Thank God for my neighbor who proselytized, converted, evangelized me and brought me to Christ!
There is so much shyness in me, fear of rejection, so much dissatisfaction with the arguments put forth by humans for God, that I evangelize only quietly, by example, as Francis urges.
And that is not enough. Without my neighbor’s words, I would not know God.
My New Year’s Resolution is to grow in courage. I congratulate your neighbor on her willingness to stick her neck out. I am Catholic and I do take the Great Commission seriously. Pope Francis is not going to stop me. Indeed, somebody needs to evangelize him!