October 16 to 28 in Tai O (one of our chapels under Mui Wo Epiphany Parish - Hong Kong), 21 sisters participated in Two-Week Biblical Course on Jesus of Nazareth. The program was a joint-venture between Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sisters of Our Lady Queen of Angels. The sisters belonged to two groups: a local congregation and consecrated virgins.
The course was divided into the following parts:
(1) The Word of God before incarnation;
(2) The mystery of Incarnation;
(3) The Galilean period of Jesus’ ministry;
(4) The Judea period - journey towards Jerusalem; Passion and the Resurrection;
(5) Conclusion - the mystery of Ascension.
There was also time for the sisters to relax, pray, avail of the Sacrament of Reconciliation and visit few places around in Hong Kong - Cheung Chau and the Trappist Monastery.
The problems they face are the following:
1. Overworked - all of them mostly stay in parishes and seldom visit their communities; not much time for personal prayer and spiritual development;
2. They have lesser opportunities to participate in formation courses t
3. Bible remains still a “closed book” - few of them are fully familiar with it and biblical literacy
among laity seems to be low; do not know how to read it and pray with it
Seeing their eagerness to learn the Bible was truly touching. Despite so much biblical materials available online, nothing replaces teacher-students relationship. It is not just how much you know about the Bible but how much you are passionate about the Book. They need teachers who would pass on the passion for the Bible to their students
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