On this 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, we are taught that being Christian means possessing a missional identity. As Tony explains, the Christian’s missional identity is one shared with the Incarnate Son, Jesus Christ. Ultimately, this means that at their core, the Christian is called to structure their life so as to participate in God’s ongoing work of salvation in the world, to restore all of creation to God’s intended purpose of living in diverse harmony with one another through, with, and in the Son of God.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Amos 7:12-15
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14
Reading 2: Ephesians 1:3-14
Gospel: Mark 6:7-13
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.