Without love, the Catholic Church leader cautioned, community members “won’t be able to spread fraternity in the world. Instead, divisions, gossip, and misunderstanding increase.”
The Catholic Church leader, who started his Episcopal Ministry in August 2013 as Bishop of Angola’s Sumbe Diocese explained the close connection between love and solidarity.
“To love is to show solidarity; solidarity with those who suffer, those who live in the peripheries. To love is to serve our brothers and sisters as Jesus did,” he said at the conclusion of the May 1-5 National Liturgy Week organized under the theme, “Walking Together in Faith: A Way To Celebrate the Sacred Mysteries.”
The Catholic Church leader emphasized the need for witnessing, saying, “Our witness as Christians will lead the world to unity and reconciliation with God. The meaning of love is Christ; Christ loved us by becoming incarnate, forgiving, dying and rising again.”
“Everyone must commit his or her life strongly to the practice of fraternal charity so that he or she may be a living witness to the love of Christ,” he said.
Archbishop Kiala urged the over 200 delegates who participated in the National Liturgy Week to commit to having “an organized and well-celebrated liturgy involving the collaboration of everyone, from Clergy to Laity, as well as a commitment to liturgical formation at all levels.”
“Let us allow ourselves to be guided by the Holy Spirit, who alone will lead us to the full truth,” he said referring to the Gospel of St. John, and implored, “May each of us seek to live our faith in Jesus Christ, with the Eucharistic celebration as the center of the mysteries of our Salvation.”
João Vissesse is an Angolan Journalist with a passion and rich experience in Catholic Church Communication and Media Apostolate.
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