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Friends,
today’s Gospel, taken from the magnificent tenth chapter of Luke’s
Gospel, is a portrait of the Church. It shows us what Jesus wants his
followers to do and how to do it. We are a missionary Church. We are
sent by the Lord to spread his word and do his work. The Christian
Gospel is just not something that we are meant to cling to for our own
benefit. Rather, it is like seed that we are meant to give away.
We
do this work together, with others, in community. Ministers need people
to support them, pray for them, talk to them, challenge them. Francis
of Assisi had an experience of God and then, within months, gathered
people around him; Dominic, from the beginning, had brothers in his
work. Mother Teresa attracted a number of her former students to join
her in her mission. We don’t go it alone.
And
prayer is not incidental to ministry. It is not decorative. It is the
life-blood of the Church’s efforts. Without it, nothing will succeed;
without it, no ministers will come forward. At all points, pray, pray,
pray.
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