{"id":13424,"date":"2021-10-15T16:47:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=13424"},"modified":"2021-10-15T16:47:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:47:36","slug":"uganda-bishop-of-lira-diocese-implores-priests-to-serve-with-love-and-perseverance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2021\/10\/15\/uganda-bishop-of-lira-diocese-implores-priests-to-serve-with-love-and-perseverance\/","title":{"rendered":"UGANDA: Bishop of Lira Diocese Implores Priests to Serve with Love and Perseverance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Isaac Ojok<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bishop of Lira Diocese Rt. Rev Sanctus Lino Wanok has said the vocation to serve as a priest is a sacrifice that a person should embrace with love and perseverance amidst challenges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bishop made the remark in his homily during the Eucharistic celebration held to mark the occasion of his 35<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary in priesthood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that a person being called to serve as a priest should be accompanied and nurtured in a spiritual journey and supported by the pillars of formation in a bid to realize a positive result in the Church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from love and perseverance, the Bishop further pointed out the need virtue of humility as a prerequisite for one to succeed in the priestly ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bishop implored the priests to always remain focused and firm amidst challenges and, above all, to trust in God\u2019s providence and care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the midst of challenges affecting the Church today, the Bishop asked the priests to remain committed and determined in executing their priestly obligations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reflecting upon his priestly journey since his ordination in 1986, Bishop Sanctus acknowledged the contributions of his parents and all those who laid a firm the foundation to his priesthood during his formation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok was ordained a priest in 1986; and in 2011 was appointed and consecrated as third Bishop of Nebbi Catholic Diocese before being appointed as the Ordinary of Lira Diocese in 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaac Ojok The Bishop of Lira Diocese Rt. Rev Sanctus Lino Wanok has said the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amecea-news","category-uganda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13425,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13424\/revisions\/13425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}