{"id":3319,"date":"2021-11-02T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2021-11-02T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:59:00","slug":"bishop-leads-curia-officers-in-commemorating-all-souls-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/bishop-leads-curia-officers-in-commemorating-all-souls-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Leads Curia Officers in Commemorating All Souls Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka of the Diocese of Karonga has urged officers who work at the Diocesan Curia Offices to pray and do everything within their power to be found worth of paradise at the hour of their death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bishop made this call on 2nd<\/sup> November, 2021, when he presided over Holy Mass commemorating All Souls Day at the Curia Offices which was a departure from the tradition of celebrating the day at Diocese level. This year, Christians celebrated this day in their respective parishes and not at Chaminade Chapel or nearby parishes of St Mary\u2019s and St Joseph the Worker Cathedral. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bishop Martin Mtumbuka (middle) and concelebrants during Mass <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In his homily, the Bishop observed that the custom of praying for the dead is common in many religions. The Bishop said in the Catholic Church, there are two adjacent days which focus on the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn All Saints Day, celebrated on 1st<\/sup> November, the Church celebrates people who were triumphant in this life and are now with God as saints. On All Souls Say, the Church prays for the souls of all people who may have died without mortal sin but still in need purification before they are ushered into the presence of the All-Perfect and Holy God.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of staff singing during the Eucharistic Celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Bishop further said that according to what the Church teaches, there is nothing that we can do about those that died in mortal sin and are in hell saying \u201cno number of prayers can redeem them.\u201d He, therefore, urged all officers gathered to pray for their friends and relatives who died because they may need their prayers if they are in the purification process, in Purgatory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishop Martin Mtumbuka presided over the Mass, with Fr Joseph Sikwese (Bishop\u2019s and Pastoral Secretary) and Fr Alick Sikwese (Director of Finance, Investment and Administration) as con-celebrants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 50 members of staff, Catholics and non-Catholics, working in various departments at the Bishop\u2019s Offices (Curia) and those from Tuntufye FM Radio attended this commemoration of the souls of the faithful departed. Various members of staff presented names of their departed friends and relatives to be prayed for during the Eucharistic Celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part of the congregation of members of staff during the celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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