Sumbe, 18 April, 2025 / 8:11 pm (ACI Africa).
The commitment of Priests to communicate the Good News of the Gospel with enthusiasm is essentially important, Bishop Firmino David of the Catholic Diocese of Sumbe in Angola has said.
In his Tuesday, April 15 homily during the anticipated Chrism Mass that is traditionally celebrated on Holy Thursday, Bishop Firmino urged Priests to use the ongoing Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year to nurture a close relationship with the person of Jesus Christ, including the Sacrament of Confession.
“In this Jubilee year, let us encourage the practice of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation. Let us also reconcile with ourselves, reflecting seriously on the nobility of our being and our vocation, particularly along the path of holiness,” he said.
“Let us make our steps paths of holiness,” the Angolan Catholic Bishop said during the anticipated Chrism Mass at Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral of Sumbe Diocese.
He emphasized the need for Priests to preach the World of God with zeal and enthusiasm, saying, “We are constituted by a special title—witnesses and ministers, enriched with the Jubilee experience. Let us press on, brothers in the Priesthood, in our commitment to enthusiastically proclaim the newness of the Gospel, which stirs in us the heart and face of Christ.”
