He called those He wanted
Now we will see some testimonies and messages
of our missionaries of the Institute of the Incarnate Word
all around the world
 Hello everyone! I am Fr. Bernardo Ibarra, of the Institute of the Incarnate Word
Thanks to God, I have been six years
as a missionary in the Philippines, Asia
I joined the Minor Seminary when I was only 14 years old
I left home, my parents so as to follow God's will
Many people told me that I shouldn't do it
That I should be more mature
That I should first get to know the world
But, it was not true.
The truth is that we must accomplish God's will
with haste, because when God calls, is an urgency
It's something we can't postpone.
Because, on our "yes", depends the happiness of thousands of souls
Shall we be so selfish so as to say no?
Do we dare to say no to God, who calls us,
so as to  be His instruments of salvation?
Shall we say no to Him?
It depends on us, therefore, that many souls may go to heaven
that salvation may reach to the ends of the world
The Evangelical Message should arrive to all places of the world
And it will arrive only if we are faithful
Therefore, I tell you, who are thinking now about your vocation
Don't be afraid
God never is outdone in generosity
Viva the Missionary Adventure
God bless you all!
I am Fr. Martin Prado, missionary in Papua New Guinea
since six years ago, when I was ordained priest
I discovered my vocation when I was very young,
when I was eleven years old I joined the Minor Seminary
Since that day, I am very grateful to God
When I was discerning my vocation
I questioned God: Why Lord? Why do you call me?
I was not able to understand the meaning of this calling
that if God is asking from you a lot, it's because he wants to give you much more
It's because He has a special love for you
He wants you to leave aside everything for His sake
that you surrender yourself completely.
It's something beautiful, the best thing that can happen to us.
The best thing that can happen to us, is to answer generously to what God asks from us
No matter what his calling is.
I am eternally grateful to Him, for having called me to be a priest
to be religious and missionary
Be generous, that this is the best life investments you can do
to be generous with God
I am Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, of the Institute of the Incarnate Word
I discovered my vocation when I was 12 years old
And I joined the novitiate when I was 18, of our Institute
in San Rafael, Argentina
I have been in religious life for 32 years
That's, I am 50 years old
Half of these years I have been missionary in Middle East
I can testify that Religious Life is a wonderful life
With all the difficulties of life
We are not in Paradise, Paradise will come after our death
with God's help
it is worthwhile to consecrate oneself to Christ
There are many souls all around the world that need
our word, the sacraments and our works of charity,
of our presence
I am a missionary in Gaza, thanks to God,
I ask from God and the Blessed Virgin, to persevere
in religious life until the last breath of my life
God bless you all.
I am Fr. Jose Rossi, I joined the Institute when I was 14 years old
In the Minor Seminary, St. John the Apostle, Argentina
I was ordained priest in 2015 and now I am a missionary in Tinos, Greece
Our community is of two priests, who look after five parishes
In our Dioceses, there are many priests over 80 years of age
who look after four or five towns and the Dioceses has only two seminarians
who are already deacons, finishing their studies in Rome
Therefore, in brief, many towns of our Dioceses will be without a priest
the people now this very welll. The faithful pray much for this intention
They pray so that the youth all around the world may listen to Jesus Christ
That they may be generous with Him
So that they may be their own Parish Priests and missionaries
So that they may give them the sacraments and bring them to Heaven
Hello, I am Fr. Javier Ibarra, missionary in United States
I joined the Minor Seminary when I was 16 years old
I come from a numerous family, in which we are 4 priests
two religious sisters, two seminarians
we are eight religious in our family 
My work as missionary here, in USA, is in our Minor Seminary
of our Religious Family of the Incarnate Word, in Minnesota
I simply want to talk about a fear that sometimes we may have
when we are discerning our vocation
or about to take the decision of fulfilling our vocation
And it's the fear of considering ourselves as miserable
or very poor... the fear of thinking we are not prepared 
or of considering ourselves very unworthy. 
Then, we need to remember what the Sacred Heart said
to St. Margaret Mary when she says to Him
Why are you asking me this to me, poor and miserable?
Our Lord answered her: it's exactly because of that
The Sacred Heart said to her: exactly because of that. 
Because in this way. the power of God will shine more in all your works
I think that we should think on this
If someone has this fear, he should look at the Apostles
and at the great saints who overcame that fear by facing it
seeing that Jesus Christ can make all our works to be worthy
God bless you all and help you to discern properly
in front of God, his glory and the salvation of souls
I am Fr. Diego Cano, of the Institute of the Incarnate Word
missionary in Tanzania
Here in Tanzania we have a great field of mission
We have 43 villages, divided into two parishes
We have 2400 square kilometers of mission
And we have around 70 thousand souls
of whom the majority are pagans
that is, they never heard about Christ
If they heard about Christians, they don't know what is this all about
Even here in our mission, we have some villages that we have never been
We know that maybe there are some Christians
During raining season it's very difficult to arrive to the villages
We need to cross over rivers, take boats...
During dry season, it's totally different and life is very hard
People don't have water, cannot cultivate
Food is scare
Here we have a great field of mission
And we really need missionaries, many missionaries
many youth who dare to follow Christ
I joined the Minor Seminary with only 14 years of age
I never thought that God would give me so a nice mission as this one
Have you ever questioned yourself what God will ask from you?
God bless you all and may He give you many fruits from this time of discernment! 
Come after me and I will make you fisher of men!
