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the light; what you hear whispered, circumstances and the environment in
proclaim on the housetops. And do not be which you live and work?
afraid of those who kill the body but cannot
● Do you trust God to take care of you when
kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one you are challenged for your faith or your
who can destroy both soul and body in commitment to serve others?
Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a
small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the Missionary Direction
ground without your Father’s knowledge. Explain: Saint John Paul II wrote the
Even all the hairs of your head are counted. encyclical letter Redemptoris Missio, devoted to,
So do not be afraid; you are worth more “the urgency of missionary activity” (RM, no. 1)
than many sparrows. Everyone who and, “to invite the Church to renew her
acknowledges me before others I will missionary commitment” (RM, no. 2).
acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others, I will The fact that there is a diversity of
deny before my heavenly Father.” activities in the Church’s one mission is not
intrinsic to that mission, but arises from
Explain: Reflect on and discuss the following: the variety of circumstances in which
● How does this passage relate to your that mission is carried out. Looking at
experiences at WYD and your call to today’s world from the viewpoint of
missionary discipleship? evangelization, we can distinguish three
● Do you find comfort in these words or do
situations.
they frighten you?
First, there is the situation which the
● Jesus did not mislead the disciples with false
promises; we know that being his Church’s missionary activity addresses:
missionary disciple is not trouble-free. What peoples, groups, and socio-cultural
challenges and difficulties do you imagine contexts in which Christ and His
you might face as a missionary disciple? Gospel are not known, or which lack
Christian communities sufficiently
● Jesus says to share what you have received.
mature to be able to incarnate the faith
How do you plan to do that in your own
in their own environment and proclaim
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