You are not an accident. God created you for a purpose. “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment,” Matthew 22:37-38. The Catholic Church interchanges the words “love” and “charity.” So what does doing charity for God mean? It means taking part in the Catholic Church…what does that entail you ask?
It means feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for the sick, visiting those in prison, caring for those society has tossed in the gutter, and showing mercy to those who don’t deserve it. Don’t believe me that the Church is so giving? We (the Catholic Church) started the first Aids clinic in the 80s, we started the university system so people could get educated, we are the largest social service provider by giving food, clothes, and shelter to more people on the planet than any other organization. This is the Church’s mission. To treat every human life with dignity from conception to death.
Thousands of people have helped this mission with such passion that they have been canonized Saints. These were not wildly successful people…Mother Teresa summed up how to do the Church’s mission by saying that “there are no great things to accomplish in this world, only small things done with great love.”
Sometimes we have a tendency to get overwhelmed with all that must be done. It starts with you and me right now. It starts with paying attention in class, getting homework done on time, respecting others, and doing our chores just to name a few. Doing the little things each day will have a profound impact on those around you.
So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
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