AMECEA: Remembering the Synod on New Evangelization The Thirteen Ordinary General Assembly for the New Evangelization, which begun on 8 th October, ended on 28 th October with Holy Mass by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy Father offered a reflection on the Gospel reading of the day (John 9:39-41), which spoke about the healing of Bartimaeus, the last miracle Jesus performed before his passion. The theme of the homily by the Holy Father was: “The New Evangelization Applies to the whole of the Church’s Life”. He stressed that the healing of Bartimaeus “represents man who needs God’s light, the light of faith, if he is to know reality truly and to walk the path of life. It is essential to acknowledge one’s blindness, one’s need for this light, otherwise one could remain blind forever. Bartimaeus represents man who has lost the light and knows it, but has not lost hope: he knows how to seize the opportunity to encounter Jesus and he entrusts himself to him for h