Where's Your Priorities?

PART I
Okay, so not literally your priorities. I think that every person and every organization should ask themselves this simple, yet profound question. I'm going to use a simple If, Then logic premise:

If you don't know and clearly define your priorities, you can't follow said priorities well.

Basically, it's easier to go from point A to point B if you know that point B is where you want to go, have a map, and the trails are relatively well-marked.

The Church's Priorities
As a Church, our number one priority is handing on the faith. Because of the tenants of our faith, this is the equivalent of saying that our main priority is leading people to Christ. This is scriptural, apostolic, and logical.

Jesus tells Peter to feed His sheep; Jesus commissions His Apostles and disciples to go out and share the Good News; The Apostles and disciples actually go out and share the Good News; They are told to do likewise; all the Baptized are called to share the Good News; Church teaching and scripture say not to hold on to something so good and be selfish (don't hide a light under a basket); If you love God, you love all that is God's, this includes everyone else in the world - and to love them is to share God's love with them, in the most simplistic view of reality.

So how do we accomplish our main priority? Tune in to the next post for more...

Wednesday, April 29, 2009