“This ideal of love of God and others leads us to cultivate friendship with many people: we do not “do apostolate,” we are apostles! … The current situation of evangelization makes it more necessary than ever to give priority to personal contact.” (Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, Pastoral Letter, 14 February 2017, no. 9).

During these months, let us pray that, grounded in our friendship with Jesus Christ and nourished by a rich interior life, we may be authentic apostles who bring Christ's love to everyone through sincere and generous friendships,prioritising personal contact and concretising specific means of formation we can give to these friends.

Bibliography

Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, Pastoral Letter, 14 February 2017, nos. 7-11

Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, Pastoral Letter, 1 November 2019