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FROM OUR EDITORS—October 21, 2018 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

FROM OUR EDITORS—October 21, 2018 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Every year in late October, Catholics throughout the world unite to celebrate World Mission Sunday. This year’s date is October 21. The theme is “Through Youth to the World: Voices for Mission.” We are invited to recommit ourselves to our common vocation through Baptism to be missionaries—through prayer, participation in the Eucharist, and by generously supporting the efforts of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Sunday’s Gospel ties in well with the message of World Mission Sunday. Jesus tells the Apostles that to be great, they must be serve others. To share in and promote Christ’s mission, we must be servants of his message and of the Kingdom. We are all called to share God’s message of love and hope with others. Through service to young people, parents, catechists, and teachers help shape both our Church’s present and future.

In his message for World Mission Day 2018, Pope Francis writes: “[T]ransmission of the faith, the heart of the Church’s mission, comes about by the infectiousness of love, where joy and enthusiasm become the expression of a newfound meaning and fulfilment in life. The spread of the faith ‘by attraction’ calls for hearts that are open and expanded by love.”

We pray that the children in your care catch your infectious love, joy, and enthusiasm for the faith and grow in living and sharing it with others. As the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment continues, we pray for all young people throughout our Church and world and the efforts of their parents, catechists, and teachers to form them in a living and vital faith.

Find resources for World Mission Sunday here.

Para la versión en español, haga clic aquí.

 

Image credit: Pontifical Mission Societies Diocesan Mission Office, Scranton, PA

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