The weekend of 14, 15 and 16 of March the community of life of Porto met in the house of MCCJ in Maia for another occasion of missionary animation in the parish of Meixomil in Paços de Ferreira. The meeting was opened praying in the day when the 183 anniversary of the birth of St. Daniel Comboni was commemorated. Participating in the charisma of this special day, God told us in the daily liturgy: “The Lord has exalted you today to be one people, as he told you, and to keep all his commandments;” Deuteronomy 26, 18. This is how God has called us to another day of consecration to Him, a day where we are happy to be chosen to fulfill His commandments, in order to be God’s people.
Embedded in this environment where we share the joy of the gift of being Comboni Lay Missionaries, we are encouraged to go in search of paths of faith, always having the joy of living in communion with all. We share this with all catechized, the happiness of having in common, with all people of this world, that God loves us so much; we sang happy birthday to Saint Daniel Comboni and challenged the young people preparing for confirmation to participate in the JIM project of the Meixomil Ativo group.
During this weekend, in the same parish, a campaign of fundraising organized by the JIM Meixomil Activo group for the KWE ZO ZO (“Every person is a person”) project was also launched. Thus, during the weekend we gave voice and share with everyone the many challenges of the pygmies who are vetted daily some of the fundamental human rights. We take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped make this weekend possible, the group of JIM Meixomil Ativo, the parish priest, catechists and catechized and the entire parish community, who received us very well.
During this tour, it was always the joy of serving, of being people of God. As God said in the Sunday readings “Leave your country, your family and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you”. Genesis 12:1 is this constant call to go to serve without fear that leads us to spend our time each day to this task, which makes us evangelize and be evangelized. As Pope Francisco says, “Go, without fear, to serve. Following these three words, you will experience that who evangelizes, is evangelized, who conveys the joy of faith, receives more joy. ”
by Paula Sousa
