"Beloved, you are faithful in all you do for the brothers, especially for strangers; they have testified to your love before the church. Please help them in a way worthy of God to continue their journey. For they have set out for the sake of the Name and are accepting nothing from the pagans. Therefore, we ought to support such persons, so that we may be co-workers in the truth."
Durfee Fair in Fall River, MA is a great show with 200 vendors displaying their hand-crafted goods in time for Christmas shoppers. Every year, we look forward to displaying our hand-made religious items and meeting all the wonderful people. Working during the year on rosaries, rosary bracelets, car rosaries and other items gives us the opportunity to help the missions by selling the items at fairs ~~ both Catholic and secular, like this one at Durfee High School. However, our mission is not only to raise money for our very poor missions, it is also to witness to the people, to talk and evangelize them, to listen and pray for their intentions. We are the only Catholic presence in the secular events. Catholics who have stopped attending church attend these fairs and we are able to greet them and offer some encouraging words to help them come back to the Church. There are so many ways to fulfill our charism - to make Our Lady known and loved. We are grateful to all the attendees who come to our booth to talk with us and to purchase our goods to help support the missions. We pray for all of them when our mission event is finished. May Our Lady hold all them under Her Mantle and bring them close to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We are happy to follow what St. John said in his 3rd epistle telling the brothers to help the apostles and disciples as they travelled on their missionary journeys:
"Beloved, you are faithful in all you do for the brothers, especially for strangers; they have testified to your love before the church. Please help them in a way worthy of God to continue their journey. For they have set out for the sake of the Name and are accepting nothing from the pagans. Therefore, we ought to support such persons, so that we may be co-workers in the truth."
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