We
talk about the New Evangelization quite a bit here on Open Wide the Doors,
because it was something near and dear to Blessed John Paul II’s heart.
Fortunately, the New Evangelization isn’t just some concept we read about,
that we have to figure out on our own. We can look to models, like Blessed John Paul II and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.
St. Teresa of Avila, whose memorial we celebrate today, is
another model for the New Evangelization. This summer, Pope Benedict XVI wrote:
The ultimate goal of Teresa’s reform and the creation of new
monasteries in a world lacking spiritual values was to protect apostolic work
with prayer…Today too, as in the sixteenth century, in the midst of rapid
transformation, it is important that trusting prayer be the heart of the
apostolate, so that the redeeming message of Jesus Christ may sound out clearly
and dynamically.
St. Teresa
of Avila, “evangelized unhesitatingly, showing tireless ardor, employing
methods free from inertia and using expressions bathed in light.” Today let us
ask her to pray for us as participators in the New Evangelization!
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