“Go, therefore, and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have
commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20
Jesus commanded His disciples to go out to all the nations
to spread the Good News of His Resurrection. As baptized Christians, and
especially as Consecrated Sisters, we are called to do the same. Jesus promises
to send His Spirit to be with us when we go in His name. This only makes sense
in the context of a love relationship. We can only truly share our love of our
Lord with others after we have experienced Love as a person and embodied that
Love in our own lives. After encountering Him Who is Love, we are compelled to
go out to the ends of the earth and proclaim His message of Truth to all we
meet.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wrote of the necessity to preach
the Truth in his encyclical letter Caritas
in Veritate when he stated, “Without truth, charity degenerates into
sentimentality. Love becomes an empty shell, to be filled in an arbitrary way.
In a culture without truth, this is the fatal risk facing love. It falls prey
to contingent subjective emotions and opinions, the word ‘love’ is abused and
distorted, to the point where it comes to mean the opposite.” (3)
Let us go out, then, and make disciples to the furthest ends
of the earth, and build God’s Kingdom on earth every day of our lives.
-Sister M. Bridget,
FSGM
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