Pope Francis to celebrate Sunday of the Word of God

January 23, 2022, will see the third celebration of the Sunday of the Word of God, which was instituted by Pope Francis on Sept 30, 2019.

Jan 21, 2022


VATICAN:
January 23, 2022, will see the third celebration of the Sunday of the Word of God, which was instituted by Pope Francis on Sept 30, 2019.

At 9.30am (4.30pm Malaysian time) the Holy Father will preside at Holy Mass in St Peter's Basilica. During the celebration, there will be some significant moments. The Holy Father will present those attending with a book, published by Edizioni San Paolo, containing a commentary by the Fathers of the Church on chapters four and five of the Gospel of St Luke. Thus Pope Francis intends to underline the responsibility believers have to grow in the knowledge of Sacred Scripture and to keep it alive through a work of permanent transmission and understanding.

Tied to this celebration is the conferral to lay men, and for the first time to lay women, of the Ministries of the Lector and Acolyte.

The Holy Father will also confer the Ministry of Catechist on some lay faithful, women and men; a ministry already established through the publication, on May 10, 2021, of the Apostolic Letter, in the form of a Motu Proprio, Antiquum Ministerium. (Turn to the backpage for the story)

The event will be televised by Vatican Media Live and it will be broadcast live via streaming on the Vatican News portal (vaticannews. va) and live on the main television stations around the world.

The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, the Vatican Dicastery entrusted by the Holy Father with the promotion of the event, has made available a liturgical-pastoral resource useful for meditating on the Word of God in the community, in the family and personally. This liturgical resource can be downloaded in its English, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian versions in the “activities” section of the Dicastery’s web page (www.pcpne.va).

The Sunday of the Word of God seeks to highlight the presence of the Lord in the life of men and women. God really walks with us and is present through the Word, as expressed in the logo of the Sunday of the Word of God, inspired by the biblical story of the Disciples of Emmaus who, while on their way, revisit the Scriptures with the Lord, allowing themselves to be taught and enlightened.

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