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LAMP Ministries is a Catholic lay
missionary association, comprised of people
who serve among the materially poor, with a
focus on evangelization. LAMP missionaries may
be married couples, single men and women, as
well as religious brothers, sisters and priests. |
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A Call
To Holiness |
Are
you called to the mission of
Lamp? |
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Although you may
not be able to visit a materially poor person or
family in a crowded shelter or walk-up apartment
in the New York City Metropolitan area, you can
help to make it possible for a LAMP Missionary
to do so. |
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"You,
Lord, give light to my lamp; my God, You brighten the
darkness about me."
- Psalm 18:28 |
"Blessed are
the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven." - MT 5:3
The kingdom of heaven belongs to the poor and lowly,
which means those who have accepted it with humble
hearts. Jesus is sent to "preach good news to the
poor"; he declares them blessed, for "theirs is the
kingdom of heaven." To them - the "little ones" the
Father is pleased to reveal what remains hidden from
the wise and the learned. Jesus shares the life of
the poor, from the cradle to the cross; he
experiences hunger, thirst and privation. Jesus
identifies himself with the poor of every kind...
(CCC #544)
" When we serve the
poor and the sick, we serve Jesus. We must not fail
to help our neighbors, because in them we serve
Jesus. " - St. Rose of Lima
Christ's whole life is a mystery of redemption.
Redemption comes to us above all through the blood
of his cross but this mystery is at work throughout
Christ's entire life: -already in his Incarnation
through which by becoming poor he enriches us with
his poverty; - in his hidden life which by his
submission atones for our disobedience; - in his
word which purifies its hearers;- in his healings
and exorcisms by which "he took our infirmities and
bore our diseases"; - and in his Resurrection by
which he justifies us. (CCC #517)
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