So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find. Matthew 22:9
“All noble human professions, like the study and teaching of philosophy or the calling of the soldier, for example, are circumstances in which men and women can help draw others closer to the Lord.” Business trips and recreational expeditions can no less be opportunities for spreading the teachings of Christ. There are countless occasions on which the laity can exercise an apostolate of evangelization and sanctification. Family ties, sickness, friendly social visits to the homes of our friends, sending Christmas cards… all provide good opportunities for doing apostolate.”
John Chyrsostom in Catena Aurea III, 63 as recounted by Francis Fernandez in In Conversation with God: Meditations for Each Day of the Year, volume 7 (London: Scepter, 1993) 356-357.
Don’t miss the good opportunities to introduce people to Jesus, or as Fernandez says, “doing apostolate.”
This post seemed fitting because Jenni and I will be stuffing our Christmas cards tonight. In the cards for our neighbors we plan to put cards to invite them to our Christmas eve services. We pray they come.
Our job in apostolate is not to save people, but to share good news and encourage them in the faith.
How will you during family gatherings or social visits engage in the generous work of pointing people who do not know Jesus to the Christ of Christmas? Or encourage those who do to grow in the faith?