By Father Godfrey Chandya Legai
Arua Diocese, Uganda
Arua Diocese in Uganda, east Africa, is rural and materially and economically poor. For the past eight years, the diocese has hosted more than 1 million refugees from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This influx has greatly increased the number of Christians attending Catholic churches in the diocese, especially St. Mary Assumpta.
Parishioners of St. Mary Assumpta need your financial support to help construct a larger church to accommodate at least 2,000 people..
Lazarus is in our midst today crying out for help, just as he did in Jesus’ time. The Gospel story is a simple one about two people. One is a poor man named Lazarus, who is in dire need. The other is a rich man who is in a position to help Lazarus. The needs of the poor man are small, and it would take very little for the rich man to help him. Unfortunately, the rich man never gets around to it – he ignores Lazarus.
It is not a sin of commission, or doing something he should not do. It is sin of omission, not doing something he should have done. The rich man doesn’t lift a finger to help Lazarus.
We can become a part of the “thousand points of light” that are forming all over the world to help the needy on our planet. We can light a candle to overcome the darkness.
We would be grateful and appreciative of your generous consideration of this humble financial request.
