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Today, on this Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Catholic Christians celebrate World Mission Sunday. This day, set aside by Pope Pius XI in 1926, is designed to remind us of the missionary nature of our Catholic Christian Faith. World Mission Sunday is celebrated each year on the second-to-the-last Sunday of October.
For over 2,000 years, Catholic Christians have taken the “missionary mandate” of Jesus and proclaimed the good news of Jesus Christ throughout the world. Most do this by passing on the faith as mothers and fathers to children in their homes. Others do it as catechists of children, youth, and adults.
Today, we especially remember the people in the Church who might be called “professional missionaries,” living their lives deliberately and publicly as missionaries. Some are “home missionaries,” spreading the Gospel of Jesus in their home country. A good example of home missionaries are the Glenmary Fathers and Brothers in the United States. Others are “foreign missionaries,” leaving their native land to do missionary work in countries other than their own. In the United States, a good example of foreign missionaries are the Maryknoll Fathers, Brothers, Sisters, and Lay Missioners.
On this day, we are asked to pray for those who devote their lives to missionary work and to support them financially when possible. And, on this day, all of us are challenged to examine our consciences to determine what we are doing for the Faith and how we can do better.
In the above photo, we Sr. Adelina of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart carrying groceries from the market back to her convent in Curarén, one of the pueblos of our parish – San Francisco de Asís in Reitoca, F.M., Honduras.
