A Family That Believes

A Christian community is evangelized

in order to evangelize.

A light is lit

in order to give light.

A candle is not lit to be put under a bushel,

said Christ.

It is lit and put up on high

in order to give light.

That is what a true community is like.

A community is a group of men and women

who have found the truth in Christ and in his gospel,

and who follow the truth

and join together to follow it more strongly.

It is not just an individual conversion.

It is a family that believes,

a group that accepts God.

In the group, each one finds that the brother or sister is a source of strength

and that in moments of weakness they help one another

and, by loving one another and believing,

they give light and example.

The preacher no longer needs to preach,

for they are Christians who preach by their own lives.

—- Words from Archbishop Oscar Romero, October 29, 1978