BE THE MAN WHO ANSWERS (or Lady)
There is a difference between believing in service and being available to serve.
Many admire courage.
Few answer when courage is required.
Many speak about brotherhood.
Few pick up the phone when a brother is struggling.
Many defend Christianity in words.
Few make time for the person quietly searching for Christ.
A Templar should be different.
When someone needs help — **answer.**
When a brother begins to disappear — **reach out.**
When your church nee... moreBE THE MAN WHO ANSWERS (or Lady)
There is a difference between believing in service and being available to serve.
Many admire courage.
Few answer when courage is required.
Many speak about brotherhood.
Few pick up the phone when a brother is struggling.
Many defend Christianity in words.
Few make time for the person quietly searching for Christ.
A Templar should be different.
When someone needs help — **answer.**
When a brother begins to disappear — **reach out.**
When your church needs hands — **serve.**
When someone is treated unjustly — **stand beside them.**
When a person asks about your faith — **do not hide it.**
When everyone else walks past — **stop.**
Our predecessors protected pilgrims along dangerous roads.
Most of us will never be asked to guard such a road.
But every day, God places people along ours.
The elderly neighbor who needs help.
The young man without direction.
The brother carrying a burden silently.
The stranger searching for hope.
The family going through hardship.
Perhaps this is where modern Christian knighthood begins:
Becoming someone God can send.
Not because we are perfect.
Not because we are powerful.
But because when the call to serve comes, we are willing to say:
"Here I am."
A cross on our chest should never merely tell the world what Order we belong to.
It should remind us **Who we belong to.**
And if we belong to Christ, then our lives must remain available for His service.
Be ready.
Be present.
Be faithful.
Quis ut Deus?
Sgt Christian Bordeleau
Priory of St. Michael the Archangel
Fides et Veritas
