Pope Francis in THE JOY OF THE GOSPEL #3 "I invite all
Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter
with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him encounter them;
I ask all of you to do this unfailingly each day."
"Could you briefly describe to me your lived relationship with God to this
point in your life?" The author of the book Forming Intentional Disciples
tells of the difference that this question made in their giving evangelization
seminars. They found that The National Directory for Catechesis outlines two
critical steps that should precede catechesis: pre-evangelization and initial
proclamation of the basic kerygma, or the Great Story of Jesus.
They propose a pre-evangelization process. "There is no way of
knowing what a particular person's journey has truly been and where the person
is now until we earn the right to hear his or her story and then listen
carefully and prayerfully."
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