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St. Francis Xavier—the sixteenth-century Jesuit who spread the gospel in India, Indonesia, and Japan—has been called the greatest missionary since St. Paul. This intrepid priest broke new ground and evangelized on a large scale, despite great dangers, deprivations, and hardships.
In only ten years, Francis opened so many doors and led so many people to Christ that it’s easy to forget how simply his story began. Like each of us, he first had to meet Jesus one on one, in the silence of his own heart. And like many of us, he got to that point because someone took the time and trouble to befriend him and lead him to God.
And so, while this is a story about evangelization to the ends of the earth, it is also about the potential of the everyday evangelism that is well within our reach. This is a story about friendship in the Lord.
Winning Ways. It began in 1527 at the University of Paris, where nineteen-year-old Francis de Jassu y Xavier was a promising scholar and athlete. A nobleman…
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This is very nice insight and encouragement for people like us witnessing to Christ in an Islamic country of Mauritania. As i witness here with my brothers and sisters, espeially among the abandoned migrants, we ask for your support. Contact through (). God bless your ministry of the word, and ours of presence here in Mauritania!
These words in the tale have given me hope that I can be better in the Lord and help others come to Him through friendship. I pray that the Good Lord will bless us all and give us a Friendly Spirit.