In the Lord’s parting words, the Apostles were tasked with an impossible mission: Go forth, baptizing all the nations in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Not only did he send them out in the midst of the wolves who had crucified him, but he charged them also to convert ALL the nations; 11 men set against the entire world. And even more, he sent them on this task based on one of the hardest doctrines of faith for the human mind to understand: the Holy Trinity. It was truly an impossible mission for the Apostles to fulfill. But rather than shirking away from giving us something that is too hard for us to accomplish, our God searches for the way to help us finish the task. He does not look at what can be done, but what needs to be done for our salvation. The Apostles did not respond with pride, but with humility.
There are some, who would have responded to such a challenge with puffed up chests, feelings and thoughts of invincibility. They take such missions from our Lord as a sign of their own greatness, thinking things like: The Lord is with me, so nothing can stop me; nothing bad will happen to me; I have worked hard all of my life and deserve this; The Apostles neither spoke nor appeared to even think any of these things. They knew they were not up to an impossible task.
On Pentecost, the Father and the Son sent the Holy Spirit into the Church, to give them what was needed: Wisdom to teach the nations, Knowledge to know the heart and mind of God; Fear of the Lord to keep safe from sin, and all of the other Gifts natural to the Holy Spirit. Their humility, recognizing they were neither worthy nor up to the task at hand, opened them up to receiving the Holy Spirit.
We are faced with a similarly impossible task and mission to the nations. In June, our own nation celebrates Pride month (if you ever wonder what direction things are going, this is all you need to know–Pride being the deadliest of deadly sins). We are given an impossible task and are asked to be not helpless, but remain humble:
Fast: Give up a food of some kind for the month in reparation and for the conversion of someone away from the faith. The harder something is for you to give up, the more affective it is, but don’t put your health at risk.
Reading will either give you better knowledge of what the Church teaches or, through the words of others, Wisdom to help better explain it to others. (Made for Love by Fr. Michael Schmitz and Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay by Daniel Mattson are two good ones)
Pray with a daily intention. Some suggestions may be: to the Sacred Heart to dispel false and delusional ideas of love; the Litany of Humility to become more Humble ourselves; the Rosary or Chaplet of Reparation.