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Oct 18, 2021 · Hence, on this Mission Sunday, let us learn to appreciate our missionary obligation and support the Church’s missionary activities by leading transparent Christian lives, by fervent prayers, and by generous donations. O CTOBER 24, 2021: WORLD MISSION SUNDAY– Is 60:1-6, Rom 10:9-18, Mt 28:16-20.
- ‘You Shall Be My Witnesses’
- Living in A Missionary Key
- ‘To The Ends of The Earth’
- ‘Power from The Holy Spirit’
- Notable Missionary Anniversaries
- New Era of Christian Mission
The Pope reflected on three foundations of “the life and mission of every disciple”. The first, he said, is “the call of every Christian to bear witness to Christ,” calling it the “heart of Jesus’ teaching to the disciples.” Pope Francis said Christ was the first to be sent to proclaim, as the Father’s missionary and as His “faithful witness.”
The Pope said each baptized Christian is called to carry out the Church’s mission in a communitarian way, even in the ordinary activities of our daily lives. Christians, he added, are sent on mission by the Church in Christ’s name, and never under our own initiative. He noted that Jesus sent the disciples out in pairs, since “the witness of Christi...
Pope Francis went on to consider a second foundation of the Christian mission: “to the ends of the earth.” He said the early disciples gradually expanded the scope of their mission, and lived an image of the Church “going forth” and guided by divine Providence, not the desire to proselytize. As they faced persecution, early Christians fled their ho...
The Pope then turned to the third foundation of mission: “You will receive power from the Holy Spirit”. He said the Spirit broke the bonds of the Apostles’ fear in the first days after Jesus’ death and resurrection. The Spirit prompted St. Peter to give his missionary address to people in Jerusalem, as recounted in Acts, kicking off an “an era in w...
Pope Francis then said that 2022 sees several notable anniversaries in the Church’s missionary spirit. The first is the 400th anniversary since the establishment of the Sacred Congregation De Propaganda Fide, now the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. This year also marks the 200thanniversary of the foundation of Society for the Propag...
In conclusion, the Pope expressed his dream to see a “completely missionary Church, and a new era of missionary activity among Christian communities.”
As the Church marks World Mission Sunday, the Chairperson of the newly re-branded Missio Ireland, Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly, SMA, says it is an opportunity to recall the “heroes of mission” around the world.
Jan 6, 2021 · Jesus’ relationship with his disciples and his humanity, as revealed to us in the mystery of his Incarnation, Gospel and Paschal Mystery, shows us the extent to which God loves our humanity and makes his own our joys and sufferings, our hopes and our concerns (cf. Gaudium et Spes, 22).
The Annual, worldwide Eucharistic celebration of World Mission Sunday, is a day set aside to reflect on your baptismal call to witness and respond to Mission. On October 24th 2021, World Mission Sunday will celebrate the Societies 110th Anniversary Year-Long Celebration!!
Oct 21, 2022 · Pope Francis released the theme of the 2022 World Mission Day on the Feast of the Epiphany. The pope said, “This is the central point, the heart of Jesus’ teaching to the disciples, in view of their being sent forth into the world.
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In the Gospel, Jesus hears the cry of the blind man, Bartimaeus. He sends his disciples to lead him in spite of rebukes to the contrary. The disciples say, “Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you.” Those who follow Jesus can be instruments of his love by witnessing to God’s presence in their lives and leading others to Christ.
