the Catholic Church around the block from where we were standing? He shared. We must share!
“Catholics, bring people to the Eucharist, already.”
In a recent commentary, Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor at large of National Review Online and nationally syndicated columnist, reflected on our need to go to Jesus and let Him transform us — nourished in the Sacraments and the Word — so that we might “be His radiating light that is full of compassion, love, and fearlessness in the world.”
To access her complete essay, please visit:
K-Lo @ Large: Don’t Be Trapped by the Spirit of the World (1 JUN 13)
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