A new resource from the Diocese of Manchester has much that could appeal to all Christians who want to strive for faithful citizenship. “The Resurrection and the Church’s Mission in the Public Square” unites the twin themes of Easter and the role of Christians in civic life.
The prayers, meditations, and sourcebook are grouped into weekly sections to cover the Easter season. You’re not late if you’re just now discovering the material. Start from where you are, no matter what the calendar says.
Mission work
From the sourcebook: “For almost all of us, the place where we are called to carry out [our] missionary activity is right at home, in the places where we live and work. There are many ways that we can do this, but over the course of this Easter Season we will be looking at one in particular: our work in the public square.”
How that resonates with me! I’ve laid aside a manuscript I’ve written along these lines, as I’ve found that others are addressing the same subject better than I can at this point. (My manuscript is dormant, not dead, but the process to get it this far has been humbling, and rightly so.)
If you’d like to learn more about this resource, go to the “Resurrection and the Mission of the Christian” page at catholicnh.com. The sourcebook is available in printable PDF/ebook via a link at that page.
This report originally appeared on Braided Trails. Header image by Pete Linforth on Pixabay.
Ellen Kolb 