World Mission Sunday is organized by the Society of the Propagation of the Faith in the Catholic Church. This year, it is celebrated on Sunday, October 22, 2017. It is a day set aside for Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the Church’s missionary activity through prayer and sacrifice.
We just celebrate the feast day of St Jean de Brebeuf, St Isaac Jogues, and their Jesuit companions who were martyred while serving as missions to the native people of Canada in the 17th century. Our Church has been blessed with so many dedicated missionaries, many of whom gave up their lives for the faith.
During this year’s 90th anniversary, World Mission Sunday celebration relates to the mercy of the Lord: “Mercy Changes the World.” Pope Francis notes, “The mercy of God is His loving concern for each one of us…. As the Father loves, so do His children. Just as He is merciful, so we are called to be merciful to each other.”
As I served as a missionary myself in Canada, in Ecuador, and in South Texas from 1992 to 2000, I think of the Mennonite Voluntary Service and the Combine Missisionaries with whom I served. I thin of all the dedicated missionaries that I met and worked with. We lift up all the dedicated missionaries to the loving arms of the Lord.
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