總會長向普世慈幼家庭發送的簡短消息及訊息──只有信仰、靜默、祈禱才可能……

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親愛的普世慈幼家庭的兄弟姊妹:

我向你們分享一則悲痛的消息,並再次邀請你們,把你們的生命及使命,獻於唯一的、愛的天主,以及祂的聖子耶穌基督、復活的主。在祂內,一切才有意義。

最近我前往剛果民主共和國的布拉柴維爾,探訪這個新準會省,當時法語西非會省的省會長告訴我,慈幼會傳教士Fernando Hernández神父剛遭殺害,而同行的Germain Plakoo-Mlapa神父身受重傷,正留院接受治療。當César Antonio Fernández 神父三個月前遭暗殺時,Germain Plakoo-Mlapa神父就在他身旁。

這次慘劇與報復行動有關。事實上,一名該團體的老廚師,一年前遭解僱,他在午飯時間潛進會院飯廳,揮刀報復。

這會省在三個月內,先後有兩名傳教會士兄弟捐軀。我們誠切為Germain神父的康復,以及在他靈魂所留下的創傷祈禱,因為在這段時期,他定承受了可怖的苦楚。

親愛的慈幼家庭的兄弟姊妹:那團體的會士向他們的家庭分享的悲痛,我現在也跟你們分享,並請求你們於這突如其來的噩耗中,在祈禱中記念他們。

我們正生活在復活期之中,在這時刻,我只有以信德緊靠上主,在默禱中求祂把這些殉道者慘烈而清白的血,轉化為生命,並對非洲及普世人們有所裨益。

我們兩位會士,César 神父及 Fernando神父,深切地活出對非洲人民、非洲青年及他們家庭的愛,時常因主的名,尋求他們的益處。

我們在今天的祈禱中,應為他們轉求,也為Germain神父深切祈禱,並為殺害他們的人,祈求寬恕,一如主耶穌所做的

我們的聖母進教之佑握著我們的手,領我們到天父台前。她陪伴及照料我們、所有她在世的子女。

在這些慘劇發生之際,我謹此向José Elegbede神父及法語西非會省,表達我們親切的慰問。

 

BRIEF INFORMATION AND MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR TO THE SALESIAN FAMILY IN RMG – THE WORLD When only faith, silence and prayer are possible …

 

18 May 2019

Dear brothers and sisters of the Salesian Family in the world,

I write to you to share sad news and to invite you again to put your life and your mission in the hands of the One in whom the full meaning of every event resides: the God of Love and His Son Jesus Christ, the Risen Lord.

I was coming to Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) for the visit to this new Vice Province when the Provincial of the Western French-speaking Africa Province (AFO) informed me that, a few minutes before, the missionary confrere Fr Fernando Hernández was cruelly murdered and that Fr Germain Plakoo-Mlapa was seriously injured and is now in the hospital. Fr Germain Plakoo-Mlapa was at the side of Fr César Antonio Fernández, who was assassinated just three months ago.

The reason for this tragedy is related to an act of revenge. In fact, it seems that the old chef of the community, who was fired about a year ago, entered the refectory of the confreres during lunch time and enacted his vendetta with a machete.
In three months, two missionary confreres have lost their lives in this Province. We pray intensely for the healing of Father Germain and also for the wounds that will remain imprinted in his soul, since it must be terrible to endure all that he has lived during this time.
Dear brothers and sisters of our dear Salesian Family, I share with you all the sorrow that the confreres share with their families and to ask you to remember them in prayer at such a dramatic moment.
We are living through the time of Easter and at this moment I can only hold on and anchor myself in faith to the Lord, keep silent and pray that He may transform the blood of these martyrs, cruelly and innocently shed, to life and good for the African people and for all peoples.

Our two confreres, Fr César Antonio and Fr Fernando, lived profoundly loving the African people, the young Africans and their families, always seeking their good in the name of the Lord.

Our prayer today should be an intercession for them, an intense prayer for Father Germain and a request for forgiveness for their assassins, as the Lord has done.
Our Mother Help of Christians takes us by the hand and leads us before God the Father. She accompanies us and takes care of all of us, sons and daughters, on this earth.

With these words, I intend to express our condolences and our closeness to Fr José Elegbede and the confreres of the AFO Province, much tried by these tragic events.