Blessed are the Beautiful Feet!

I opened my email once again to read the daily reading, psalm and gospel and I was struck with the reading:

For, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. For the scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame." For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him. For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

But how can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring (the) good news!" But not everyone has heeded the good news; for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what was heard from us?" Thus faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.

But I ask, did they not hear? Certainly they did; for "Their voice has gone forth to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world." --Rm 10:9-18

I was particularly struck with those words I have typed in bold letters (Rm 10:13-15) as it made me reflect on the talks with some friends from the Netherlands. They say that they believe in God but do not see the need for the church. One in fact hates the church and would mock me when I tell that I give to the church, saying that I should instead just give to the people in need and I would say that I do that too but I like to support the church because I get my spiritual nourishment from her! I would say that somehow they are lucky to have parents and their church before that taught them about God and the faith but what about the next generation? Who would teach them about God???

Then I thought of all "sisters" in the community who are really very active in evangelizing the good news. Going out of their comfort zone, going to mission areas just to proclaim God's goodness. How beautiful and blessed they are! How beautiful are their feet that walks to proclaim Christ!