Keep Evangelizing!

On April 25, the Church celebrated the Feast of Saint Mark! He was a disciple and an evangelist and we pray that his intercession will help us in our work to evangelize. Today we have another example of evangelization and it can be considered an early form of Bible study. In our reading from the Acts of the Apostles, 8:26-40, the Angel of the Lord leads to Philip to come in contact with the Ethiopian eunuch. The eunuch was reading a passage from Isaiah which stated, "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opened not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who will tell of his posterity? For his life is taken from the earth." The eunuch was interested in who this person might be so Philip opened his mind to understand the passage and he talked to the eunuch about Jesus. Philip explained the passage from Isaiah and at the same time evangelized about Jesus Christ. As the passage from Acts goes on, when they came to water the eunuch asked to be baptized and once he was baptized, the Angel of the Lord took Philip away. The eunuch had a life changing experience on the desert route, between Jerusalem and Gaza. No matter what road we are on, we can have a life changing experience and encounter the Risen Christ in a special way. Philip was not afraid to share the Good News with the eunuch and we should not be afraid as well. The Good News of Jesus Christ needs to be proclaimed and we can do it by our words and our lives. All we need to do is, Keep Evangelizing! Have a blessed day!!!