Making Disciples — St. Paul’s way

   There is a certain chain of “sub shops” which orginated in New Jersey, and when you go into one of these shops, and order your sub, you can simply say, “Make it ‘Mike’s way’”

   This apostolate was purposely launched on June 29th, 2008, the beginning of the “Year of St. Paul” called for by Pope Benedict XVI. It is St. Paul who, in word and deed, provides the best example of the eternal impact that one man’s life can have on the life of another.  

   On his second missionary journey, St. Paul takes the young man Timothy under his wing (Acts 16), and from that time on Timothy goes everywhere with him, being taught the doctrines of the Faith, being trained in the work of the ministry, being shaped by the daily disciplines of the Christian life. St. Paul pours his life into Timothy, reproducing himself spiritually into the young man of God. By doing so, St. Paul raises up another co-laborer in the Gospel; Timothy will ultimately serve as bishop of the Church in Ephesus.

   Jesus said, “Go… make disciples…”; the  Apostle Paul shows us that one-to-one mentoring is how disciples are made. So… where’s your “man”, your “woman”?  Where is that person, whom God has brought across your path and into your life, who is willing to give the time, take on the discipline, and grow into the man or woman of God that He has called them to be? Where’s your “Timothy”? Find one, and go make a disciple, “Paul’s way”