Sunday’s mission is one of the agenda of the Church’s liturgy, which the Church has one week in order to remind that Catholics are missionary and that God was pleased to call his people to become monks or nuns. In the framework of the mission week, several congregations participated participates with several brothers and sisters megutus to tell the value of life that they deem valuable, that is for monastic life. The Brother and Sister visit SMAK St. Louis 1 Surabaya on Saturday, October 22, 2011 last.
The brothers and sisters into several classes together with studies teachers of religious education with a duration of about 1 hour lesson. XII-IS 4 to was accompanied by P. Kardja as a teacher of religious education class XII.The students are quite enthusiastic, attentive, and quite positive in terms of listening and asking. Some questions that might help us to understand more about this life is “What motivation Brother Brother so choose a life as a monk, while in this day and age we can live to have fun?” According to the friar, “Actually, in this world there is only one life choices, there are various options and for me the choice to become a monk is very precious in this world. ”Sunday’s mission is not only enter the school alone, but be open starting from Biak, limping, to the people of today. The brothers and sisters were sent from various congregations and form a kepanitian and gathered in the parish of Christ the King, Surabaya. Their goal is to hold a week of this mission to awaken the people of God to fulfill his vocation and made aware of his duty as a missionary, her special in a special service such as a monk / nun.”Hopefully the arrival of Sisters and Brothers, there are open and interested to join the monks and nuns” was the response from some teachers in St.Louis SMAK 1 Surabaya on Mission Sunday. Some of the congregation who participated in this week’s mission as follows: BHK sent Brothers Stephen congregation, the congregation SPM sent Sister Caroline, MC congregation sent Brother Gilbert, MCC congregations, and congregations Misericorelia.
Perhaps the view of some students about the monastic life was “scary” or maybe just how difficult life as a monk / nun. Instead, it lived as a monk / nun is the road to freedom, freedom to serve God’s people and free from earthly burden.Reminded that we are all called to proclaim the kingdom of God, wherever, either as monks / nuns or as laypeople. Hopefully we can recognize and begin to make choices of our lives from now on and hopefully the sisters and the brothers can carry out their duties well.
image courtesy of Charles Hans
original text from St. Louis
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