Follower of Jesus Christ and missionary is my vocation! Well might this be a mantra for all who seek to follow Jesus Christ. Today the number of Christians who go forth to foreign lands to preach the gospel are minimal compared to the total number of Jesus followers. However, the need that exists to spread the gospel even in our own country, our states, our counties, our cities, our towns, our families is significant.
The missionary vocation is made real in the work of evangelization. Some might ask "What is this 'stuff' you call evangelization?" A good question. In the political sphere in the USA we have experienced the work of a small group of men and women who are on fire with a mission: the American Tea Party. It serves solely as an example to us. A small group of committed individuals can impact a national scene.
What would the national religious scene be if members of the Roman Catholic Church seriously took on the mission of Jesus Christ? What would our Church become in this generation if we took on a missionary spirit to help those seeking to know who Jesus is and his place in our lives today? The Tea Party members are on fire with a mission. Should we not examine our our commitment to our baptismal promises to do what we can as "home missionaries" to bring back to the Church those who have parted company from us? Even in our own families we might ask "What can I do to bring about another conversion, another return to the faith by our example and determination to make the Church a powerful means of bringing others to Jesus Christ?
