SHANGHAI (Agenzia Fides): “The Most Holy Trinity is always harmonious. I encourage you to reflect in your lives the harmony that reigns in the Most Holy Trinity and to go out of yourselves to share with others and with the whole world the wonderful gift of the gospel to help people to encounter Christ and return to Christ,” said the Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Shanghai, on May 26, during the Mass for the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity at the Holy Apostle Church, dedicated to the Apostle Andrew.
Thirty-six adults also received the sacrament of Confirmation.
In his homily, Bishop Shen called on the confirmandi to be “courageous sentinels of Christ in their lives and to spread the faith through their zealous devotion so that the Church may flourish.”
Over 500 Catholics from the community took part in the celebration with the pastoral visit of the bishop.
“In our daily Bible readings,” Bishop Shen Bin emphasized in his homily, “we can hear the Holy Trinity through the Word of God. When we come to church, sing songs, attend Mass, listen to the homily, pray devoutly and receive the Holy Eucharist, these are all good opportunities to feel surrounded by the mystery of the Holy Trinity’s love.”
On May 24, immediately after returning from Rome where attended the “100 years since the ‘Concilium Sinense’” conference, the bishop celebrated the Feast of Mary Help of Christians, the Day of Prayer for the Church in China.
Nearly 200 priests, nuns and seminarians, as well as more than a thousand laypeople, together with the bishop, took part in the diocese’s pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan.
“Let us fill the ‘water reservoir’ of our lives with the gifts we receive through following Jesus,” Bishop Shen said in Sheshan, “and then, with the spoon of faith and charity, let us draw the water from our lives transform it into precious wine to offer to God”.
