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ISSUE 2                                                                                 JULY 2021






                        How can we be witnesses to Christ?








          Emirose Thattil                                                      Isabel Alexander:


        There  are  many  ways  of  being  witnesses  to
        Christ.  One  way  is  to  continue  reading  and                   We  can  bear  witness  by  being  a
        understand  the  word  of  God.  Take  time  to  just               life   witness      and
        read  and  reflect  the  bible.  Another  way  is  to               exemplary        life.      having     an
                                                                                                      We
                                                                                                              should
        actively  come  to  Church  even  after  graduating                 evangelize  and  speak  to  others
        from  CCD.  This  means  staying  engaged  with                    about     Jesus.
                                                                                               We
                                                                                                      should
        your  church  family  and  trying  to  participate  in             worship  God  and  participate  in  the
                                                                                                                 also
        church  activities.  The  third  way  of  being
        witness  to  Christ  is  being  engaged  with  your                Holy  Mass.  We  are  also  to  do  acts
        family.  This  means  attending  family  prayer,                   of  charity,  for  example,  giving
        helping  your  family,  and  simply  spending  time                food  and  hungry  to  the  homeless.
        with  them.  The  fourth  way  is  by  bringing  Christ            We  should  engage  in  social  work
                                                                           and
                                                                                  speak
        to  school  and  studies.  Before  you  start  studying           social            against     evil/wrong
                                                                                    systems
        or  do  work,  say  a  simple  prayer,  and  once  you            Gospel values.         and    stand    for
        are  done  say  a  quick  thank  you  to  Christ.
        Finally,  the  greatest  way  to  be  a  witness  to
        Christ  is  to  be  a  kind  person.  Treat  everyone
        with  kindness.  Be  respectful  of  people's  spaces,
        love  everyone.  Know  that  everyone  is  a  child  of
        God, therefore love everyone.

                                                                         Merissa Joju



                                                                The  first  way  to  being  a  witness  to  Christ  is
                                                                embodying  our  own  relationships  with  God  the  best
                   Tia Dinker                                  be  like  Christ,  we  have  to  go  through  Christian
                                                                way  possible,  through  prayer.  Then,  we  can  focus  on
                                                                our  personal  selves  in  order  to  show  others  what
                                                               prayer  and  a  relationship  with  God  can  do.  In  order  to
                                                               suffering  and  sacrifice  to  understand  the  life  of  being
              By                                               a  true  Christian  and  living  like  Jesus,  though  we  may
                     being                                     never  be  able  to  understand  all  He  did  to  sacrifice  for
                                active
              church                       in    the           us.  We  only  grow  closer  to  God  through  receiving  the
                                     community,                sacraments  and  continuing  on  in  our  faith  journey,
             to                                                showing  others  the  complexities  of  Christianity  and
                    people
              spreading  the  word  of  God
                                 who                          how  beautiful  the  journey  can  be.  Living  like  Christ
                                          haven't             and  embodying  the  Gospel,  while  sharing  it  with
            footsteps                                         those  who  do  not  know  the  good  news,  is  our  mission
             heard  it,  following  in  the
                                 of
                                           Christ,           and communities and bring them to God.
                                                              as  disciples  so  it  is  one  of  the  ultimate  ways  of  being
                                                              witnesses  to  Christ.  We  start  being  witnesses  to
            following  the  guidelines  set
                                                              Christ  in  our  own  families  and  communities,  which  is
            by  the  church,  attempting
           to be a saint.
                                                              the  only  way  we  can  eventually  be  out  in  the  world  as
                                                              missionaries, so we need to bring up our own families



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