Mission is to leave, to walk,
let everything go, come out of yourself,
break the crust of selfishness
that closes us in on ourselves.

It means to stop revolving
around ourselves
as if we were the center
of the world and of life.

It is to be not caught up
with the problems
of the little world we belong to.
Humanity is bigger.

Mission is always to leave,
but don’t devour miles.

It is above all to be open to others
like brothers and sisters,
discover them and find them.

And if to find and love them
you have to cross the seas and fly in the sky,
then mission is to go to the ends of the world.

Original in Portuguese in the book “Orações Vocacionais e Missionárias”
Missionárias Servas do Espírito Santo – Brasil