“Though it is true that mission demands great generosity on our part, it would be wrong to see it as a heroic individual undertaking, for it is first and foremost the Lord’s work, surpassing anything which we can see and understand…. God takes the initiative…. ‘He has loved us first’ (1 John 4:19) and … He alone ‘gives the growth’ (1 Cor. 3:7)

– Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 12

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