Pope Francis’ monthly prayer intention for October is for “a shared mission” as he calls on the faithful to do their best to contribute to a sense of co-responsibility in the Church. Source: Vatican Media.
The Pope invited the Church to pray for this intention in this month’s The Pope Video, which is entrusted to the entire Catholic Church through the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network.
Pope Francis’ video message emphasises his invitation to each and every Christian “to walk together, taking the path of synodality,” explaining that “we are co-responsible in mission, we participate and we live in the communion of the Church.”
Regardless of one’s vocation, career or work in life, Pope Francis underlines that the mission is the same, namely that of “witnessing with one’s own life”, and “everyone contributing what they know how to do best”.
The Pope suggests that, in this way, “we work together in this co-responsibility”.
In the video, Pope Francis clarifies that priests “are not the bosses of the laity, but their pastors” and stresses how Jesus calls upon us all to complement one another.
With this spirit, he calls on all baptised people in the Church at all levels to remember how the Church is their home, and therefore, reminding them of their responsibility to take care of it.
Pope Francis concludes by praying, “Let us pray that the Church continues to sustain a synodal lifestyle in every way, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, communion and mission shared by priests, religious and laity.”
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Pope’s October prayer intention: ‘For a shared mission’ (By Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican Media)
