Tranlation of Benedict XVI’s message, written for the 80th World Mission Sunday, with the theme “Charity, Soul of the Mission.” Mission Sunday will be observed Oct. 22. Dear Brothers and Sisters,
World Mission Day which we will celebrate Sunday, Oct. 22, offers an opportunity this year to reflect on the theme: “Charity, Soul of Mission.”
Unless mission is animated by charity, that is, unless it flows from a profound act of divine love, it risks being reduced to a mere philanthropic and social action. The love which God has for each single person constitutes, in fact, the very core of living and preaching the Gospel, and all who hear it in turn, become witnesses.
