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MY LORD and MY GOD! (Jn MY LORD AND MY GOD! (Jn. 20:28) By Fr. Dr. Deogratias Ssonko Dedication TO MOTHER MARY, Our model of Faith: ”Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled” Lk.1:45 And TO SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE Model of Doubters: “My Lord and My God” Jn. 20:28 Table of Contents PART ONE: The Teaching) Ministry Chapter I: Creation and Early Formation The mystery of Creation……………………………………………………. Each Person is Unique ……………………………………………………… My very identity…………………………………………………………….. God “Teaches” in all Activities…………………………………………….. My “Constantly Learning” Brothers and Sisters…………………………... My “Prophetic Teaching” Parents………………………………………….. Studying at a Protestant School…………………………………………….. Two great Masters Prior to My Seminary Life…………………………….. A Head Teacher who trained us the Hard way……………………………. Chapter II: Seminary Formation My Seminary Alma Mater(s) ……………………………………………… Spiritual Life Formation…………………………………………………… Seminary Discipline……………………………………………………….. Academic Life……………………………………………………………... Liturgy and Music Formation……………………………………………... Extra Curricular Activities ………………………………………………... Team Work Formation ……………………………………………………. Holidays …………………………………………………………………… My All in All “Silver” Experience in the Teaching Ministry …………….. PART TWO: The Sanctifying Ministry Chapter III: Priesthood and Sanctity Liturgy as a Cerebration of my very Identity ……………………………. Soccer Opens my Heart to the Priesthood ………………………………. The Curious Mass Server …………….. ………………………………… My first Steps to the Holy Orders ……………………………………….. My Day of Ordination ………………………………………………….. The Entrance Procession……………………………………………………….. Called by Name ………………………………………………………….. Prostration in the Sanctuary …………………………………………………… The Prayer of Consecration …………………………………………………… Priesthood and Holy Orders……………………………………………………. Investiture…………………………………………………………………… Sanctus………………………………………………………………………. The Consecration of Bread and Wine…………………………………….. The Honey Moon…………………………………………………………….. Friends in the Priesthood………………………………………………………. The Pastoral Ministry Aftermath………………………………………………. Chapter IV: Faith is Networked Love Christian Faith in General ……………………………………………............. My Experience of Challenging Faith………………………………………… Sharing Our Faith…………………………………………............................. Faith is a Light, a Telescope, a Microscope………………………………….. The Network of Saving Faith…………………………………………………. Being Connected is not a Matter of Course…………………………………… Faith is A Catalyst…………………………………………………………….. The Challenging Pulpit………………………………………………………… “Popular Missions”……………………………………………………………. Popular Piety………………………………………………………………… The Confessional Box……………………………………………………….. Funeral Rites…………………………………………………………………. Do We Live what we Preach?............................................................................. Chapter V: Prayer is Love and Communion Communion with God the Father ……………………………………… The Mistake We often Make…………………………………………….. Prayer is a Dive into the Absolute ……………………………………. God Always Answers Our Prayers ……………………………………. People Count on Us s ………………………………………. Prayer is a Spiritual Chain …………………………… The Prayer of Obligation………………………………………………… The Woman of Perfect Communion …………………….. The Marian Communion of John Paul II…………………………….. The Standing Task to Pray……………………………………………… The Love of Comfort…………………………………………………….. Belief in the Use of Force………………………………………………….. Prayer Uplifts………………………………………………………………… PART THREE: The Stewardship Ministry Chapter VI: Deacons of Joyful Faith, Hope, and Love Divine Providence …………………………………………………….. A Small Boy in Some “Caritas Mission” of Sorts …………………… An Actively Surprising Boy in Kooki ……………………………….. Faith and the Stewardship Ministry …………………………………. The Divine Chain of Love …………………………………………… Our Love in the Community ………………………………………… Growth in Joyful Love ……………………………………………….. The Good News: The Source of Our Joyful Love …………………… The Love Given to Us ………………………………………………... My Joyful “Stewardship Love” in the 25 Years ……………………. Chapter VII: Eternity: The Reward The Gift of Death ………………………………………………….. Our Daily Walk to Death ……………………………………………. The Last Will ………………………………………………………. Our Strategy for Heaven …………………………………………. Reparation Today…………………………………………………….. The Grace to Eternity…………………………………………………. The Power of Now…………………………………………………… Living the Final End…………………………………………………. Surrendering All to God…………………………………………….. Eternity: The Reward ………….……………………………………………… Introduction My Brother and Sister on this, Our Mother Earth, at this particular point in time, may I pray you to begin with me these reflections about my amazing journey of love that has taken me from the humble beginnings of Katongero village, Nazareth Parish, where I was Baptized, to the present day, where I am: A Silver Jubilee Priest. Allow me to use the words of the great “Doubter”, a man of systematic doubting, to express the summary of my wonders and admiration of this mysterious journey of Love. This man, ‘the philosopher disciple,’ is Thomas the Apostle, who at first refused to believe that Jesus had resurrected and appeared to his Disciples in his absence. ‘Doubting’ Thomas went on to become an outstanding ‘Believing’ Thomas, also called “Thomas the Believer,” after the Lord’s rebuke: “Then he said to Thomas ‘Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.’ Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and My God” Jn. 20:28!”(Jn. 20:27-28). By saying this Thomas was testifying to the fact that the one before him was not a mere human being, but his personal Lord and God, his KYRIOS and THEOS. Hence, his public profession of Faith in the Divinity of Jesus, with the expression “My Lord and My God.” By so professing he placed himself in perfect synch with Our Mother Mary whom Elizabeth had more than thirty years earlier declared our Model of Faith when she said to her, ”Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled” Lk.1:45 I wish to rhyme that exclamation and acclamation of faith by discovering the great works of God in my journey of life, knowing very well that it is not very different from yours. In these pages, therefore, as we celebrate the Silver Jubilee of my Priestly Ministry, I would like to welcome you to travel with me in print, through the great works of this Lord and God in my life. On the day of my Baptism I was officially incorporated into the threefold Ministry of Christ: The Prophet, the Priest and The King. Please reflect with me about your own life pilgrimage as we renew our Baptismal call by living out the everyday moments of our lives with faith, hope and love. Theologically looked at, it was “Through Him, with Him and in Him”, this Lord and God the Prophet, the Priest and the King that everything was created and is recreated.1 Also in the Philosophy of Religion we learn that each religion has the same three pillars, namely its Doctrine, its Rituals and its Way of life.2 We live these three pillars in Mother Church in the following ways:- 1 Rom 11:30; “All things came to be through Him and without him nothing came to be” (Jn 1:3); Col 1:16- 17; Heb 1:1-2 and Eph 2:10. 2 This is an anthropological structure that is seen in most organizations. In Political science one will expect the teaching or doctrine to be shown in the Manifesto and slogans of the party, the rites are the symbols used like the color, flag and others. Definitely, one would wait to see the way of life of the members of such a party. The New Catholic Catechism also was arranged according to this anthropological and theological truth. The First Part is the Creed, which is a proclamation of the Teaching of Christ, the Prophet. The Second Part is on Liturgy (Sanctifying 1. As the Teaching Ministry of Jesus Christ the Prophet. 2. As the Sanctifying Ministry of Jesus Christ the Priest 3. As the Governing Ministry of Jesus Christ the King.3 When I now look back, I can confidently testify to the amazing fact that my life with God has more or less followed the categories of these three Ministries. And because of that, I wish to kindly invite you to join me, during this Jubilee Event, in exclaiming in faith, together with Saint Thomas the Apostle: “MY LORD AND MY GOD!” Ministry), thus pointing to Jesus, the Priest and the Third Part is Christian Living (Way of Life) which means Jesus, the Priest and thus the Governing Ministry. 3 We are very well aware that during the rite of Baptism, soon after the pouring of Holy water on the individual, follows the anointing with Holy Chrism using the following words: “God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has freed you from sin, given you a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit, and welcomed you into his holy people. He now anoints you with the chrism of salvation. As Christ was anointed Priest, Prophet, and King, so may you live always as a member of his body, sharing everlasting life”.(Rite of Baptism) I am proud of the current Kampala Archdiocesan Synod Statutes (2006) where all Christ’s Activity in his Church are summarized in these three ministries: The Teaching, the Sanctifying and the Governing ministry. One will also notice that the Canadian Catholic Episcopal Conference, at national level also uses the same arrangement. This is a novelty because the teaching has been handed over for years but the practical aspect of giving them a pastoral structure had not been seen so vividly as in Kampala Archdiocese and in Canada. PART ONE: The Teaching Ministry Chapter I Creation and Early Formation The Mystery
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