Rediscovering the Word of God

The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization released a new website with the intention of preparing all Catholics for the upcoming Year of Faith.

Pope Benedict XVI called for the Year of Faith, which begins on October 11, 2012, marking the 50^th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the 20^th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Holy Father called for this time in order to encourage Church members to study and understand Church teaching. This is necessary, he wrote in his Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei, because many people have been affected by “a profound crisis of faith.”

We cannot accept that salt should become tasteless or the light be kept hidden (cf. Mt 5:13-16). The people of today can still experience the need to go to the well, like the Samaritan woman, in order to hear Jesus, who invites us to believe in him and to draw upon the source of living water welling up within him (cf. Jn 4:14). We must rediscover a taste for feeding ourselves on the word of God, faithfully handed down by the Church, and on the bread of life, offered as sustenance for his disciples (cf. Jn 6:51). 

Quite appropriately, then, the Year of Faith website gives the faithful tools which will help them to rediscover this taste. Click through and you’ll find everything from Pope Benedict’s catechesis on Medieval Theologians to an online Compendium of the Catechism. They’ve even included the score for the official hymn of the Year of Faith!

This site is a beautiful contribution to the New Evangelization, and it’s sure to prepare Catholics for the upcoming Pontifical Council and the Year of Faith. Check out the calendar of events here, and make sure to participate by sharing the site with friends.

Mary, Star of the New Evangelization, Pray for Us!