Dictionary meaning :

Evidence or

Proof

Christian Understanding :

We testify what we believe through our

actions, words & life and thus be a

source of inspiration to others

We testify what we believe through our

actions, words & life…

By the way what do we testify?

Jesus Christ!!!

We are called to live like JESUS CHRISTto be humble, to love, to sacrifice

ourselves for others.

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In Short, being a witness is to be

another Christ in todays world in your

own life, situations, etc.

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Jesus preached what he practised in his

own life

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Best Example:

Jesus’s Last supper –

Jesus’s Crucifixion

So far, have people been Christ’s

witnesses?

YES

So how can we be

a witness?

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Acts 1 : 8

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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has

come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in

Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of

the earth.”

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Holy Spirit

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A teens witness

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Bl. Chiara Badano

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Bl. Chiara Badano

(1971 -1990)

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• From Italy ….

• Dad – Ruggero (Truck

Driver)

• Mom – Theresa

(Homemaker)

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Bl. Chiara Badano

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Bl. Chiara Badano

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Bl. Chiara Badano

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Bl. Chiara Badano

Her words to her mom:

“Oh mamma, young ppl…young ppl… they are the future. You see,

I cant run anymore, but how I would like to pas on to them the

torch, like in the Olympics! Young people have only one life and

its worthwhile to spend it well.”

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Her words to her mom:

“Oh mamma, young ppl…young ppl… they are the future. You see,

I cant run anymore, but how I would like to pas on to them the

torch, like in the Olympics! Young people have only one life and

its worthwhile to spend it well.”

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2471 Before Pilate, Christ proclaims that he "has come into the world, to bear witness to

the truth." The Christian is not to "be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord." In

situations that require witness to the faith, the Christian must profess it without

equivocation, after the example of St. Paul before his judges. We must keep "a clear

conscience toward God and toward men."

CCC – To bear witness to the truth

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2472 The duty of Christians to take part in the life of the Church impels them to act as witnesses of the

Gospel and of the obligations that flow from it. This witness is a transmission of the faith in words and

deeds. Witness is an act of justice that establishes the truth or makes it known. All Christians by the

example of their lives and the witness of their word, wherever they live, have an obligation to manifest the new man

which they have put on in Baptism and to reveal the power of the Holy Spirit by whom they were strengthened at

Confirmation.

CCC – To bear witness to the truth

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2473 Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto

death. The martyr bears witness to Christ who died and rose, to whom he is united by charity. He bears

witness to the truth of the faith and of Christian doctrine. He endures death through an act of fortitude.

"Let me become the food of the beasts, through whom it will be given me to reach God."

CCC – To bear witness to the truth

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2473 Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto

death. The martyr bears witness to Christ who died and rose, to whom he is united by charity. He bears

witness to the truth of the faith and of Christian doctrine. He endures death through an act of fortitude.

"Let me become the food of the beasts, through whom it will be given me to reach God."

CCC – To bear witness to the truth

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Terrorism

Violence

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Anger

Greedy

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Corruption

Selfishness

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Do u want live in PEACE?

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Then be a

WITNESS of CHRIST !!!

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LIVE THE GOSPEL!!!!