Again we return to the synagogue in Nazareth where Jesus reads from Isaiah, :"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor...liberty to captives, sight to the blind, freedom for the oppressed and to proclaim an acceptable year." (cf. Lk 4: 18). We heard this not long ago, but in the context if an Enounter at the Marist Spirituality Center in Esopus NY, it rings especially true for the 60 high school students concluding a 4 day encounter with Jesus. It is amazing and consoling to see the Spirit at work in the lives of these youths, their faith rekindled and their lives put back on the right track. They have experienced just what Isaiah predicted and Jesus carried out in his time and continues through us in our time. It causes joy in the hearts of the team leaders as well as in the hearts of the Encounterites. Let the word go forth, there is no cause for doom and gloom. The Spirit is alive and well and active in the lives of young people today. There is MUCH cause for JOY and HOPE!
Bro. Rene
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