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A Missionary Shepherd, A Missionary Church
According to the Umatuna (the bold is mine):One of the reason why the United States would never give up Guam is because of its strategic location to Asia - a predominantly non-Christian continent. The Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Guam was not only there to serve the local Church but also serve the Universal Church in spreading the Gospel. Archbishop Byrnes says the RMS model is a missionary seminary model. REALLY? What Catholic seminary is viewed as non-missionary and do not teach missionary work? I suppose then Archbishop Byrnes does not view himself as a missionary shepherd? The Catholic Church itself is missionary. All her baptized are missionaries and called to spread the Gospel to the ends of the world just as Jesus commanded. The mission of the Church is to save souls. According to Vatican Radio:“The main reason for closing the seminary is that it’s just not a sustainable model for the Archdiocese of Agaña,” the archbishop said.The Redemptoris Mater Seminary model is a missionary seminary model whereby priests are formed at a diocese and are then sent as missionaries to other places, the archbishop explained.That model could work and be very sustainable in other places, in particularly large dioceses like Denver or Miami where Catholic faithful number in the millions, the archbishop said. However, it is not sustainable on a small island like Guam, he said.
The Church should be on its feet and on the journey, listening to the restlessness of the people, and always with joy.........
Pope Francis the focused on three "words" taken from the day's first Reading, inviting those present to re-read the passage at home. The first saying was the words of an angel to Philip: "Get up and go". "This," the Pope said, "is a sign of evangelization": the vocation, and the great consolation of the Church," is to evangelize.
“But in order to evangelize: ‘Get up and go!’ One doesn’t say: ‘Stay seated, calm, in your house’: No! In order to be faithful to the Lord, the Church should always be on its feet and on the journey: ‘Get up and go.’ A Church that does not rise up, that is not on the journey, is sick.Pope Francis encouraged us to listen to the restlessness of the people with joy. One cannot listen if all you do is talk. And when you evangelize using only a newspaper and a podcast from behind your desk, you are not listening to the suffering of the people. All you are doing is talking. Jesus left the 99 sheep and went looking for the lost sheep. The shepherd always goes out of his way to save the lost sheep.
Another Redemptoris Mater Seminary is being opened in France. Praise the Lord for this Missionary model of a seminary. Praise the Lord for a missionary seminary producing missionary priests who goes out looking for the lost sheep. What is unique about the opening of this seminary is that its opening is a result of martyrdom. According to Catholic News Agency:
.- Patrick Canac was baptized, but like so many others, drifted away from the Church over time.
In recent months, however, the successful French businessman has had a change of heart, returning to the Catholic Church and even making a large donation for the construction of a new seminary in Avignon, France.
What caused the drastic change? The witness of Fr. Jacques Hamel, the priest killed in August 2016 by ISIS jihadists as he was celebrating Mass in the small French town of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen.
“I was brought up in the Christian faith. I was baptized and received all the sacraments of initiation, but then I drifted away from the practice of my faith for a long time,” Canac told CNA during a visit to Rome.
“Last year, the murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel in a church near Rouen really hit me,” he said. “For terror to make its way into that church reminded me of the darkest times of our civilization.”
“I had an immediate, reflexive reaction as if they had killed my brother. That someone can go into a church today and kill the celebrant is just terrible, it's horrific, it's the devil going into a church.”
The French businessman had an instant reversion to the faith, realizing, “we all have Judeo-Christian roots” which “must be defended and saved. “It's the same problem they have the Middle East, where Christians are being killed,” he reflected. “And I had an inner reaction, telling myself, 'I'm a Christian and I've got to do something, put my talents to use'.”
Canac promptly made a large donation to build the new Redemptoris Mater seminary in Avignon. The project is gradually becoming a reality, and Pope Francis blessed the building's cornerstone at his Sept. 4 general audience in Saint Peter's Square.
“I think it's important for our Western countries – (including) France, of course – to be evangelized, that people be encouraged to return to the Church again. Because the Church is the cradle of our civilization,” Canac said.
“I think of the first Christians, those who were pioneers, those missionaries and martyrs that spread the Gospel throughout the world. And that's why I have put my business success to work by helping with the building project for the Redemptoris Mater seminary in Avignon.”
He explained that seminary will help to re-evangelize Europe by forming the priests who will become modern-day missionaries, “priests that will evangelize people like me so they can return to the Church.”
He continued: “After the murder of Fr. Hamel, I felt that our Judeo-Christian civilization is being threatened. Anything that will form people who will spread the Gospel, a Christian message of peace and love, must be helped.”
Last October, Pope Francis allowed the opening of Fr. Hamel’s beatification cause, waiving the normal five-year waiting period after his death.
“I am in complete agreement with Pope Francis proposing him for beatification,” Canac said. “Fr. Jacques in a martyr. What I have learned about his past life before he was killed is that he was a true Christian, worthy to be a martyr. He tried to convince his murderers that they were doing evil. His attitude was extraordinary and exemplary for everyone, Christians and non-Christians alike.”
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