Vietnamese priests urged to be humble servants
Priests called on to re-evangelize themselves and follow St. Joseph in living in poverty
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Priests join a Chrism Mass at Hai Phong Cathedral on March 30. (Photo: gphaiphong.org)
Priests in Vietnam have been asked to live in poverty, gentility and humiliation to serve God’s people.
“Priests are guards of the people of God. They are among communities to pray for them to enjoy peace, communion and holiness,” Archbishop Joseph Vu Van Thien said at the Chrism Mass held at Hai Phong Cathedral on March 30.
Archbishop Thien, who serves as apostolic administrator of Hai Phong, said priests act like flickering candles in front of God’s altar in order to maintain and keep alive the prayer life of God’s people.