OK.... Does anyone else think this says just about all that needs to be said?

By Donald Spoto

Conversion is a response to God, who invites us to a state of complete freedom, away from everything that is hostile to God’s goodness and mercy. The call one hears is not primarily or simply an encouragement to amend one’s life or to follow a particular religious path. The call Jesus extended to his disciples … was a summons to acknowledge God’s unconditional love of us as individuals; and it was an invitation to proclaim that love to the world by acts of caring, forgiveness and compassion for others, by refusing to demand one’s prerogatives at the expense of others and by rejecting vengeance and reprisal. The New Testament summarizes the entire mission and message of Jesus in one calm phrase that is deeply moving in its secular simplicity: “He went about doing good.

Source: Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi