Living Water

The world has entered the era of a post-secularized society, and there is an urgent need to find a language that will enable the Church to proclaim the Good News in this challenging context. Our primary concern should not be to buttress the truth of our faith by adopting a defensive posture in the face of struggle. On the contrary, the pope urges the Church to muster the courage to engage with modernity. However, this necessitates a serious introspective analysis. It is not coincidental that the Holy Father describes it as a conversion. It entails more than just tweaking methods; rather, it involves recognizing that our struggle to effectively bring Christ to people today is not solely due to society’s increasing skepticism and secularization, but also because we have strayed from a genuine missionary posture. Christ’s message still holds the power to transform lives today, but it requires ministers who are confident in the One who sent them and willing to break free from ideological constraints.