In Christ, We are Able to “Bear Fruit That Will Last”

"I chose you... to go and bear fruit." Jesus chooses us and sends us on the path of our vocation. The Holy Spirit gives us the strength to be faithful and to "bear fruit" — to accomplish the will of the Father, to be instruments of His mercy. 

So we don't need to be afraid to risk our hearts every day, to give and receive love, even if we are awkward or clumsy in our gestures, even if our "plans" seem to fail or mess up in ways we don't understand. Christ sends us and accompanies us, and He knows the fruition that He will bring forth from our poor efforts that we entrust to Him. 

Hope, patience, perseverance, living in God's love, knowing by faith that He sustains us even when we don't "feel" His mysterious presence, letting ourselves be loved and forgiven, and finding therein the grace to respond with love and gratitude, and to serve one another and forgive one another again and again and again. This is our life: a gift and a vocation destined to bear fruit that will last forever.