Why aren't more involved in the missionary work required of us by Christ?

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puzzleannie:
there is no need to travel to a foreign country to evangelize, or to perform acts of Christian charity. Begin in your own parish, community, diocese. A good place to start is by not driving away from your local parish those who are already Catholic, but are newly arrived, may not speak the same language or share the same culture as the majority of parishioners. By refusing to welcome our own, we are sometimes guilty of driving them into the arms of pentecostals and evangelicals who are more than glad to take them in.
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No need… Although Jesus says there is a need…
 
THEOPHILUS†:
Now if St Francis ( you think 🙂 ) is consistent with the Bible, he must have meant that our deeds must show the genuinness of what we are preaching. He couldn’t have meant that this “necessary” is just a few times, or else he would be contradicting Jesus. I know about St Francis, and I don’t think he would contradict Jesus.

THEOPHILUS†
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Just to clarify, where would he be contradicting Jesus?

-Jim
 
THEOPHILUS†:
If Roman Catholic missionaries are more than other missionaries, then again we don’t need this thread, because people here are saying that Protestants are putting you to shame…

And as for the term “Roman Catholic”, I don’t agree with you that all Catholics in the East are related to Rome, because I am baptized in a Church which is also Catholic ( the Armenian Apostolic Catholic Church ), but this Church doesn’t have anything to do with Rome.

THEOPHILUS†
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It’s possible that the person posting the original question was unaware of how many Catholic missionaries there are–in that sense, yes, it might be an unnecessary thread, though I think it’s always necessary to challenge people to be less complacent (both Catholic and Protestant). I think because Protestants have a different style (such as asking people, “are you saved”?) they make more noise and so give an impression of greater numbers, though that’s not the case.

I never said that ALL eastern churches were in communion with Rome—you need to pay more attention to what people actually write, as it would make communication much more useful.
 
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Sherlock:
It’s possible that the person posting the original question was unaware of how many Catholic missionaries there are–in that sense, yes, it might be an unnecessary thread, though I think it’s always necessary to challenge people to be less complacent (both Catholic and Protestant). I think because Protestants have a different style (such as asking people, “are you saved”?) they make more noise and so give an impression of greater numbers, though that’s not the case.

I never said that ALL eastern churches were in communion with Rome—you need to pay more attention to what people actually write, as it would make communication much more useful.
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I am aware of how many there are but, being from the USA I am also aware of how American Catholics many are totally oblivious and apathetic to evangelization as well. Christ doesn’t only call the skilled, he gives the skills to those He calls (which is all of us)!

~Praise Him~
 
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EsclavoDeCristo:
I am aware of how many there are but, being from the USA I am also aware of how American Catholics many are totally oblivious and apathetic to evangelization as well. Christ doesn’t only call the skilled, he gives the skills to those He calls (which is all of us)!

~Praise Him~
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You’re right about that!
 
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