Being Sent

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Having accomplished a certain victory over the fundamental part of our principle struggle, we unite our free will to God’s. Christ came for sinners and we ourselves find freedom from sin. Shall we not use that freedom to help others to find not just the freedom but what or rather Who bestowed it? There is nothing greater in importance than the spread of God’s kingdom. Having known the love, mercy, peace, and generosity through the goodness, truth, and beauty of the mission i.e. the Church which was made first from the Holy Apostles and spread across the world, we know our duty to make sure that such blessings are not limited by us, that this gift is not only ours to hold. After all, how many believers in Christ did it take before we received the Gospel? Thus, we embark on the same mission Christ Himself had and which He bestowed on His beloved Apostles, to conquer the world with love, making God known to the ends of the earth because the new life we were given was made to be spent thus.

By this point, we have long been committed to the teaching of the Gospel. We should be embodying its effect at least in the majority of our being. We cannot love what we do not know, nor then ought we preach what we do not love. Often people are not captivated by argumentation and in fact, are often repulsed by it. If we are to win the hearts of others we must introduce them to the Gospel's beauty not just the truth we would impose or the good we would make them participate in. We must win their love and this is not done through imposition. This is the way of love. It is not forceful, pompous, or overly passionate aru. Not only is the beauty of a transformed and dedicated life, sacred art, sacred music, inspiring preaching, but also the beauty of the sacred page. Each of us is an evangelist by virtue of our baptism i.e. as other christs united to his in his baptism.

In conclusion, let us not lose ourselves in complicated argumentation but in the simplicity of a life transformed by love. Beauty calls us higher, grabs us, and sends us on our way. The relationship we have with God, our eternal spouse, should flow outward, and move us toward the good of others. Living truly our faith brings us precisely here inner harmony, perpetual benevolence, and a love that does not alter its magnitude or restrict its direction. This love recognizes the messiness sin leaves us with and never abandons or closes the door to those in need of love.

We do wrong,
do we expect love?
What do we lack in sin's throng
Do we take the beauty from above?

Do we give a show it hence?
Love for Thee my Lord is love of all.
Why do we not accept recompense?
Will we accept our call?
I am a created entity, not a person.

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