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Filipino Sacramentino on Mission to Ireland

Posted by on Jun 2, 2017 in Church, Community, Congregation, Reflections, Uncategorized, VOCATION | 0 comments

Mission and evangelisation are two indispensable and inherent tasks of the Church not only in contemporary time but since the time the Church was established, where in obedience to the mandate of Jesus, the disciples were determined to  go forth and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that Jesus have commanded (Mt 28:19-20). Thus, we see how the risen Christ sent his followers to preach the Gospel in every time and place, so that faith in him might spread to every corner of the earth. Therefore, as members of a missionary Church, baptised in water and spirit, we are called to confess the Faith in full adherence to the Word of God, celebrated in the Sacraments, and in lived in charity, the principle of Christian moral existence.    All are called to mission… all- without exception – are called to evangelise.     Pope Francis in the many occasions of his audience with the catholic faithful in various places and cultures has been emphatically persistent in reminding his audiences that “all of us are invited to “go out” as missionary disciples, each generously offering their talents, creativity, wisdom and experience in order to bring the message of God’s tenderness and compassion to the entire human family.” Attentive and ever obedient to our calling as religious-consecrated persons of the Church, all missionary endeavours are but natural realities of our journey. The mission of every religious derives from the Lord’s mandate and the life of God’s grace within us.  As Catholics, and as religious we are privileged to receive the Lord’s charge of bearing witness to the Faith and to the Christian way of life as a service to our brothers and sisters, and as a fitting response to God (Redemptoris Missio, 11). Conscious to these basic tasks of a missionary, in which by nature is particularly responsible with the evangelisation efforts, how does a  Sacramentino missionary engage in a unique and distinct way when one is being sent forth for a mission? The Rule of Life of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament clearly mandates every member religious that, “Our idea is to live the mystery of the Eucharist fully and to make known its meaning so that Christ’s reign may come and the glory of God be revealed to the world” (ROL, 1).  And “Following in the footsteps of Father Eymard, our mission is to respond to the hungers of the human family with the riches of God’s love manifested in the Eucharist” (ROL, 3). Apparently, the task is not merely about celebrating the Eucharist or bringing people to the Eucharistic celebration and adoration but to go beyond the tendency of religious devotion and piety that is, to consider its role with regard to humanity and its transformation. However, the movement of this transformation must start from the authentic participation and celebration of the Eucharist and deepening one’s commitment to Christ, which is directed to the on-going church renewal, and then to a larger social involvement, to become witnesses in the world as proclaimers and bearers of the Kingdom of God manifested in the Eucharist. Last May 30, 2017 (Tuesday), during the Eucharistic celebration presided by Bishop Ronnie Bancud, SSS at the Provincialate House of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament in New Manila Quezon City, the Provincial Superior Fr. Joseph Matitu, SSS officially sent-off Fr. Leonard Ayuyao, SSS for a mission in Ireland under the Ireland-Great Britain Province of the Congregation. Despite of being a newly ordained...

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