Lenten Campaign initiations in Diocese of Penang
This Lent we invite you to contemplate on the connection of our own sins and the sufferings in the world today with the videos and stories prepared.
Feb 10, 2024
Diocese of Penang
This Lent we invite you to contemplate on the connection of our own sins and the sufferings in the world today with the videos and stories prepared. Reflect and try to understand why Jesus had to suffer and die on the cross for all of us to save us from eternal death in order to give us eternal life. Once you understand His love for you, make heartfelt repentance to change.
Rebuild Our Church
“Francis, rebuild my church, which, as you see, is falling down.” Jesus appeared and spoke this to St Francis de Assisi. St Francis understood that he was not supposed to put up stones and rebuild the structure of the church of San Damiano that was falling down but the Church that Jesus meant was the Church. Church that Jesus built on St Peter (Matthew 16:18).
Brokenness in ourselves, broken marriage leads to a broken family which is a fall of the Church. Separation and competition among the ministries of church is the downfall of discipleship. Lack of unity among the people of God shakes the faith of the Church.
Lent is a season to urge the rebuilding of faith within the family by putting Christ amidst the family, within ourselves and to live His way that rebuilds the Church.
Rebuild Our Community
Families are the components of a community, each and everyone of us are accountable for what we do as a community. Individuals make up a family where we come as a community at workplaces, neighbourhood, society and ultimately a nation. The spiritual growth we carry as individuals from within us generates our contribution to the community.
A broken nation means it was caused by the divisions, unfairness, injustices, threats of war, immorality and events that disrupt the peace and unity in our society.
Are we allowing God to fix the brokenness in us for us to be rebuilt? This season, as a community let us allow God to fix us and we seek the strength to rebuild what is broken in our common home.
Rebuild Our Common Home
The earth is a home for everyone; a gift from God to us. Pope Francis promulgated Laudato Si’ which means “Praised Be” that focuses on care for our common home. The Pope addressed every living person on this planet as the significant being to care for creation. “And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good” Genesis 1:31.
As a community we take from the bounty of the earth for whatever we need for our subsistence but are we serving the duty to protect the bounty? We are responsible to protect the earth to ensure its fruitfulness for the future generations.
St Francis cared deeply for creation in order to live an authentic Christianity. St Francis preached to both people and birds, he travelled through the countryside studying plants, animals and trees because he felt all plants and animals are part of God’s Kingdom.
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