The Pontifical Mission Societies in the Diocese of San Bernardino

Katie Ruvalcaba, co-host of Frontiers of Faith, the podcast of The Pontifical Mission Societies USA writes: In Kerala, I saw Christ lying in a hospice bed. The woman’s eyes were clouded over with cataracts, and there were no teeth left in her mouth. She bowed to me while laying on her side and started crying when I took her hands in mine. I didn’t speak her language, but her nurse told me she was saying, “No one ever comes to see me.” I did not get a chance to learn her name. She didn’t even know it anymore; it had been stolen by dementia. It didn’t matter though; I could see in her face that she was Christ. The nurse had the love of Christ pouring from her as she walked from bed to bed in the mission hospice facility where she ministered to each face of Christ, regardless of their ability to pay.

In each place I visited I was able to see Christ so clearly. This was something I’d prayed for, and I can tell you without hesitation that once you’ve seen Christ you cannot unsee Him. Every hand I held I prayed for God’s protection over that person. Every church I visited I asked God to show me how to give them the funds they needed. I returned home and begged my pastor to allow me to speak on World Mission Sunday (the third Sunday of October). If people could only know that Christ is sitting on the floor in Chennai, they’d donate. If everyone could see Christ serving the dying in Kerala, they’d pray. Once you realize that each of these people in the mission fields is Christ, the very people he came to bring to Himself and become one with, it’s impossible to look away.

So, my friends, on this #iGiveCatholic, pray with me. Donate with me. I’ve seen Him. He’s in the missions.