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sino amigos » 2 -, que se transforma en fuente de novedad para el mundo y se

pone en medio de la humanidad como comienzo de una nueva civilización de

la verdad y del amor. En efecto, « el Evangelio no es solamente una comuni-

cación de cosas que se pueden saber, sino una comunicación que comporta

hechos y cambia la vida ».3 Esta autocomunicación de Dios es la que ofrece un

nuevo horizonte de esperanza y de verdad a las esperanzas humanas, y de

esta esperanza es de donde surge, ya en este mundo, el inicio de un mundo

nuevo, de esa vida eterna que ilumina la oscuridad del futuro humano.

Dear friends, as you work in Catholic radio stations you are at the service

of the Word. The words that you broadcast each day are an echo of that

eternal Word which became flesh. Your own words will bear fruit only to the

extent that they serve the eternal Word, Jesus Christ. In God's saving plan

and providence, that Word lived among us, or - as St John says - "pitched

his tent among us",4 in humility. The Incarnation took place in a distant

village, far away from the noisy imperial cities of antiquity. Today, even

though you make use of modern communication technologies, the words

which you broadcast are also humble, and sometimes it may seem to you

that they are completely lost amidst the competition of other noisy and more

powerful mass media. But do not be disheartened! You are sowing the Word

"in season and out of season",5 and thus fulfilling Jesus' command that the

Gospel be preached to all nations.6 The words which you transmit reach

countless people, some of whom are alone and for whom your word comes

as a consoling gift, some of whom are curious and are intrigued by what they

hear, some of whom never attend church because they belong to different

religions or to no religion at all, and others still who have never heard the

name of Jesus Christ, yet through your service first come to hear the words of

salvation. This work of patient sowing, carried on day after day, hour after

hour, is your way of cooperating in the apostolic mission.

Si les multiples formes et types de communication peuvent être un don de

Dieu au service du développement de la personne humaine et de l'humanité

entière, la radio, à travers laquelle vous exercez votre apostolat, propose une

proximité et une écoute de la parole et de la musique, pour informer et

2 Jn 15, 15. 3 Spe salvi, 2. 4 Jn 1:14. 5 2 Tm 4:2. 6 Cfr Mt 28:19.