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Barbara Graver

Barbara Graver

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Writing as Ministry?

August 9, 2020

Woman at typewriter.

The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers…

Ephesians 4:11 (NRSV)

I never thought of writing as a ministry. Or called it that.

Then I began to see blog posts and mimes on the topic. So I decided to take another look at the list of ministry gifts or offices given by the apostle Paul in Ephesian 4:11. Here is what I found.

Paul’s Ephesian 4 list does not include writing, at least not explicitly. But it doesn’t include radio outreach or food pantries or digging wells in Kenya either. And I think that most of us would agree that each of these is ministry.

We can make the connection between these ministries and the offices Paul mentions. Food pantries and missionary work are forms of evangelism. Many shows on EWTN teach as well as evangelize. The same connections can be made between writing and the Ephesians 4:11 gifts.

Writing can prophesy. Writing can teach. And, sometimes, writing can evangelize.

I find it hard to think of my writing as a ministry because I feel unworthy of ministry. But I do know that we are all called to believe in our own natural gifts and abilities. Whatever we have is from Him.

And whatever else we may think about ourselves, we have to believe that God knew what He was doing when he created us – just as we are.

You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother’s womb.

Psalm 139:13 (Good News Translation)

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The Seven Sorrows which Pierced Our Lady’s Heart.

1. The Prophecy of Saint Simeon. (Luke 2:34–35)

2. The escape and Flight into Egypt. (Matthew 2:13)

3. The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem (Luke 2:43–45)

4. The Meeting of Mary and Jesus on the Via Dolorosa.

5. The Crucifixion of Jesus on Mount Calvary. (John 19:25)

6. The Piercing of the Side of Jesus, and His Descent from the Cross. (Matthew 27:57–59)

7. The Burial of Jesus by Joseph of Arimathea. (John 19:40–42)

Not only do we get to unite our sufferings and sorrows to Our Lady of Sorrows, we are also promised 7 Graces:

According to St Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373), there are Seven Graces of this devotion.

1. I will grant peace to their families.

2. I will be enlightened about the Divine mysteries.

3. I will console them in their pains, and I will accompany them in their work.

4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my Divine Son or the sanctification of their souls.

5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy, and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.

6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death, they will see the face of their Mother.

7. I have obtained this Grace from my Divine Son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors, will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness since all their sins will be forgiven and my Son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.

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