A few years ago there was an itch to engage in new ministries, new types of apostolate and be creative in reaching out those in need. While the concept in itself looks appealing, there was a lurking danger: the focus was on trying something new, not on the purpose!
Often we try to multiply or increase the number of services. But the fact is not about the number of services or the creativity with which we engage in the outreach, although each of them has a significant impact, but about making our outreach impactful. Rather than do a hundred and one unrelated good things, which do not have a direct impact on the lives of people, which create only a temporary or illusory effect, the attempt to be make our apostolate integral. Rather than carry out the ministry as piecemeal, or scattered or segmented, the effort should be to make it unified and complementary.
We do all that we do, with a singular focus and purpose. Without that primary binding motivation and guiding principle, all our efforts remain scattered and like drops in the desert; while the efforts are proportionate to a flood in a desert!
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