Tell the World of His Love

“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few...” Luke 10:2

Can Jesus count on us to be one of His workers? Just as in His time, there are too few working to spread His message of love, forgiveness, and hope today. In a world weary of quarrels, discrimination, large scale conflicts, corruption, fake news, etc., we need the safe haven of the Savior and His promises. If we know Jesus, we should make an effort to make Him known. We must ask ourselves, how can I make Jesus known to my neighbor? 

We celebrate the feast of Saint Luke today. He was a faithful friend and physician who accompanied St. Paul in his missionary journeys. He also got to know the Virgin Mary well, so well that he was able to write many details about her that are not in the other gospels. I can imagine him listening in fascination at Mary’s stories of the annunciation, visiting her cousin Elizabeth, presenting Jesus in temple and meeting Simeon and Anna. Mary also told him that when Jesus was a little older, she and Joseph looked anxiously for Jesus and found Him three days later in the temple with religious teachers! We have Saint Luke to thank for the exciting stories in the Book of Acts, Jesus being taken up to the sky, the day when tongues of fire came down, the stoning of Saint Stephen and many more! 

But the stories of God’s actions on the earth did not end with the Bible. People like Corrie ten Boom, Nicky Cruz, Heidi Baker, and so many more, have stories to tell about how God is real and makes His presence known. Why just today, when I kept quiet and asked God to speak, He told me that I should pray as much for President Duterte as I do for the people I love, for He loves the President very much! 

Yes, let us find a way to tell a needy, weary world of His love!