“Priests Only Run Into Trouble When They Stop Saying Their Prayers”, Says Apostolic Nuncio Seàmus Patrick
“Priests Only Run Into Trouble When They Stop Saying Their Prayers”, Says Apostolic Nuncio Seàmus Patrick
By Seminarian Ndangi William Kamunde
On the 21st of September 2024, the Apostolic Nuncio paid a pastoral visit to St. Paul Major Seminary Juba South Sudan, and reminded them to stick to their prayers to avoid running into trouble. “Priest only run it trouble when they stop saying their prayers”.
In his homily during the Holy Mass, Nuncio Seàmus noted that Mathew the Author of the Gospel is a great person though little is known about him stressing that the liturgical rite of the feast is the Nature of the Church.
Teaching on the “Apostolic Creed”, the Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan said, “The Church stands on the teachings of the Apostles and it is that teaching we too stand on as Christians”, secondly, Apostolic Church because of the instructions passed on to the disciples”, Mon, signor Seàmus state.
In his sermon, Seàmus, the first residential Nuncio to South Sudan called upon the seminarians to reflect on what it meant to call the mind back to the Lord.
Emphasizing more on the words God spoke to Mathew, he noted that “when we are called to the ministry of priesthood or as a seminarian, we respond to this call personally, and respond to it individually. The Lord calls me and you individually that is the purpose of our calling to the seminary”.
In an exclusive meeting after the Mass, the Director of Studies at Saint Paul Major Seminary Re. Fr. James Tab presented to the Nuncio about the affiliation of the seminary to Urbanina Propaganda Fide which has delayed the sitting of the fourth-year class by about 2 years.
On his part Fr. Baptist Kerim, the rector of the seminary emphasized the three priorities in the formation; “Human, Spirituality, Social and Pastoral formation, and called upon the Seminarians to develop these three aspects during their formation period.
