Where is Your Brother? ሓውኻ ኣበይ ኣሎ?

1. To our “… true child(ren) in the faith …” and to all men and women of good will, “… Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord” (1 Tm. 1:2). In this Easter season when we celebrate Christ’s victory over sin and death, it is our sincere wish that you re-clothe yourselves in the wisdom and understanding that He has poured out upon us so abundantly (cf. Ep. 5:8-9).

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, our faith is not merely “… the guarantee of the blessings we hope for, or the proof of the existence of realities that are unseen …” but through it “… we know that the ages were created by a word from God …” (Heb. 11:1-3) and in its light we understand the true meaning of the events unfolding in this world. Encouraged by this faith, we now address this present Pastoral letter to you. Read more

ሓውኻ ይ ኣበይ ኣሎ? ( ዘፍጥ. 4፡9)

ሓዋርያዊ መልእኽቲ ካቶሊካውያን ጳጳሳት ኤርትራ።

ሰላምታ

1. “ብእምነት ናይ ሓቂ ደቅና’ ’’ ናብ ዝኾኑ ፣ ምእመናንን፣ ናብ ኵሎም ሰብ ጽቡቕ ድላይን፣ ካብ እግዚኣብሔር ፣ ኣቦናን፣ ካብ ክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ፣ ጐይታናን፣ ጸጋን ምሕረትን ሰላምን ምሳኻትኩም ይኹን።1 ብትንሣኤ ክርስስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኃጢኣትን ሞትን ዓወት፡ ዝተረኽበሉ፡ በዚ ዘመነ ትንሣኤ ብጐይታ ኣብ ብርሃን ምእንቲ ክትህልዉ፡ ፍረ ብርሃን ዝኾነ ጽድቅን ሓቅን ክትለብሱ (ኤፌ 5፡ 8- 9 ረአ) ሠናይ ትምኒትና ንገልጽ።

ፍቁራን ብኽርስቶስ ኣኅዋትን ኣኃትን ! “እምነት ነቲ ብተስፋ እንጽበዮ ነገር ከም እንረኽቦ ፣ ዜረጋግጽ፣ ነቲ ዘይረአ ነገር ከምዘሎ ዜረድእ ….”ጥራሕ ፣ ዘይኮነ፣ “ ዅሉ ዓለማት ብቓል ኣምላኽ ከምዝተፈጥረ…” ዚገልጽ፣ ነቲ ዅሉ ኣብ’ዚ ዓለም’ዚ ዚፍጸምን ዚኸውንን ዘበለ ከኣ ኡነተይና ትርጕሙን መልእኽቱን ብብርሃን “እምነት ስለ እነስተውዕሎ 2” ፣ ካብ’’ዛ እምነት’ዚኣ ፣ ተበጊስናን፣ በኣኣ ተንቀሳቒስናን ነዛ ሓዋርያዊት መልእኽትና ነቕርበልኩም።

ምስጋና

ሙሉእ መልእኽቲ ንምንባብ ኣብዚ ጠውቑ

PRAYER REQUEST

Dear Brothers and Sisters

The St Daniel Comboni’s Cenacle of Missionary Prayer group, based in Chiswick, London, UK, would like to invite you to join us, wherever you might be, for a daily Novena* prayer, starting this Friday 4th July 2014. .. to reflect on the Pastoral Letter** which the Eritrean Catholic Bishops wrote on the prophetic question of “where is your brother?”

The attached leaflet has an extract from the Pastoral Letter and the Bible, to help us in our reflection and prayer, for today - the first day of our Novena. Similar leaflets will be released for the next nine days, until Sunday the 13th July 2014, culminating in a prayer meeting in the hall of:-

St. Mary of the Angels Church in Bayswater,

The Presbytery,

Moorhouse Road,

Bayswater,

London, W2 5DJ

From 4pm to 7pm

The nearest underground stations are Notting Hill and Bayswater

Buses: 7, 23, 27, 28, 31, 70, 328

Buses number 7 and 70 come from our Church, the Holy Redeemer Eritrean Catholic Gheez-Rite Chaplaincy, St. Aidan of Lindisfarne RC Church, 85 Old Oak Common Lane, London, W3 7DD are number 7 and 70.

Please feel free to circulate this invitation for prayers, to all your contacts, far and near, by word of mouth, email, text, social networks etc… for the LORD has said “you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to earth’s remotest end” (Ac. 1:8).

May the LORD, hear our prayer, listen to our cry for mercy; in His faithfulness and righteousness come to our relief (Psalm 143:1).

Yours in Christ

Aemro Iyasu

On behalf of St Daniel Comboni’s Cenacle of Missionary Prayer group, based in Chiswick, London, UK

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* A novena is a devotion consisting of prayer said (most typically) on nine successive days, asking to obtain special graces.

**For your in-depth refection, here are the Tigrigna version “ሓውኻ ኣበይ ኣሎ?” (ዘፍጥ.4?9) and English version “WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?” (Gn. 4:9) of the Pastoral Letter.