Anointed

“Christ has no body now on earth but yours; no hands but yours; no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ must look out on the world. Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which He is to bless His people." -St. Teresa of Avila

YOU are the hands and the feet of Christ. YOU have been anointed to bring the good news to all the world. When we were baptized, we were anointed with holy oil (chrism) to have a share in Christ as priest, prophet, and king. This confers on us a missionary spirit - the anointing to preach the Gospel, to teach people about Jesus, to bring them to Jesus, to BE Jesus to others in a world desperately in need of Him.

How is Christ’s anointing challenging you? We have all been anointed; we are all commissioned by God. In what way is God wanting you to exercise your missionary spirit? What is He giving you an anointing for? Sometimes it is to reach out to a friend we know is having a rough time; sometimes it’s to minister to the poor; sometimes it’s to teach our own children how to pray; sometimes it’s to start something new in our lives that stretches us.

Friends, the world needs Jesus! We are called to be Jesus to the world. How will you be Jesus to someone this week?

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