A story from Lisa Hobbs, an Anawim Home Team Member:
When we stayed at St. Benedict's Monastery in Ewu and attended Mass, I had to laugh. Here we were in a room of monks celebrating Mass. Although the songs were different (mostly in tribal languages), the people certainly did not look like us, and it did not smell like what we knew (the room was overwhelmed with incense) the brick walls behind the altar made me think of Nativity and I had to laugh.
What a comfort to know each day when we went to Mass we had the same readings and some of the same prayers as our family and friends at home. It was such an unbelievable tie to know our Catholic faith has no boundaries. We are all with God and that makes us feels so close.
This country was populated with Catholics. We joined over 100 people everyday at 6AM Mass at Sacred Heart in Gwagwalada - and this was in the dark. These parishoners said prayers and read their bibles with flashlights.
Just when you think you are worlds away and things are so different... you realize the Catholic Church is universal!
What a comfort to know each day when we went to Mass we had the same readings and some of the same prayers as our family and friends at home. It was such an unbelievable tie to know our Catholic faith has no boundaries. We are all with God and that makes us feels so close.
This country was populated with Catholics. We joined over 100 people everyday at 6AM Mass at Sacred Heart in Gwagwalada - and this was in the dark. These parishoners said prayers and read their bibles with flashlights.
Just when you think you are worlds away and things are so different... you realize the Catholic Church is universal!
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