An Urgent Call to All Catholics

Go Deep

Words from Scripture often fall on deaf ears.  These same ears would respond to the cries of a small child in trouble, a plea of help coming from a burning building, or a whimper from an injured dog, but the call from our Lord goes unanswered.

The message of Jesus Christ as the Way, the Truth, and the Life, is not one that should hidden because of shyness, but must be proclaimed from the housetops (Mt 10:27).

The love of Christ is what impels (2 Cor 5:14) one to proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord.  “Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel…I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more.  To the Jews I became as a Jew…To the weak I became weak…all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”  (1 Cor 9:16-24)

Too often Catholics forget to evangelize.  Maybe because many are brought up in the faith and it’s just passed down from generation to generation.  This excuse is no longer acceptable.

Mass attendance grows smaller and smaller, young people are leaving the Church in droves, souls are falling to hell like snowflakes (Fatima), and the faithful are losing faith in the Bishops.

Urgent Wake Up Call to Catholics

Enough with planning, procrastinating, and feeling sorry for ourselves.  The effort that goes into complaining could be used for winning souls for Christ.

The Lord is calling for an urgent reply.

Right after Pentecost the disciples are seen out in the street proclaiming the saving power of Jesus Christ.  (If you have forgotten about miracles, just ask for one).

• “Every day in the temple and at home they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ” (Acts 5:42).

As a boy Jesus was urgent in his Father’s will.

• “I must be about my Father’s business” (Lk 2:4).

Again in the parables Jesus is saying be quick.

• “Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame….Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled” (Lk 14:21-23).

Even the Angels work with haste.

• “Go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen” (Mt 28:8).

• “Men of Galilee…why do you stand here looking up at the skies?” (Acts 1:11).

Ever watch a good sports coach?  They never accept excuses…Even the good ones.

• “Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for oyu, go and proclaim the kingdom of God” (Lk 9:60)

Catholics Have a Great Message

The Mass, Sacraments, Rosary, Scripture, Tradition, Saints, Theology of the Body….And this is just the tip of the ice burg.

SALVATION!

Next time a planning meeting comes or the daily grind, think about how important the Message of Jesus Christ is to proclaim.  There is no time for procrastination.  Go out to all nations and preach the God News.

Prayer

Just an end note.  All this going out is also in conjunction with praying and asking the Lord for guidance and His will.  The disciples spent time with Jesus to learn how to pray, preach, and teach.  So must we spend time with Jesus, because if He isn’t inside of us, what do we have to give?

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