Are you called to evangelize?

[MariaChristi]

Like Mary, make haste with joy and adventure, not fear or worry, to announce to others the greatness of God who has come to dwell among us.
Fear does not need to cripple us from taking right action or rob us of our trust and reliance on God. Courage working with faith enables us to embrace God’s word of truth and love with confidence and to act on it with firm hope in God’s promises. The love of God strengthens us in our faith and trust in Him and enables us to act with justice and kindness towards our neighbor even in the face of opposition or harm.
Mary and Elizebeth, with Jesus and John, became the first Christian community.
Marys only focus was always the light and love and limitless possiblility of Christ’s presence.
We poor sinners must stop dwelling on impossibility and entertaining cynicism leading to despair.
In the face of every horrible trial, suffering, trouble, worry, adversity, fear, sorrow, temptation, or impending doom, remember, Christ is ever present to us!
He is here at our time of testing and our hour of need. We should never forget He is always with us.
And with the Master, who or what can be against us?!
“It is I, do not be afraid.”

Dear brother,

Thanks again for your thoughts. Yes, we need to keep hearing deep within our hearts, the words of Jesus from His Cross: “Behold your Mother”, if we truly desire to share Him with others. As the Angel told may not to be afraid, so we must be willing to let go of our fears also. As the Angel told Mary the Holy Spirit would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow her, so we also must trust God in the Sacramental graces of our Baptism and Confirmation, answering with our own “Yes” to God’s Will in our lives.

We must live our vocation to holiness as Mary lived her vocation. She listened carefully to God’s Word and she did the Truth she heard. My husband wrote a beautiful blog entry just yesterday on listening to God’s Word, as disciples of Jesus. I recommend reading his insights on the “Parable of the Sower”. All who want to live the Church’s call to evangelize, need to take time to listen and learn as Mary did from Jesus. You can read his blog HERE

Please let us continue to pray for one another, for the Church and for all those in most need of His Mercy.

 

[Googler]

Thank you sister. How we need good commentary like your husbands to help us meditate on scripture and remain on the path of conversion to holiness.

May we acknowledge that by His holy Cross He has redeemed the world. The Cross brings not death but life! Jesus transformed our own crosses into hope and safety.

And may we always remind ourselves of His Presence.

One way to practice His Presence is to carry a spiritual communion prayer in your pocket and pray it daily as many times as you like. I printed this one and laminated it:

Act of Spiritual Communion
O Immaculate Queen of Heaven and Earth, Mother of God and Mediatrix of every grace: I believe that Thy dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, is truly, really, and substantially contained in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love Him above all things and I long to receive Him into my heart. Since I cannot now receive Him sacramentally, be so good as to place Him spiritually in my soul. 

O my Jesus, I embrace Thee as One who has already come, and I unite myself entirely to Thee. Never permit me to be separated from Thee. Amen.

 

[MariaChristi]

Thank you sister. How we need good commentary like your husbands to help us meditate on scripture and remain on the path of conversion to holiness.

May we acknowledge that by His holy Cross He has redeemed the world. The Cross brings not death but life! Jesus transformed our own crosses into hope and safety.

And may we always remind ourselves of His Presence.

One way to practice His Presence is to carry a spiritual communion prayer in your pocket and pray it daily as many times as you like. I printed this one and laminated it:

Act of Spiritual Communion
O Immaculate Queen of Heaven and Earth, Mother of God and Mediatrix of every grace: I believe that Thy dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, is truly, really, and substantially contained in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love Him above all things and I long to receive Him into my heart. Since I cannot now receive Him sacramentally, be so good as to place Him spiritually in my soul. 

O my Jesus, I embrace Thee as One who has already come, and I unite myself entirely to Thee. Never permit me to be separated from Thee. Amen.

Thanks, dear brother!