15th Ordinary Sunday - Yr
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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?
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