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Surabaya Corner
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 EVANGELIZATION
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- CROSS-POLLINATION
- By Ramon Martillano
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Some of us have seen the mega-hit Mel Gibson-directed
movie, “The Passion of the Christ.” It is a very powerful way of
evangelizing people. I’ve read somewhere that Mel Gibson has openly said
that if the film succeeds in having the power to evangelize those who
have seen it, then he shall consider the film to have fulfilled its
mission, His mission ultimately. Mel Gibson was just His instrument.
And I truly believe that the film has achieved its goal of evangelizing
people from all walks of life, in almost all corners of the world. By
the time this article hits the printing press, the movie would have
earned several hundred million dollars in gross revenues. L
 et us hope and pray that the profit from this movie will be
used to produce other movies of the same quality and mission.
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But we do not have the means to duplicate Mel Gibson’s
success. That’s fine. In our own small way, we can do our own
evangelization. In our office for example, my boss asked me to start
a prayer meeting. Every month, we invite a speaker and Catholic and
Protestant employees alike are encouraged to attend. My boss may not be
aware of it but he is doing an “indirect” act of evangelization.
After our first prayer meeting, we resolved to pray together every
morning before we start our work. We assign a prayer leader for each
week. One day, I lost my temper and was quite mad that I have to scold
some of my staff. The following day, the prayer leader prayed something
like, “Lord, please grant patience to our superiors when we commit
mistakes in our work and also grant us the knowledge to be able to do
our tasks correctly.” Well, that is God’s way of speaking to you and
me.
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I got this e-mail from a friend, which I would like to
share with you. In his book “How to Talk Well,” James Bender relates a
story about a farmer who grew award–winning corn. Each year, he entered
his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One time a
newspaper reporter interviewed him and discovered that the farmer shared
his seed corn with his neighbors. "How can you afford to share your best
seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition
with yours each year?" the reporter asked. "Why Sir," said the farmer,
"didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and
swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn,
cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am
to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."
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The farmer is very much aware of the connectedness of life.
His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it
is with our lives. Those who choose to live in peace in the love of
Christ must help their neighbors to live in peace. We must share the
Word, our spiritual blessings with our neighbors. Let the seed in our
hearts, the Word of God, swirl from one neighbor to another. Let that
“cross-pollination” work in our lives as well. We must be good examples
for other people to follow. And if this “cross-pollination,” ripple
effect of evangelization succeeds from one neighborhood to another, then
and only then can we say that we have accomplished our mission to spread
the Good News of our salvation. Amen.
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something wonderful and unique happened in your life lately? Did God
answer your prayer in a very unexpected way? Did you, like Isaiah, meet
God’s whisper?
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powerful hand working in your life recently?
- Everyday, people
are experiencing God’s mighty Word in their lives and it is a pity that
very few know about it. Do you have a story to tell? Some Good News to
share?
- E-mail us (genesis@catholic.org) or fax us
(021-6627384), and tell us about it. That’s right! You don’t have to be
a great writer to do this. We can help you write it – just tell us like
it is!
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IN THIS ISSUE:
HIS Servant
by Bro. Pete Lapid
Our Faith
By Fr. KJ Veeger, MSC
Place of Refuge
By Philip Yuson
Surabaya Corner
By Ramon Martillano
The Living Spirit
By Fr. Martinus S., PR
Community Life ~ Here's the Latest
By Pinky Torres
Genesis Chronicles
By Loren Sanchez
G* Kidspace
By Tintin Magbitang
Straight from the Heart
By Carolle Bautista
God Answers Prayers
By Beth Manibog
enesis Mailbox
On Focus
By Sansu Garin
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