October month is dedicated for Our Lady and rosary and this 2019 October is an extra ordinary one with an extra ordinary celebration of mission month. Each Christian is a missionary by Baptism, called to live and share Christ’s love. And this mission month is a God given opportunity to have an  introspection about our missionary call.

As a religious nun I am proud to be a missionary. As a member of CMC Congregation I am proud to be a part of thousands of sisters who are working as missionaries in different parts of the world proclaiming Christ through our words and deeds. We have sisters working in rural interior villages of India and mountain tops of north-east India in the name of Jesus. Our sisters are working not only in India, but Africa, America, Canada, Europe and now even in Iraq. We have sisters working metropolitan cities too. We are running institutions in rural areas as well as in other towns and cities. Places may vary, tasks may vary, but what makes me a missionary is – Am I in the name of Jesus, proclaiming Him to others?

As soon as my first profession I was Send to a remote village in Maharashtra where our Avila Mission of Vimala Province, Ernakulam is having a convent. We are there in collaboration with Vincentian Fathers of St.Paul Mission. Without any proper road and transportation and with a bonus of 12 hours of power cut, fathers and sisters are there for many years. I consider it as one of the best chance I got to live as a true missionary. Today I am transferred to another community where we have an English medium school in the city. I consider this also as a missionary task.

This pain soaked fidelity is what matters. No matter what our circumstances are, we are going to give witness to the love of God. I wish and pray may we all have the courage and determination to live the Word of God. “Who can separate us from the love of God?” Romans 8:35.

Sr BLESSA VARGHESE CMC