The Missionary as every other human being, has the right to time of rest. Therefore, he goes to the beach, to a ranch, to a house of his parents, etc.

But one thing is certain, a missionary or whatever Christian never has a vacation from his vocation. In all places in which he may be, he will be consecrated to the Lord. He will be an evangelizer, only not through words, but through his life witness.

Thus a consecrated or missionary never will have a vacation from his vocation and his spiritual life. As Pope Benedict XVI teaches us, when he speaks that the time of rest if the moment given for reading good books and take the opportunity of leaving the hustle of daily activities to contemplate God in His creation. Contemplating nature, the beach, life…

The true consecrated never will take a vacation from his vocation.

Ademir Costa

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