Sister Thecla Merlo was born in the Piedmont region of Italy in 1894. In 1922, she took professed vows as a consecrated religious sister with the newly formed Daughters of St Paul, a group that would establish publishing houses and media centers throughout the world. Sister Thecla worked hard traveling all over the world to help spread this order’s work. She died in 1964 and was named venerable in 1991 by Pope John Paul II.
Today, we hear the familiar Gospel from Mark of Jesus sending out his apostles on a missionary trip. It edified me how it states that the apostles went off immediately and preached repentance without questions the instructions they received. They did not complain or gripe or try to challenge Jesus. Sometimes, being missionary and bringing the Gospel message to others can involve a lot of hardship and the need to follow orders. So many in our modern world today do not want to follow the discipline and obedience that it takes to live out a life of missionary discipleship. May we all hear this missionary call.
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