Today there are over 300,000 Brazilians living in Japan, mainly as workers in factories. They came from various corners of the enormous country. In their midst, I find meaning in my ministry today as a Divine Word missionary.
Reflection Date: October 6, 2023
Woe to us if the words of God that we hear constantly and the mighty works of God that we witness in our lives have not led us to conversion.
Mary is pictured in Luke 1,26-38 as someone who hears, reflects on, questions, and once clarified, gives consent to the Word of God; as someone who accepts in faith God’s Word or God’s plan of salvation and is ready to cooperate with it.
Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata urged major seminary rectors to guide seminarians to reach out to families and villages with a missionary thrust for freedom in Jesus.
People are becoming homeless and are migrating to cities and countries. Migration is a global reality and brings in multiculturality and multi-religiosity in the cities. We find difference, diversity, and polarity in the global village for our mission today. To approach this situation and do our mission we need to dialogue.