"EXISTING TO EVANGELIZE" - One Bread, One Body, 9/12/2008

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Friday, September 12, 2008, Most Holy Name of Mary

1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27, Psalm 84, Luke 6:39-42
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"EXISTING TO EVANGELIZE"

"I made myself the slave of all so as to win over as many as possible." —1
Corinthians 9:19

How much do you want people to give their lives to Christ? Would you be
"the slave of all so as to win over as many as possible"? Would you make
yourself "all things to all men in order to save at least some of them"?
(1 Cor 9:22) Are you running the race and fighting the fight? (1 Cor 9:26;
2 Tm 4:7) Would you discipline and master your body (1 Cor 9:27) to make
it an instrument of justice (Rm 6:13) in leading people to Christ?

The Lord will give us such a strong desire to lead people to Him that we
will realize we exist to evangelize (On Evangelization, 14, Pope Paul VI).
Like Paul, we will be "under compulsion" to preach the gospel and ruined
if we don't (1 Cor 9:16). Like Jesus, we "have come to light a fire on the
earth" (Lk 12:49). How we "wish the blaze were ignited!" (Lk 12:49)

Ask the Holy Spirit to come to you. Ask for a new Pentecost. Ask for the
desires of God's heart to be fulfilled as His desires become the desires
of your heart. Exist to evangelize.

Prayer: Jesus, may I live and die to be Your witness (see Acts 1:8).

Promise: "Hypocrite, remove the plank from your own eye first; then you
will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye." —Lk
6:42

Praise: "I am the servant of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say"
(Lk 1:38).

(For a related teaching, order our leaflet "Evangelism and Worship" or our
audio AV 49-1 or video V-49.)

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†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
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