Francis Xavier's Tireless Mission - Catholic (Matthew 28:18-20)

In just 10 years, Francis Xavier baptized an estimated 30,000 people across India, Southeast Asia, and Japan—often preaching through translators in languages he barely knew. He wore out his body, sleeping little, eating less, constantly moving. He died at 46, alone, on an island near China, still trying to enter that vast nation. "Go and make disciples"—Xavier heard it as urgent command. The Church sent him; the sacraments sustained him; the Commission drove him. He wrote: "Many fail to become Christians only because there is nobody prepared to make them so."