2 Letter of John
(2Jn vv. 1-4) Your children walking in the truth [1] The Presbyter to the chosen Lady and to her children whom I love in truth - and not only I but also all who know the truth - [2] because of the truth that dwells in us and will be with us forever. [3] Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son in truth and love. [4] I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth just as we were commanded by the Father.
(CCC 851) Missionary motivation. It is from God's love for all men that the Church in every age receives both the obligation and the vigor of her missionary dynamism, "for the love of Christ urges us on" (2 Cor 5:14; cf. AA 6; RMiss 11). Indeed, God "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim 2:4); that is, God wills the salvation of everyone through the knowledge of the truth. Salvation is found in the truth. Those who obey the prompting of the Spirit of truth are already on the way of salvation. But the Church, to whom this truth has been entrusted, must go out to meet their desire, so as to bring them the truth. Because she believes in God's universal plan of salvation, the Church must be missionary.
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