Pax Chrisit USA
Sr. Patricia Chappell, SNDdeN
Executive Director, Pax Christi USA
[NOTE: The following is the keynote address given to the Social Ministry Convocation for the Archdiocese of Baltimore on March 7, 2015.]
In the theme of this year’s convocation, “The Joy of the Gospel: Called to Celebrate and Serve,” I find both a challenge and an invitation.
I would like to begin these remarks this morning with a question…
• What is in the Gospel that we are to be filled with joy about?
• What is it that makes the Gospel so attractive and alluring that we cannot but radiate joy?
• Who is this Gospel?
• What is the Gospel…this Good News? I believe the Gospel, this Good News is the selective narrative of one who came as the fulfillment of a promise. It is about Jesus…WHO he was and is…how he lived his life…what he stood for…and the legacy he left us. Continue reading KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Joy of the Gospel – Called to Celebrate and Serve