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Father Ed Broom begins his message with the Saint of the Day – Saint Augustine of Canterbury, the missionary of England. He was instrumental in the conversion of England from Anglo-Saxon paganism in the year 597 A.D. Today we live in neo-paganism and the big cities are our mission territory.
St. Peter says in his epistle to be serious and sober minded. What does that mean? It means to be like Mary; she pondered the Word of God in her heart. And the Word, Jesus Christ gave us a new commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you!” For Catholics the most important virtue is love. Faith comes first in operation, you can’t love someone you don’t know, but love is the greatest. We can expiate a multitude of sins by loving. Jesus showed us what true love is. Love is sacrifice. Love is willing the good of another. The greatest good for another is their salvation! If we can draw others closer to Christ and their eternal salvation, that’s love!
Jesus cursed the fig tree because it was not fruitful. Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; we are called to be fruitful at all times! Let us pray for the grace to be modern day missionaries and bring many souls to Christ!
