From the Editor’s desk
Dear parishioners
In his message on the occasion of World Mission Sunday 2011, our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI reminds all baptized Catholics to be actively involved in the evangelizing work of the Church as a Christian way of life. Our immediate reaction would be similar to the rich man who said to Jesus “What must I do” (Lk 10:25). How can I become bread for others?
By responding to His call – to live out the Good News wherever we are and to share our faith not just within our Parish boundaries but beyond borders and to walk in solidarity with our Catholic brethren around the world. We who have encountered the Lord in the Eucharist Celebration – at the breaking of bread and in the liturgy – at the breaking of the Word – are called to share what we have seen and heard, to enlighten all those who seek to walk in the truth and to live in the light. We are called to be his messengers to many in this world experiencing an emptiness in their lives because they do not know Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit and have not heard His message of salvation even after two thousand years.
Mission Sunday reminds us – young and old alike - of our responsibility to be a star to the multitudes who are thirsting for God and searching for true happiness and to lead them to Jesus who is the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jn 14:6). _is year, the Parish Pastoral Council provides us with the opportunity to participate in building the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Haikou, China.
As we reflect on our missionary vocation, we should have no cause for regret “If only I had had the heart to give everything” (cf Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali n 50) but we should be able to look back with a clear conscience and with satisfaction knowing that we have been faithful to our calling in life before God and man.
Will you continue to wait until our Lord asks, “Why are you standing here idle all day?” only to respond “Because no one has hired us” (Mt 20:6-7) or will you rise up to work in His vineyard.
The Lord needs each one of you. the choice is yours.
God bless.
Violet Rosario
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