BAPTIZED AND SENT: THE CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION ON THE WORLD
HOMILY FOR 29TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR C
MISSION SUNDAY
BY: Rev. Fr. Solomon P. Zaku
Today is world mission Sunday. World mission Sunday is a day set aside for Catholics throughout the world to publicly renew its commitment to the missionary work. It is a day set apart for us to pray for missionaries and contribute our quarter to the work of evangelization. On are a day like this we are reminded that we are all missionaries. This means therefore we have important roles to play in evangelization. Mission Sunday is celebrated on the penultimate Sunday of October every year. It was created by Pope Pius XI in 1926 as the day of prayer for missions. Today is the 93rd mission Sunday. On a day like this fund is raised in all catholic churches all over the world to support the work of evangelization. The money realized from the mission Sunday collection is used to provide financial assistance to missionaries, churches in missions territories and to support specific diocesan projects worldwide. On this day therefore as Christians, I will like us to reflect on our call as Christians and the great mandate Jesus left for us – that is making disciples of all nations.
The Mission Sunday of this is a special one as Pope Francis has declared October this year as extraordinary missionary Month. This is in order to celebrate in a unique manner, the 100th anniversary of the Apostolic Letter Maximum Illud issued by his predecessor Pope Benedict XV. In his words “It is with these sentiments that, welcoming the proposal by the congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, I call an Extraordinary Missionary Month in October 2019, with the purpose of reawakening awareness of the missio ad gentes and working with new impulse to further the missionary transformation of life and pastoral activity”. The Pope believes that “celebrating this month will help us to rediscover the missionary dimension of our faith in Jesus Christ, a faith graciously bestowed on us in Baptism.
The theme of the mission Sunday BAPTIZED AND SENT: THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON MISSION IN THE WORLD (the same with the theme for extra ordinary mission Month). In his mission Sunday message the Pope remind us that as baptized Catholics we have the responsibility of proclaiming the God News. We are all on a mission. The church is on a mission. We should therefore know our mission and carry it out. The pope said “I am a mission”. “You are a Mission”. Each person should therefore ask himself of herself “WHAT IS MY MISSION” on earth? What is “OUR MISSION” as a church? Mission is part of our identity as a Christians.
As you go for mass today, pray for missionaries and contribute our quota to the work of evangelization.
I pray the lord will grant us the grace to renew our missionary commitment. May he help us to always remember that we are missionaries? May we use all that God Has given us to see to, it that the message of salvation reaches the whole world through Christ our Lord.
MISSION SUNDAY
BY: Rev. Fr. Solomon P. Zaku
Today is world mission Sunday. World mission Sunday is a day set aside for Catholics throughout the world to publicly renew its commitment to the missionary work. It is a day set apart for us to pray for missionaries and contribute our quarter to the work of evangelization. On are a day like this we are reminded that we are all missionaries. This means therefore we have important roles to play in evangelization. Mission Sunday is celebrated on the penultimate Sunday of October every year. It was created by Pope Pius XI in 1926 as the day of prayer for missions. Today is the 93rd mission Sunday. On a day like this fund is raised in all catholic churches all over the world to support the work of evangelization. The money realized from the mission Sunday collection is used to provide financial assistance to missionaries, churches in missions territories and to support specific diocesan projects worldwide. On this day therefore as Christians, I will like us to reflect on our call as Christians and the great mandate Jesus left for us – that is making disciples of all nations.
The Mission Sunday of this is a special one as Pope Francis has declared October this year as extraordinary missionary Month. This is in order to celebrate in a unique manner, the 100th anniversary of the Apostolic Letter Maximum Illud issued by his predecessor Pope Benedict XV. In his words “It is with these sentiments that, welcoming the proposal by the congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, I call an Extraordinary Missionary Month in October 2019, with the purpose of reawakening awareness of the missio ad gentes and working with new impulse to further the missionary transformation of life and pastoral activity”. The Pope believes that “celebrating this month will help us to rediscover the missionary dimension of our faith in Jesus Christ, a faith graciously bestowed on us in Baptism.
The theme of the mission Sunday BAPTIZED AND SENT: THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON MISSION IN THE WORLD (the same with the theme for extra ordinary mission Month). In his mission Sunday message the Pope remind us that as baptized Catholics we have the responsibility of proclaiming the God News. We are all on a mission. The church is on a mission. We should therefore know our mission and carry it out. The pope said “I am a mission”. “You are a Mission”. Each person should therefore ask himself of herself “WHAT IS MY MISSION” on earth? What is “OUR MISSION” as a church? Mission is part of our identity as a Christians.
As you go for mass today, pray for missionaries and contribute our quota to the work of evangelization.
I pray the lord will grant us the grace to renew our missionary commitment. May he help us to always remember that we are missionaries? May we use all that God Has given us to see to, it that the message of salvation reaches the whole world through Christ our Lord.
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