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proclaimers of the word - lectors

Lectors are also called Ministers of the Word. They proclaim the Word of God that the listeners may be filled with God’s Word.

Place and time for ministry work
In Church at weekday and weekend Masses

 

Contact

Coordinator: Valerie Heng
Email: val.newyork2005@gmail.com

Weekday Morning 7am Mass
Coordinator :Bernard Goh
Email: bernard@axiom.com.sg

Weekday Evening 6pm Mass
Coordinator :Lourdes Favacho
Email: favacho@singnet.com.sg

 
   
When the Scriptures are read in church, God Himself speaks to His people and Christ, present in His own word, proclaims the Gospel. The readings must therefore be listened to by all with reverence; they make up a principal element of the liturgy.


General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 1975 #9

In the fullness of time, the Word of God took flesh in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. That Word continues to take flesh again and again when a lector proclaims it to the community of believers.

God chose to work through human instruments, to play his song of love to the world.

The ministry of the Lector calls for a person to grow in a warm and loving knowledge of Scripture, the living word of God. He or she is invited to enter into a relationship with a Word that is creative, powerful and effective.

The call to be a Lector is something that demands preparation to communicate the Word of God clearly to the congregation. A Lector is entrusted with some of the most wonderful stories to come down through the ages, and it is through these stories that God continues to speak. These are stories about the rainbow that sealed God’s covenant with Noah; about the bush whose flames revealed a God on fire with love for his people; about the rib that became a woman.

The ministry of a lector is a wonderful work, and an extremely rewarding ministry. Through one's own sacrifice of time, effort, and preparation, God’s living Word continues to be proclaimed to all of his people; the young, the old, the troubled, the hopeless, the happy and to those in need of comfort. To be a lector is to be given an opportunity for personal growth in Jesus Christ.