Pills of Faith February 4 "the Lord has made you and mercy"

As the Son was sent by the Father, so he himself sent the apostles (Jn 20,21:28,18) saying: “Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you every day, until the end of the world "(Mt 20-1,8). And this solemn command of Christ to announce the saving truth, the Church received it from the apostles to continue its fulfillment up to the last border of the earth (Acts 1). It therefore makes the apostle's words his own: "Woe ... to me if I do not preach!" (9,16 Cor XNUMX:XNUMX) and continues to send heralds of the Gospel, until the new Churches are fully constituted and in turn continue the work of evangelization.

In fact, she is prompted by the Holy Spirit to cooperate so that the plan of God, who constituted Christ the principle of salvation for the whole world, will be fulfilled. By preaching the Gospel, the Church disposes those who listen to her to believe and profess the faith, disposes them to baptism, removes them from the slavery of error and incorporates them to Christ to grow in him through charity until fullness is reached. Then make sure that all that is good is sown in the hearts and minds of men or in the rites and cultures of peoples, not only is it not lost, but is purified, elevated and perfected to the glory of God, confusion of the devil and happiness of man.

Every disciple of Christ has a duty to disseminate faith as far as possible. But if everyone can confer baptism on believers, it is nevertheless the priest's office to complete the building up of the body with the Eucharistic sacrifice, fulfilling the words spoken by God through the prophet: “Where does the sun rise until it sets, great is the my Name among the nations and in every place a sacrifice and a pure offering are offered to my Name ”(Ml 1,11). Thus the Church unites prayer and work, so that the whole world in all its being may be transformed into the people of God, the mystical body of Christ and the temple of the Holy Spirit, and in Christ, the center of all things, all honor and glory will be rendered. to the Creator and Father of the universe.