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We
all of us belong to different families from which we have come. We all have our
family names and we may speak about the greatness of our family names - from
where it has come, what it means and number of members of the family. This is
our human family.
We
have our spiritual family as well. We are adopted sons of God and this is our
spiritual family. Let us analyze Jesus' family. If look at the genealogy of
Jesus we can make out Jesus did not come from a generation of pure holy
men who never committed sin. Great figures in the genealogy like Abraham,
Jacob (who stole blessings), King David (who committed adultery) all
committed sin yet God planned to bring a saviour through them which means God
can bring something good from the bad . From the difficulties of our life
something good can come. We see in Bible God calling many ordinary men
and giving them the mission of salvation of souls. God called ordinary men like
Aaron, Moses, Jonah, who felt they are unfit to preach and do the
work of God. But God made them fit.
In
the New Testament we see Jesus giving authority to the apostles to preach....
In Mt. 28.19 we read... Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit.
And
successors of apostles carry on this mission. God choose St. Dominic also to
continue this mission. He preached against the heretics and saved many souls.
We know
our purpose of life is to save our own souls and then strive also to save other
souls as well. If we do both our reward is greater. And this is Dominican
mission as well; salvation of souls through preaching. We being in the family
of St. Dominic have an obligation to preach for the salvation of souls. Let us
thank God Almighty for our vocation and as we are students here let us prepare
ourselves in this direction.
Br.Roshan
