What
do you need for your mission? You need a keen sense of God as the
absolute center of your life. In a word, you require the spiritual gifts
of piety and fear of the Lord. I realize that these terms can sound
fussy and puritanical, but they are actually naming something strong and
essential.
You
need fear of the Lord, which does not mean that you are afraid of God.
It
means that nothing to you is more important than God, that everything in
your life centers around and is subordinate to your love for God. And
your equipping needs to include piety. That means that you honor God
above everything else, that you worship him alone. These spiritual gifts
enable you to find true balance; they allow you to know what your life
is about.
Equipped
with these gifts, you are ready for mission. Having received the fire
of the Holy Spirit, you are ready to set the world on fire.
Bishop Robert Barron
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