NEW BEGINNING - DEDICATION SUNDAY



At the beginning of a new year in our homes, school or parish many dedicated people take up their task of witnessing to their faith and helping others to do so. Witnessing is an outward expression of faith and is done through the tasks of teaching, worship and service in ministry to one another and so to God. The parish priest, deacons, assistant ministers of the Eucharist, of the Word, members of the Parish Pastoral Council, choir, liturgy committee, catechists and teachers all have a recognized form of ministry.   Members of different sodalities and many Catholics who work in a voluntary capacity in the community perform acts of service as an expression of their faith.

Family members too, as the domestic church, perform the same tasks as they teach each other, pray together and serve each other, as bread-winners, home-makers or carrying out their small chores. This responsibility starts with Baptism.

The themes of DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT can be incorporated into the Sunday liturgy where all members are asked to recommit themselves to their forms of service.

COMMISSIONING by priest, deacon or pastoral council

I/we commission you, the People of God, to serve God and one another as you dedicate yourselves to the tasks of teaching, worship and service that you have been given in order to build up the Kingdom of love, justice, truth, peace and freedom.  Through our common commitment may we build the Church in our homes, in the parish and the wider community to be a visible sign of God's presence in the world.

I/we pledge our support to you as we work together in ministry.

RECOMMITMENT PLEDGE

We, the People of God, in our families and the community commit ourselves to our common tasks of teaching, worship and service and dedicate ourselves to build up God's kingdom to the best of our ability.

BLESSING.

May almighty God, the Father bless you, the Son accompany you and the Holy Spirit inspire and guide you in your tasks ahead.  Amen.
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