Mission Month

October is Mission Month.  It's pretty sad when you only read the Pope's address on the 26th of the month, but... at least, I read it!  As I said in my previous post and as is the title of this blog, I want to continue the life-long search for Truth.  Lo and behold, the Holy Father himself spoke about this in the Mission Sunday address: "Like the Greek pilgrims of two thousand years ago, the people of our time too, even perhaps unbeknown to them, ask believers not only to 'speak' of Jesus, but to 'make Jesus seen', to make the face of the Redeemer shine out in every corner of the earth before the generations of the new millennium and especially before the young people of every continent, the privileged ones to whom the Gospel proclamation is intended. They must perceive that Christians bring Christ's word because he is the truth, because they have found in him the meaning and the truth for their own lives."  The highlight is mine, of course.  That is what I hope to bring to all who will eventually read this blog, Truth, at least the search for Him.  Yes, Truth is a person, because Jesus plainly said, "I am the way, the truth and the life."  For those who say there is no such thing as objective truth have not yet come into a personal relationship with Jesus.
Speaking of relationships with Jesus, I would like to conclude with another passage from Benedict's message: "Only on the basis of this encounter with the Love of God that changes life can we live in communion with him and with one another and offer our brothers and sisters a credible witness, accounting for the hope that is in us (cf. 1 Pt 3: 15). An adult faith, capable of entrusting itself totally to God with a filial attitude fostered by prayer, meditation on the word of God and study of the truth of the faith, is a prerequisite for furthering a new humanism founded on the Gospel of Jesus."  We seriously need to ask ourselves some questions when we read this.  Do we have what Benedict calls "an adult faith"?  Do we put all our trust in God?  How much time do we spend in prayer, mediation on the word of God and study of the truth of the faith?  May the Lord always grant me the grace to be in intimate union with the Holy Trinity and may my faith grow day by day.  And may all become "protagonists of the Church's commitment to proclaim the Gospel."