Sr. Nitz, MSBS sharing her reflections on "Mission. She is a missionary working in Italy. Mission! This word sounds elegant. It usually captures the attention of everybody, and each one has its own personal interpretation of the word. Sometimes the word mission makes us afraid of because in effect it is relatively means death and martyrdom. But what does it really mean? What does the missionaries do in mission territories?
First of all, the first thought that comes in, is "to go beyond" or "to move oneself to change place". But mission is not only the movement or transferring oneself into the other place which is unknown to her/him. It is more than this! Mission is to live here and now each responsibility with fidelity to the faith that he/she received in baptism. Mission is not away from the being of the person, rather it is in the person her/himself. The meaning of our existence must be based on our missionary nature. Meaning, whether we like it or not, we are borne missionary!
Mission simply means "life". The one who is alive has to move and do something. Doing something, one needs force. He/she needs to use all the faculties in order that that "something" she/he is doing comes to its' fulfillment. The one who is doing the action must have a "desire" who pushes her/him to reach the highest desire. Mission is this! It is not imposed by someone but it is the nature of anyone. It is a reality that every single human being has to live in the way she/he is called to live.
There were persons called to live his/her proper place to cross the ocean and share her/his life to the different others away. This is actually the usual concept or understanding of mission and yet it is right. I think this kind of interpretation which is actual and real is an act of radical response to mission activities. By the virtue of obedience one's have to submit her/himself to this radical call to mission. Obedience not only to ones' superior but more is the obedience to the Church call as a missionary Church.
Living a life totally different from mine, different language, different cultures, different costumes and ways of expressions, different climate and time are not easy to do. It needs a lot of sacrifices and self determination. A lot of tears, prayer and patience, to learn to overcome the famous and yet serious missionary sickness: the so called "homesickness". These are the basic activities of every missionary in a distant land. It's challenging!
In the midst of these complex experiences, missionaries are lucky and yet blessed by what they are learning in life. Experiencing different colors of life in the midst of the people who are miles away different from their own, missionaries learn a lot.
First of all, the first thought that comes in, is "to go beyond" or "to move oneself to change place". But mission is not only the movement or transferring oneself into the other place which is unknown to her/him. It is more than this! Mission is to live here and now each responsibility with fidelity to the faith that he/she received in baptism. Mission is not away from the being of the person, rather it is in the person her/himself. The meaning of our existence must be based on our missionary nature. Meaning, whether we like it or not, we are borne missionary!
Mission simply means "life". The one who is alive has to move and do something. Doing something, one needs force. He/she needs to use all the faculties in order that that "something" she/he is doing comes to its' fulfillment. The one who is doing the action must have a "desire" who pushes her/him to reach the highest desire. Mission is this! It is not imposed by someone but it is the nature of anyone. It is a reality that every single human being has to live in the way she/he is called to live.
There were persons called to live his/her proper place to cross the ocean and share her/his life to the different others away. This is actually the usual concept or understanding of mission and yet it is right. I think this kind of interpretation which is actual and real is an act of radical response to mission activities. By the virtue of obedience one's have to submit her/himself to this radical call to mission. Obedience not only to ones' superior but more is the obedience to the Church call as a missionary Church.
Living a life totally different from mine, different language, different cultures, different costumes and ways of expressions, different climate and time are not easy to do. It needs a lot of sacrifices and self determination. A lot of tears, prayer and patience, to learn to overcome the famous and yet serious missionary sickness: the so called "homesickness". These are the basic activities of every missionary in a distant land. It's challenging!
In the midst of these complex experiences, missionaries are lucky and yet blessed by what they are learning in life. Experiencing different colors of life in the midst of the people who are miles away different from their own, missionaries learn a lot.
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