All We Have To Do Is Ask
"Save Yourselves from this Corrupt Generation!" (Acts 2:40)
Photo By: Flickr/Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P.
This verse in the Book of Acts brings an image to my mind of a street activist holding a sign with these words scrawled across it -- a scenario many of us would turn away from. But those who heard St. Peter's speech at Pentecost were "cut to the heart by it," and that day three thousand were baptized and received the gift of the Holy Spirit.
How many of us were "cut to the heart" these past days of Lent and now seek forgiveness for our part in Christ's death? Every one of us who has heard St. Peter's message must also turn away from sin and allow the Holy Spirit to change us.
Here's what the Catechism tells us about St. Peter's message:
"Since Easter, the Holy Spirit has proved 'the world wrong about sin,' (cf John 19:21) i.e., proved that the world has not believed in Him whom the Father has sent. But this same Spirit who brings sin to light is also the Consoler who gives the human heart grace for repentance and conversion." (Catechism, Paragraph 1433)
Indeed, we must save ourselves from this corrupt generation! Repentance points us toward the goodness in our lives - it points us to God. Since Jesus Himself said that baptism is necessary for our salvation, we too must become sharers in His mission and stand up for St. Peter's message.
Elizabeth
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About the Author
Elizabeth Tichvon is a Catholic writer and Consecrated Marian Catechist under the Direction of His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. Always faithful to the Magisterium, she spreads and defends the Catholic faith as a true witness of Christ, confessing the name of Jesus boldly, never ashamed of the Cross.
Elizabeth became aware of the need for the New Evangelization while in the two years of her formation as a Marian Catechist and wrote over 200 published meditations on Sacred Scripture from the daily Liturgy of the Word for various Catholic websites, and following Jesus' example, now teaches through her own parables so that by sharing her stories through social media, might bring others closer to the heart of Christ. She is currently a regular columnist at Catholic365 and as a Marian Catechist, her spiritual life is the foundation of her writing.
She completed UCLA's Graduate Program With Honors and worked as a Paralegal for 32 years before retiring from Chrysler's Office of the General Counsel in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
