lily of the mohawks

Isaiah 10:5-7,13-16; Psalm 94 The lord will not abandon his people; Matthew 11:25-27

Today we celebrate the feast of the native american Katera Tekawitha. She received knowledge of Christ at the hands of the JEsuit missionaries in northern US and Canada.

Where would we be without the diligence, perseverance, devotion, and faith of missionaries. Missionaries are the backbone of the Faith. In fact you can say that mission is the skeletal framework upon which faith as muscles and sinews to move and stretch forth and grow tall and erect in the midst of society.

The very foundation of the faith is rooted in mission activity, "Go there fore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the SIn, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe all that I have commanded."

The words of Jesus at the great commissioning of the apostles, the words of JEsus to each and every heart in each and every new age continue to be the skeleton of the faith.


How do we live out out missionary commission? How have we spread the gospel today? When have we by our devotion, perseverance, and diligence allowed the gospel message to carry us forth into the world? Where is your spine today? Do you have a backbone?


The only way we can truly begin to transform the society we are living is to pray for the zeal to embrace our missionary task, and then live it forth is all we do.


Thus we can stand erect and tall and proclaim the beauty of faith!

Who knows by our activity perhaps another saint may rise from the soil of the americas that gives God honro and praise with the life received.

We pray that the lily of the mohawks, Katera Tekawitha, may be joined by a multitude of flowers in the garden of saintliness nourished and cultivated by the mission we live today.