15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 6:7-13)

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 6:7-13)

The twelve's mission and our mission in the new evangelization

In our gospel for this Sunday, Jesus sent his disciples by pairs. They cast out demons, cured the sick, and even preached on repentance. These are the just some of the important things that the disciples did while travelling around a particular village following the command of Jesus.

As the gospel speaks of being sent, I can also speak of sending in this case for at this time the last day of the 1st Catholic Social Media Summit (July 14-15, 2012) ended. I was like a disciple, who tried to listen attentively to the various speakers talking about the different aspects of social media since yesterday until this Sunday. A command was given to us all delegates by the main celebrant of the Mass, Bp. Baylon, of the Diocese of Albay. He told us young generations of the youth to help the church in proclaiming the Word of God to the people. He said, "Let us win the world through the Word". This phrase means a lot to me being a member of this generation to participate on the call of the Mother Church to continue the mission of the Apostles, which was given to them with authority by our Lord, Jesus Christ, as it was like our gospel this Sunday.

The challenge of the mission is to proclaim God's word through the social media. As in our homiletics class, the sole content of our mission then is just one word, that is, Jesus. He must then be the center of our lives as we engage in this new evangelization that I think was called by Holy Father Benedict XVI to respond in the continuous renewal of the Church after the Vatican II. This is a good start then to anticipate the convocation and Motu Propio of Benedict XVI of 2012-2013 as the Year of Faith, which will start this October, 2012.