A ‘Flavour’ of the Gospel

During the month of October, we are invited to examine how we can be missionary disciples, sending out a message of faith, hope and love. In other words, what does it mean for our lives to have the ‘flavour of the Gospel’? The Gospels offer a blueprint for all those who consider themselves followers of Christ. Do we have a ‘taste’ for God, an ability to savour God’s presence in the world and God’s goodness in all those we meet? To love as Jesus loved, to have a ‘flavour of the Gospel’, means to see everyone through the eyes of our loving God and to treat them as Jesus did with immediate and generous welcome. We will notice in particular that Jesus is always on the side of those who are marginalised, those whom society wants to condemn.

Excerpted from The Sacred Heart Messenger, October 2021, Jane Mellett and Tríona Doherty