Lenten Campaign 2022 - Message by Archbishop Julian Leow

[Music] my dear brothers and sisters in christ salt of the earth light of the world this is our theme for the lantern campaign this year we follow closely the call of jesus to become salt that gives others a taste of god's love and mercy and a light that gives hope and insight our saltiness and brightness must reach first to our families secondly to the community in which we belong to and finally to society at large the theme for the synod of 2023 is communion participation and mission in line with our lantern campaign this year through our communion as a people of one faith we experience the covenant that god offers us through the sinaloa process we participate by listening to each other and to the holy spirit and then we go on mission to become witnesses of god's love especially to the marginalized and the vulnerable my dear friends the season of lent is a time for conversion and renewal each week during this lent the archdiocese of kuala lumpur will focus on an area of concern with an accompanying activity and reflection during the first week of land we are reminded that land is a time to reignite the lost habits of prayer fasting and arms giving during the second week we focus on the elderly in spite of being blessed with the wisdom of age they are often the last in society because of their age they may be unable to participate actively in the parish therefore we involve the elderly to reach out to other elderly and reconnect them back to the parish during week 3 we focus on families every home is called to become a domestic church in which family life is completely centered on the lordship of christ however many families these days are experiencing hardships and relationship issues we must extend our support and care for families in need whoever they are so that they won't feel alone in facing the challenges of family life during week 4 we focus on environmental conversion the environment is often the least on our mind because we take it for granted we assume that mother nature will always be in a pristine condition but in reality climate change has become a threat to everyone in december last year we saw the devastating effects of climate change during the floods that ravaged many parts of malaysia this is a wake-up call for an environmental conversion we all must play our part in caring for our common home during week five we focus on bonding community and fraternity of the youth young people are the little ones who are often misunderstood and misjudged but let us remember saint paul's advice to timothy no one should despise your young age but be an example to all believers in the way you speak and behave in your love your faith and your purity from first timothy chapter 4 verse 12. i hope young people will build bonds with each other and through their ideals and enthusiasm be the catalyst for change during week six we focus on the bec's we can visit our neighbors in our bcs and listen to their stories and struggles we may be able also to respond to their very needs my dear friends may this season of lent be a time of grace to deepen our prayer life fast graciously and give generously to those in need by keeping to these three pillars of land we can truly become salt of the earth and light of the world may we give flavor and illumine the lives of all we meet pope francis's lantern message for us this year is let us not grow tired of doing good for in due time we shall reap our harvest if we do not give up so then while we have the opportunity let us do good to all god bless you [Music] you

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Published: Tue Mar 01 2022