APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER

                    October 1998 General Intention

               That Christians may identify "the action
                of the Holy Spirit", as they discover
              "the seeds of the Word" wherever they are

In our own day, the Spirit is the principal agent of the new
evangelization. Hence it will be important to gain a renewed
appreciation of the Spirit as the One who builds the Kingdom of God
within the course of history and prepares its full manifestation in
Jesus Christ, stirring people's hearts and quickening in our world
the seeds of the full salvation which will come at the end of
time....

                -- Pope John Paul II, *Tertio Millennio Adveniente*
                   ("On Preparation for the Jubilee of the Year 2000"),
                   November 10, 1994


All Christians by the example of their lives and the witness of the
word, wherever they live, have an obligation to manifest the new man
which they put on in baptism, and to reveal the power of the Holy
Spirit by whom they were strengthened at confirmation, so that
others, seeing their good works, might glorify the Father and more
perfectly perceive the true meaning of human life and the universal
solidarity of mankind.  In order to bear witness to Christ,
fruitfully, they should establish relationships of respect and love
with those men, they should acknowledge themselves as members of the
group in which they live, and through the various undertakings and
affairs of human life they should share in their social and cultural
life. They should be familiar with their national and religious
traditions and uncover with gladness and respect those seeds of the
word which lie hidden among them.... Just as Christ penetrated to the
hearts of men and by a truly human dialogue led them to the divine
light, so to his disciples, profoundly pervaded by the Spirit of
Christ, should know and converse with those among whom they live,
that through sincere and patient dialogue they themselves might learn
of the riches which a generous God has distributed among the nations.
They must at the same time endeavor to illuminate these riches with
the light of the Gospel.

                        -- Vatican II, *Ad Gentes Divinitus*
                           (Decree on the Church's Missionary
                           Activity), December 7, 1965


Scriptures for Reflection:
Acts 2:1-11: Pentecost
Acts 17:22-31: Paul preaches to the Athenians
John 14:15-16, 23-26: Jesus promises the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-26: life in the Spirit

Catechism of The Catholic Church: 843-45, 839, 856, 851-53

Communion of Saints:
For this intention we can ask the
intercession of the missionary saints,
from Saint Paul down to our own time.

                      October Mission Intention

                 That Mission Sunday may be promoted
                and lived as a moment of spiritual and
                effective solidarity with the mission
                   of the Church in the whole world

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