Dear brothers and sisters,
The peace of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always!
Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Mark 28: 19-20 commanded us to continue His labor to preach the Gospel to all the nations. The Lord says, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” This commission is the real mission of our Church. Therefore, all of us have the mission to announce the Gospel to all people, especially to those who are not close to the Lord.
The Roman Catholic Church works constantly to achieve this goal; however, the Church emphasizes evangelization and missions around the world during October. The Catholic website mnnews.today wrote an article called “October is Mission Month.” This article says, “Already this month we have celebrated the feast days of two extraordinary missionaries: St Therese of Lisieux, a contemplative nun who spent her life in prayer and heroic personal sacrifice for mission and is now patron of the Missions (Oct 1) and, St Francis of Assisi (Oct 4) who responded wholeheartedly to the Lord’s call to ‘go rebuild my Church, for as you see it is falling into ruin!’ ‘October is an opportunity for us to give particular attention to the work of mission by building a church of living stones, communities who witness to the mercy and unconditional love of God for all people and for all of creation!,’ says Catholic Mission Diocesan Director Mr. Mark Toohey”.
We, as a Holy Trinity family, should also be involved through our support to the missions. I know that it’s hard to go outside to announce the Gospel, but we can announce the Good News of Our Lord Jesus Christ to our children, family members, classmates, coworkers, and all people, who we find in our daily journey. Also, we can support the missions through our economic support. There are a lot of people around the world preaching the Gospel without enough resources. The CMA, for instance, is a wonderful way that we can use to support our mission to spread the Gospel. Another marvelous way we can support the missions is with our prayers. People need our prayers; that means our spiritual help, to continue this beauty and, at the same time, hard task to announce the Gospel to all people.
All of us should have a missionary spirit to announce the Gospel to all regardless of the difficulties that this task could have. Let us pray for vocations. We need to pray so that the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ be announced throughout the world.
God bless you, and may the Blessed Virgin Mary be with you always!
Fr. George
