Being a witness for Christ means loving others

posted on March 4, 2010

Katie Gillis, a grade-12 student at Father Leo J. Austin Catholic Secondary School in Whitby, ON, recently wrote an article titled "Being a witness for Christ means loving others". The article took second place for the Friars Student Writing Award contest.

Katie's article begins with the Scripture passage Luke 24:48: "You are witnesses to these things." She goes on to write that God has been calling people to love one another since the start of time. All people of God are called to treat one another as they wish to be treated.

This Gospel passage can be interpreted in various ways.

We may interpret it as witnessing the hardships and helping those who need it.

We are meant to spread the message of love and equality. God does not choose whom He is going to love or not; we should not be able to choose that either. We should love all of God’s creations.

We should treat others in ways that we wish to be treated. This means when we witness someone getting bullied we should stop it because we would not want to be bullied ourselves.

In this passage the thing being talked about is the sadness of people around us. We are being called, as Christians, to do something about it.

Every person is created in the image and likeness of God. This is an important thing to keep in mind when we see people suffering and do nothing about it.

This passage, no matter how it is interpreted, means one thing. It is telling us, as Christians, to get together and help the people in the world around us who need it.

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