God calls everyone to the happiness of his kingdom, pope says

[Michie]

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Mission is tirelessly going out to all men and women to invite them with respect, joy and kindness, to encounter God and enter into communion with him, Pope Francis wrote in his message for World Mission Sunday.

The Catholic Church, he wrote, “in fidelity to the mission she has received from the Lord, will continue to go to the ends of the earth, to set out over and over again, without ever growing weary or losing heart in the face of difficulties and obstacles.”

He also praised the Eucharistic renewal that many local churches are promoting, saying this “will also be essential for reviving the missionary spirit in each member of the faithful.”


“In this year devoted to prayer in preparation for the Jubilee of 2025, I wish to encourage all to deepen their commitment above all to take part in the celebration of Mass and to pray for the church’s mission of evangelization,” he wrote.

World Mission Sunday 2024 theme: Evangelization​

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God calls everyone to the happiness of his kingdom, pope says

The Vatican releases Pope Francis' message for World Mission Sunday, observed Oct. 20 in most countries.

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The pope says, “While the world sets before us the various ‘banquets’ of consumerism, selfish comfort, the accumulation of wealth and individualism, the Gospel calls everyone to the divine banquet,” the Pope says. Such "mission" explains his deliberate ignoring of their beliefs and disbeliefs, of their holiness or sinfulness, of their theology or complete ignorance of the same.

I wonder if he has read the Scripture concerning what will happen to those unprepared to actually meet the Bridegroom at the Feast:

Mt 22:9 Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.'
Mt 22:10 And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Mt 22:11 "But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment;
Mt 22:12 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.
Mt 22:13 Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.'
Mt 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen."

And:

Mt 13:38 the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one,
Mt 13:39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Mt 13:40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age.
Mt 13:41 The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,
Mt 13:42 and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.
Mt 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

And again:

Mt 13:47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind;
Mt 13:48 when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad.
Mt 13:49 So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous,
Mt 13:50 and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.

In other words, where is the part in your new "gospel", dear pope, for teaching the Truth???