Fulfill Your Ministry: A Reflection on World Mission Sunday
During this Year of Faith, the theme of the New Evangelization has largely dominated conversations within the Church. I have been especially struck by how often the themes of mission and evangelization are misunderstood or ignored by many groups And, this isn’t necessarily a Catholic phenomenon; many Protestant communions shy away from the work of “evangelism” because of fear that they will be perceived as proselytizing or as having an out-of-check zeal. Beyond the fact that today (October 20) is World Mission Sunday , Pope Francis spoke about the apostolic nature of the Church in his most recent General Audience this past Wednesday. When you also consider that these days the liturgical calendar has placed before us several saints who were missionaries and catechists (including Saint Luke the Evangelist , Blesseds Daudi Okelo and JildoIrwa , Saint Isaac Jogues and the other North American Martyrs , Blessed JohnPaul II , Saint John Capistrano , and Saint Anthony Mary Clare...