Tản mạn: BECOMING PROTAGONISTS OF THE CHURCH'S MISION
(Xem Tiếng Việt tại ĐÂY ) On Good Shepherd Sunday, which is also Vocation Sunday, religious communities around the world hold special activities to promote religious vocations among young people at churches. Some people liken this special day to a festival of religious orders as it is an opportunity for congregations to show their charism and spiritualities and arouse religious vocations among youths. However, such a comparison is not entirely correct since it has only raised the outer shell in many layers of the deeper meaning of this feast. Indeed, when considering the word "festival," people can imagine the scene as a trade fair, for example, with stalls displaying all kinds of eye-catching products. Convents, monasteries and churches are richly decorated, and Catholic singers are also invited to perform in some places. However, is the "festival of religious orders" to be understood with the outward appearance as described? Is that the day when congregations hav...
