Telling the Story of God’s Love: Fr. Mike

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Fr. Mike spoke about evangelization, new media, and telling the story of God’s love at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia.

Addressing future pastors, he told them, “The heart of your formation is to become a dad” to your parishioners.

As Pope St. Paul VI shared in Evangelii Nuntiandi, if you’re baptized, you’ve been anointed to spread the gospel.

And as Christ said when commissioning the apostles: “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samar′ia and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Christ is saying it’s our job to continue his mission.

Evangelization is about telling the story of God’s love as you have experienced it, and new media is just a new medium for spreading that centuries-old message, the kerygma.

Saying yes to Christ means being willing to talk about him to one person one block or house away or just to the person in front of you. Just as it starts with a personal encounter with Christ, the next step is to tell the story of God’s love for you to one person.