Called By God

"We wanted to be with Christ on the Cross, we wanted to touch his wounds, we wanted to hold the wounds of our people, we wanted to weep with them, we wanted to die with them finally. And then, oddly, that's when we began to feel great joy, an immense sense of light and joy and happiness."
-- Fr. Richard Ho Lung, founder of the Missionaries of the Poor (MOP), priest of Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church

Please visit: www.missionariesofthepoor.org

The MOP Brothers are called by God to serve Him in the poorest of the poor. Their main home is in Kingston, Jamaica; at present they maintain five mission homes: in India, the Philippines, Haiti and Uganda.

Let us pray:

Receive, O Lord, all my liberty. Take my memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Whatsoever I have or hold, Thou hast given me; I give it all back to Thee and commit it wholly to be governed by Thy will. Thy love and Thy grace give unto me, and I am rich enough and ask for nothing more.

"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me ... Whenever you did this to the least of my brethren, you did it to Me." (Matthew 25:35,40)

To watch the rest of this documentary video, please purchase a copy through the MOP website: http://www.missionariesofthepoor.org/

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[JakobIsrael]

I want to join in 2.5 years when I finish my degree. Can my friend and I enter then?

[beatatrinitas]

Dear JakobIsrael, brother in Christ, Our Lord always gives us the grace we need to conform our lives to His holy will for us. We must discern how and to what and where it is that Christ is calling us, and we must *choose* to correspond with His grace -- in doing so we will face the Cross, and will often find it difficult to die to self and selfishness.

[beatatrinitas]

Perhaps it is Our Lord's will that you should complete your degree and then enter religious life with the MOP. Or perhaps He is calling you and your friend even now to leave all behind and to begin a life in service to the poorest of the poor, in embrace of the evangelical counsels.

[beatatrinitas]

The first step is to make a short visit to the M.O.P. headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica (for several days, maybe even two weeks, as your schedule permits) where you will live, work, and pray as a visitor among the Brothers and the poor whom God has entrusted to their care. The MOP life is physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding -- it is one of the strictest religious orders in the world -- yet is filled joy and light; the MOP motto is "Joyful Service with Christ on the Cross."

[beatatrinitas]

Please direct any vocations inquiries to the phone number and/or e-mail address for the main office in Kingston, given on the "Contact MOP" page on their website. Their web address is given in this video's description in the box just to the right of the video-display widget (click "more").

[IwuvtheOffice]

I am blessed to have met Fr HoLung when he was visiting Southern California. He is a Holy man. Serving the poor the way he does along with the brothers of his Mission is an eye opener and a true example of bumility and service. There is so much waste material things in today society that seeing this video should help us think twice about the real purpose of power and material wealth. God Bless Fr. HoLung and the brothers of the Mission. I hope to spend a few days helping out in the near future.

[INDP2008]

Father Ho Lung,

May God continue to bless you and your mission. More than thirty years ago at Aquina Center you brought your thoughts to the church, and you brought a new life with music into the church. It has been a long journey, but we are proud of you.

You attempted to address poverty long before it became the global agenda. You are truly blessed.

[brnflipping]

holy holy holy

blessed is this man who bears the weight of Christ cross.

[johnnydigit2]

thank you. currently discerning with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR) in New York. God bless!

[steveascension]

He is very nice, compassionate man of God.

[Philos2006]

I can not believe in a god. But anybody who selflessly takes care of mankind, is to be profoundly admired. Peace !!