We are all called to be prophets.

Biblical prophets spoke by divine inspiration or as interpreters through whom the will of God was expressed: "You have been told, O man, what is required of you: only to do the right and to love goodness and to walk humbly with your God."

The gifts of prophecy, priesthood and royalty are proffered at Baptism. Few of us ever fully accept these graces, preferring our own will. That's why most of us undergo purification to achieve the holiness which is necessary to enter the joy of heaven.

The "story" has been told: "In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth... God said, 'Let there be Light!'""The Word of God became flesh and made his dwelling among us," "suffered death and was buried and rose again on the third day."

Today, prophets are not "storytellers." They are witnesses of truth, heralds of the great King who "will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.