Citing recent examples, such as the controversial parody of the Last Supper at the Paris Olympics, Fr. Ehusani condemned the global trend of disrespect and blasphemy towards Christian symbols and values.
He also lamented about the growing acceptance of LGBTQ+ ideologies, which he characterized as a “rejection of traditional religious teachings” and the embracing of “moral depravity.”
Against this backdrop, the Executive Director of the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation called for a “renewed commitment to evangelization.”
“To function as faithful witnesses of Christ and to answer the call to be agents of evangelization in the 21st Century is going to be a very difficult and challenging spiritual, pastoral, and social enterprise. To live our lives and discharge our duties effectively as apologists and defenders of the Catholic faith today may be a via Crucis - the way of the cross, which may take some of us toward Calvary, and therefore it will daily demand of us a high degree of faith commitment, for a radical witness to the Gospel of Christ in an age of widespread unbelief and debauchery,” he said.
Fr. Ehusani continued, “As the world gets more and more engulfed in the darkness that manifests itself in new forms of paganism, such as we see in the radical Gender, Transgender, and Non-Binary ideologies that aim to destroy traditional religious and family values, the generality of Catholics are today called upon to stand up to be counted among the true followers of Christ.”
“We are called upon to quickly get ourselves educated in our faith and in the dynamics of the times, so we may courageously confront the neo-paganism of contemporary society with the light of the Christian gospel,” the founder of the Psycho-Spiritual Institute (PSI), a Catholic entity that specializes in psycho-trauma healing said.
He continued, “Those we require as agents of evangelization today are persons who daily submit themselves prayerfully as instruments in God's hands for the salvation of souls. Those we require as lay and Clerical agents of evangelization today are persons of extraordinary courage and fortitude, who accept the call to shine the light of Christ amid the darkness of contemporary society, and to constitute themselves into signs of contradiction to a world of ruthless and aggressive competition for wealth and power, and mindless devotion to the cult of sensual pleasure.”
The Catholic Priest added, “Those we require as agents of evangelization today are persons of faith who can interpret the signs of the times, as well as offer gospel discernment on the historical circumstances of their people.”
In his presentation, Fr. Ehusani, a member of the Clergy of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Lokoja urged Catholics, especially young parents, to take their role in evangelization seriously.
He noted that the challenges of raising children in today's world, dominated by secular and anti-religious influences, “require a more committed and active approach to Christian parenting.”
