The Call to Mission: Sent to the World, to the Ends of the Earth

THE ASCENSION OF JESUS TO HEAVEN.
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"And he said to them, 'Go out to the whole world; 

proclaim the gospel to all creation." 

- Mark 16:15

Our Mission is to go out into the world, to go to the ends of the earth in order to proclaim the Gospel of the Holy Friendship. But while many would do it physically, we, who use the Internet, are given the opportunity to do it through the web. Of course, if given the chance, we ought to do physical proclamation especially through our deeds, especially to those who does not have access to the Internet.

But as netizens, we have the wonderful opportunity to proclaim God and His love through the Internet. The ends of the earth, the world would include the cyberspace, but we also target the physical world of the people we meet and minister to in the worldwide web. Through this we can do much more especially with regards to areas where physical evangelization is difficult due to the fact that Christians are unwelcome there and Christian witnessing is prohibited.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, while still Pope, called users of the Internet - especially the young - to evangelize through the cyberspace. In his message for the World Day for Social Communications in 2009, which we quote from the Catholic News Agency, he said,

"I am inviting all those who make use of the new technologies of communication, especially the young, to utilize them in a positive way and to realize the great potential of these means to build up bonds of friendship and solidarity that can contribute to a better world. Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world! Employ these new technologies to make the Gospel known, so that the Good News of God's infinite love for all people, will resound in new ways across our increasingly technological world!"

The Internet is truly a new and significant medium of evangelization. Instead of letting the Internet be filled with occasions of sin and become a world of sin, we who proclaim the Lord Jesus Christ ought to maximize its capability to connect to the ends of the earth instantaneously and simultaneously. We have a modern way to proclaim the Gospel and we must never let it be used to overshadow God's message of love and hope.  

So dear friends, let us start making use of our time spent online to proclaim the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, especially His call to holy friendship and His challenge to love one another.