Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, delivers the homily during the fiesta Mass at the Mary Queen of Apostles Parish in Parañaque City on May 21, 2023. PHOTO by MAIKEL DALOGDOG
By CBCP News
May 22, 2023
Manila, Philippines
Papal nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown on Sunday exhorted the faithful to live as missionaries in their “own small way” in everyday life.
Speaking at a Mass on the feast of Mary Queen of Apostles at a parish in Parañaque City, the archbishop stressed that being disciples of Christ is not a private matter.
“Don’t keep the faith locked in your heart but spread it. Be contagious with the love of Jesus,” Brown said in his homily.
“Don’t keep your faith locked within the beautiful walls of your beautiful parish but go out and speak about the Lord. Be missionaries,” he said.
Hundreds of people packed the church for the 38th fiesta of the parish, administered by missionaries of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME).
The nuncio was joined by Fr. UStefano Musca, Regional Superior of PIME South Pacific, and Fr. Simone Caelli, the parish priest, as concelebrants.
In his reflection, the nuncio also emphasized that being a missionary is not only for religious people, priests and nuns, “but all of us are missionaries”.
He further stressed that lay people play an important role in the “missionary transformation” of the Church.
“All of us need to radiate, we need to be contagious with the love of Jesus, pass the love of Jesus to those around you,” Brown said.
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