"We are at the beginning, we must consider ourselves at the beginning, and therefore.... there is no time to go slowly. We must go - certainly calmly and with serenity, with peace and tranquility, without agitation or foolish ambition, but with profound commitment.
'If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me if I do not preach it!' says St. Paul.
This should be your motto: "Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel!" If it were a boast, it would be vanishing, vain, superficial. Instead, when it is received as it should be - as the consequence of belonging to a body* sent for this purpose - we sense the urgency. Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel, every missionary should say and repeat to Christians and other missionaries."**
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| A Good Teacher is Always Learning! |
Reflection:
HOW CAN I PREACH THE GOSPEL TODAY?
* The Church
**Fr. Luigi Faccenda, "Comments and Notes on John Paul II's Encyclical Redemptoris Missio; Intercommunity Meeting - December 10-12, 1991; OVS Volume 9
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