Obala, 07 April, 2024 / 9:25 pm (ACI Africa).
Robert Cardinal Sarah has called upon the Laity of the Catholic Diocese of Obala in Cameroon to prioritize prayer in their daily tasks.
Addressing representatives of the Laity at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral of Obala Diocese on April 4, the Guinean-born Cardinal, who is visiting the Central African nation said, “Prayer is an opportunity for the layperson to recharge his batteries and strengthen his relationship with the Lord.”
“As Christians, we must give priority to prayer before action, before the organization,” Cardinal Sarah, who, until his retirement in February 2021, was serving as Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, said.
He added, “We Christians are often bewitched by the world. We want to adopt the world's methodology; we want to follow the world's organization in order to succeed. But if we look at Jesus, he didn't follow the world.”
Jesus Christ, the Cardinal said, “remained 30 years in Nazareth without saying anything but working and praying. Today the church talks a lot and prays little. That's why we must ask Jesus Lord to teach us to pray.”