{"id":14653,"date":"2016-04-28T07:18:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T07:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=14653"},"modified":"2016-04-28T07:18:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T07:18:12","slug":"pakistan-newly-ordained-priests-bring-hope-after-easter-sunday-terror-attack-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/04\/28\/pakistan-newly-ordained-priests-bring-hope-after-easter-sunday-terror-attack-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"PAKISTAN &#8211; Newly ordained  priests bring hope after Easter Sunday terror attack &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PAKISTAN &#8211;\u00a0Newly ordained\u00a0 priests bring hope after <\/strong><strong>Easter Sunday terror<\/strong><strong> attack<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just weeks after the deadly Easter Sunday attacks on Christians, Catholics in Pakistan have a reason\u00a0 to rejoice. More than 800 people packed Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore where Archbishop Sebastian Shaw ordained five Capuchin friars to the priesthood. The same day, Bishop Benny Travas of Multan ordained another two priests.<\/p>\n<p>Asif Nazir, a local catechist and teacher, declared thr ordinations were \u201ca blessing and gift of God to our Catholic Church and our country.\u201d Local Christians said this was a chance \u201cto bring us happiness, when our land is still in tears from the memorial service of the recent violent attacks. We need prayers so that more courageous young people respond to the call to serve Christ our saviour and work to proclaim the good news of the Gospel to bring harmony, peace, and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the ordination Mass, Archbishop Shaw used his homily to urge the new priests \u201cto seek God in life.\u201d He reminded them of Pope Francis\u2019 warning not to be \u201cvain priests\u201d who live for their own pleasures. The archbishop stressed the importance of prayer in a priest&#8217;s life and asked the new priests to imitate St. Francis of Assisi, who put his trust completely in the hands of God.\u201cPray like St. Francis,\u201d he exhorted them. He urged the young priests to strengthen their spiritual life by always making a priority of reading the gospel :<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cListen to the word of God: it will always give you what is suitable for your Capuchin life and it will always give you the advice on what is suitable for your life&#8230;. It will also advise you what things you must give up or deny and when you learn to deny things, it will give you the courage \u2026 God will give you the power to fulfil your role in the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Shaw praised the parents of the newly ordained priests for their role bringing up their children with love for the Church. \u201cI must salute the parents for the excellent formation of these new priests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The new priests are members of the Capuchin order who have being seving in Pakistan since 1888. Their mission includes outreach to people of all religions through schools, health centers, social centers, and partnerships with local government agencies.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mgr.-Sebastian-Francis-Shaw-Auxilary-Bishop-of-the-Archdiocese-of-Lahore-in-Pakistan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14663\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mgr.-Sebastian-Francis-Shaw-Auxilary-Bishop-of-the-Archdiocese-of-Lahore-in-Pakistan-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mgr.-Sebastian-Francis-Shaw---Auxilary-Bishop-of-the-Archdiocese-of-Lahore-in-Pakistan\" width=\"197\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAKISTAN &#8211;\u00a0Newly ordained\u00a0 priests bring hope after Easter Sunday terror attack &nbsp; Just weeks after the deadly Easter Sunday attacks on Christians, Catholics in Pakistan have a reason\u00a0 to rejoice. More than 800 people packed Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore where Archbishop Sebastian Shaw ordained five Capuchin friars to the priesthood. 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