Catholics are called to action:
Here's what St. Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) has to say:-
Christ has no hands but yours
Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which he looks,
Compassion on this world.
Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good.
yours are the hands whith which He blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands
Yours are the feet
Yours are the eyes
you are His body.
Christ has no body
now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes
through which He looks,
Compassion on this world.
Yours are the feet with which
He walks to do good.
Christ has no body
now on earth but yours.
Here's what God told Jeremiah (emphasis mine):-
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
"Ah, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child."
But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD.
Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant." (Jeremiah 1:4-9)
Here's what Christ Himself had to say (emphasis mine):-
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 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20)
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. (Luke 10:1-4)
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