Universal apostolate

God has called us to his Work so that we can spread his message of infinite love throughout the whole world. Not a single soul is excluded from our charity. When Christians understand and implement the catholicity of the Church, when they realise how urgent it is to announce the good news of salvation to everyone, they find that they have to become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some (1 Cor 9:22).

Concentric circles

Then our apostolic desire becomes our very life. Beginning with what we have at hand, our everyday occupations, our desire for the harvest spreads outwards little by little in concentric circles: from the heart of the family to our workplace, then to civil society, to the seats of learning, or to the political arena. Our apostolic zeal is at work among all our fellow-citizens in every walk of life. It reaches out to international relations, and encompasses whole races, continents, and civilisations in its love.

Beginning with those nearest

As apostles you should begin your divine work with what you have in front of you, and not waste your zeal on fantasies and wishful thinking. That is my advice to you. The day will come when you can put into effect your desires of love and apostolate among all the peoples of the earth. Right now, my daughters and sons, the Work has just been born and you are very restricted materially. But our spirit is universal and we will also be universal in reality: our supernatural undertaking knows no frontiers.