POPE TALK | KAIROS GLOBAL | SEPTEMBER 2022

Author: Dr Kochurani Joseph

Time with the Word of God keeps our efforts from being ‘sterile activism’.

Complaining that the world is evil is not Christian.

Jesus comes to us when we are at our lowest.

God never ceases to have confidence in you, not for a second. He believes in your talents.

You will come to realise that Jesus, from the cross, never points his finger at you. He embraces you and encourages you, because he believes in you even when you stop believing in yourself.

Christian joy is about the experience of a peace that remains in our hearts, even when we are pelted by trials and afflictions, for then we know that we are not alone, but accompanied by a God who is not indifferent to our lot.

Proclamation is not primarily a matter of words, but of a witness abounding with gratuitous love, for that is God’s way with us.

If we learn how to listen, we can hear in the voice of creation a kind of dissonance. We can hear a sweet song in praise of our beloved Creator; on the other, an anguished plea, lamenting our mistreatment of this our common home.

Rather than pointing fingers at others who do not help the poor, or blaming ourselves for our mistakes, pray like this:  ‘Lord, help me that I might see and have compassion just like you see me and have compassion on me.’ 

Evangelisation is not ‘personal activism’ but a witness of love.

SEPTEMBER

Abolition of the Death Penalty We pray that the death penalty, which attacks the dignity of the human person, 

may be legally abolished in every country.