All called to Evangelize...

15th Ordinary Sunday - Yr B.

All called to Evangelize...

            Last Sunday’s gospel reported to us the rejection of Jesus by His own townspeople. Today, we are given a profile of those who believe in Him. From among His followers, Jesus chooses the Twelve, His band of intimate friends. The Twelve together with the other disciples are Jesus’ true family and community. He instructs them to take nothing for the journey; He urges His disciples to travel light for greater mobility and availability in their mission.

            All of us are called by God to be missionaries, proclaimers and witnesses to others of His Words. Vatican II document - Apostolican Actuositatem (on the Apostolate of the Laity) no. 3 said: “Incorporated into Christ’s Mystical Body through Baptism and strengthened by the Spirit through Confirmation, the laity are assigned to the apostolate by the Lord Himself.” So whether you are an accountant, a lawyer, a clerk, a doctor, a musician, or an executive, a teacher or whatever, you are sent out “to preach, heal, teach and witness to the good news,” in short, to evangelize. And no. 6 says, “The very testimonies of their Christian life and good works done in supernatural spirit have the power to draw men to belief and to God.”

            Just the way you live can do more good to others than the many dragging sermons and voluminous books written by known writers. Sad to say, many still have the idea that the call of Christ is addressed only to apostles and their successors, the bishops. This is not true today. Every Christian is commissioned to a ministry of love and justice by virtue of their baptism and confirmation. So, let us ask ourselves, are we faithful to our mission?