Caracas, Venezuela, Jun 14, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Archbishop Jorge Urosa of Valencia, Venezuela, told Catholics this past weekend they should value their faith and consider themselves “privileged” for having a life of hope.
“We should feel proud of being Catholics, of the wonders of joy of our Catholic identity. We are privileged to have so many gifts that the Lord constantly bestows on us,” the Archbishop said during the celebration of Corpus Christi.
“We live almost oblivious to these things. We don’t give them much importance and we just take for granted that we are Catholics, that we have been baptized, that Jesus is in the tabernacle waiting always for us to comfort us, to encourage us to live a holy life,” he said.
The Archbishop added, “There are many people who think their lives are without hope. How wonderful that we have faith in Christ our Lord! It is a gift from God that we should be grateful for and value and say: I am Catholic and proud of it. I value Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.”