In this homily given at St Pat's on December 18, 2022, Fr. Miguel continues a four-part Advent preaching series on the basic gospel message. Using the framework and preaching of Fr. John Riccardo and Acts XXIX as a foundation, Fr. Miguel addresses the main question for the final part in the series: In light of what God has done for us in Jesus, how should we respond?
In order to answer such a question, Fr. Miguel divides our response into two categories:
1. A personal response of Faith
2. A personal response to Mission
Both make up our response to the good news of Jesus. Fr. Miguel also reminds us that our response is not possible without the Gift of the Holy Spirit, who enables us both to respond to God in Faith and mobilizes us for mission.
For additional presentations on the gospel, please see Acts XXIX (www.actsxxix.org) and the book Rescued by Fr. John Riccardo.
In Christ,
