{"id":46141,"date":"2015-07-07T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=46141"},"modified":"2015-07-07T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T19:20:09","slug":"pope-francis-we-evangelize-not-with-grand-words-but-with-the-joy-of-the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2015\/07\/pope-francis-we-evangelize-not-with-grand-words-but-with-the-joy-of-the-gospel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: “We evangelize not with grand words, but with the ‘joy of the Gospel'”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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From his homily today<\/a><\/strong> in Ecuador:<\/p>\n

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We evangelize not with grand words, or complicated concepts, but with \u201cthe joy of the Gospel\u201d, which \u201cfills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. For those who ac\u00adcept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness\u201d (ibid., 1). We who are gathered here at table with Jesus are ourselves a cry, a shout born of the conviction that his presence leads us to unity, \u201cpointing to a horizon of beauty and inviting others to a delicious banquet\u201d (ibid., 15).<\/p>\n

\u201cFather, may they be one\u2026 so that the world may believe\u201d. This was Jesus\u2019 prayer as he raised his eyes to heaven. This petition arose in a context of mission: \u201cAs you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world\u201d. At that moment, the Lord was experiencing in his own flesh the worst of this world, a world he nonetheless loved dearly. Knowing full well its intrigues, its falsity and its betrayals, he did not turn away, he did not complain. We too encounter daily a world torn apart by wars and violence. It would be facile to think that division and hatred only concern struggles between countries or groups in society. Rather, they are a manifestation of that \u201cwidespread individualism\u201d which divides us and sets us against one another (cf.\u00a0Evangelii Gaudium<\/em>, 99), that legacy of sin lurking in the heart of human beings, which causes so much suffering in society and all of creation. But is it precisely this troubled world into which Jesus sends us. We must not respond with nonchalance, or complain we do not have the resources to do the job, or that the problems are too big. Instead, we must respond by taking up the cry of Jesus and accepting the grace and challenge of being builders of unity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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