The Church needs you
to be a missionary!
Hi, I'm Brian Strassburger, SJ,
and this is my One-Minute Reflection.
Today is World Mission Sunday.
A day when we often hear at Mass
from someone who works in a distant country
Where resources are scarce
Or where Christians face
violent persecution.
It's important for us to hear
these stories.
And by contributing to these causes
we're helping the global mission of the Church.
But we shouldn't stop there.
A missionary is a person who proclaims
the Gospel where it isn't being heard.
That's not just the case
in distant lands.
Where are the places in our country
where the Gospel isn't being heard?
In the workplace, on college campuses,
in politics.
How can you, by the way that you live
and act and treat others
Proclaim the Gospel there?
We are all called to be missionaries.
We are all called to follow the example
of Jesus
Who, as the Gospel today tells us,
came not to be served, but to serve.
So let's follow the example of Jesus,
Be like missionaries and proclaim
the Gospel in our lives.
