Written by: host
Tuesday, 12 February 2008

When we hear the term 'missionary’ in the church context, do we still think of people living in poverty overseas?

We have grown to know that while some may be called to serve God in other places, most of us are called to be missionaries of the Gospel in our own land.

What does this mean?

I remember as a child hearing the story of soldiers wandering through the ruins of a German church. They came upon a statue of the Sacred Heart lying beside its pedestal. As they returned the statue to its shrine, they noticed that both hands had been broken in the fall. They placed a sign beneath the statue which read: ‘now I have no hands but yours’.

We are called to be the eyes, the feet, the hands and the voice of Christ. In this awareness, the responsibility of mission becomes ours.

How does it feel for you to be the HANDS, EARS, EYES, FEET, MOUTH of Jesus?

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