Catholics must live in peace - Rev Awuah

Reverend Father Alex Awuah-Osei, SVD Priest of the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, New Aplaku on Friday called on Catholics to live in peace with each other in 2016.

Rev Fr Awuah said this in a sermon during a New Year day church service to celebrate the solemnity of Mary, the Mother of the Church.

The day also marked the World Day of Peace on the theme: “Overcome difficulties and win peace.”

This year, the celebration of the year of mercy was added. It means that Catholics worldwide have three great events that are directed on the arrival of the Prince of Peace in the world.

“In the celebration we are gazing on Christ the incarnate son of God and whilst doing that special emphasis is placed on the mother hood of Christ,” he said.

Rev Fr Awuah, said Pope Francis had reiterated the need for all to work for peace and by this: “Peace is to be worked at, it is not something that one wins without efforts, without conversion of mind and heart, without a sense of creativity and positive engagements in discussion.”

He said the Pope’s message should be a starting point for those who work in education, media culture all aspects of social life in general.

“We” are all called, according to the Pope, to work our best aspirations to build together a conscious and merciful and more free and fair world with the motherly help of Mary.

He asked Catholics to follow Christ the Prince of peace and bring justice to where it is due in the world.