1 Sep Fri
Spreading God's light. Why have the weeds grown so much in this world of ours, God's field? We can reply without hesitation: “ignorance is the greatest enemy of our faith and at the same time the greatest obstacle to the Redemption of souls being carried through, since, as Tertullian wrote, they cease to hate when they cease to be ignorant - ignorant of the truths of faith and of our situation as children of God. This ignorance has been sown to a large extent by the enemy of God and of souls, making use of human resources while we Christians forgot our duty to acquire formation and to teach and spread doctrine.”
“We cannot remain inactive. Because we are Christians, and Christians who have a special divine vocation to sanctify temporal affairs, we have the great responsibility of bringing the leaven of Christ to all environments.”
The awareness that there are a lot of weeds in God's field should compel us to carry out an intense doctrinal apostolate. “We want to bring people to Christ. We want all human beings to love him. But, How are they to call upon him if they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?”
“It is our mission to give doctrine, to spread God's light, to wage this marvelous war of peace and love; to bring it to all peoples, without exception of race, or tongue, or social circumstances.
“A campaign of manliness and purity will be waged to counteract and undo the savage work of those who think that man is a beast. Relations among peoples will be filled with charity; and hatreds, fratricidal struggles and divisions will all be stilled.
“Don't be afraid, then, of the present situation, or think it can't be remedied. Don't be frightened by the waves stirred up by the storms in the ocean of the world. Don't be tempted to run away, because this world is ours: it is God's work and he has given it to us as an inheritance.
“With faith like this, we can work away calmly without being frightened by the difficulties: the waters - living waters, the grace of Christ - will pass through the mountains. The more evil we encounter, the greater our sense of responsibility should be. The more drawbacks we meet, the greater should be our determination to overcome them, the greater our effort to cultivate the field and root out the weeds that smother the good seed.” St Josemaría
Image: Our Lady of Altagracia, Patroness of Rep. Dominicana.