Dedication of Catholic Families in Asia to the Holy Family of Nazareth
Church • 19:47 PM Wed Dec 7, 2016
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By:
His Eminence Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, OMI, DD
His Eminence Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, OMI, DD
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, you lived in Asia.
We praise, glorify and thank you
as the sublime family,
the example of a sanctuary of love and life,
a living Gospel, the icon of God’s mercy and compassion.
O Holy Family of Nazareth,
today as we celebrate the Holy Eucharist
we dedicate to you our Catholic families in Asia
amidst the difficulties that they daily face.
May they be families of love and prayer,
in constant communion with our loving God.
May God our Father protect and give them strength
in their daily striving to do His will.
May the Holy Spirit inspire and guide them
to reach out to other families,
especially to those in need.
May they experience the loving presence of Jesus
in the joys and sorrows of their lives.
As their shepherds we commit ourselves
in pastoral charity to care for their total well being,
especially for the well being of families
in the peripheries.
We commit ourselves to the conviction
that the family is the focal point
of a new evangelization.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, be the companion
of our Catholic families in Asia
in their journey to become, in word and deed,
domestic churches of the poor
on a mission of mercy and compassion.
Amen.
XI FABC Plenary Assembly
Concluding Mass, St. Lucia Cathedral
Colombo, Sri Lanka
December 4, 2016