An urgent task of the disciples of Christ: to proclaim the joy of the Gospel in the contemporary world

Abstract

Often we hear the opinions of the people who complain of the lack of ability in communication to other people of the gift of the Gospel message (e.g. Seeking the truth about God – non-believers or doubters) in a manner understandable to them. That is why it is so important in view of the appearing difficulties, do not lose patience and always counted on the help of God, which is reliably given, because the matter of knowledge of revealed truths and the joy of knowledge flowing from its, it is not a trivial and unimportant matter. This is a central issue in the whole work of evangelization. In this spirit Pope Francis in his Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium calls all believers to engage personally in zealous proclamation of the joy of the Gospel. This task should be treated as an urgent task, taking into consideration specific circumstances of everyday life in contemporary world. This study is an analysis of several examples of the challenges that – in accordance with the teachings of Pope Francis – should not reduce the apostolic commitment and enthusiasm. On the contrary, they confirme more and more that the proclamation of the joy of the Gospel is an urgent task in the contemporary world.