Several Daughters of St. Paul of the Generalate community, Rome, celebrated the Sunday of the Word (30 September) with a visit to Regina Coeli prison, where they spent some meaningful time with the inmates. In his Apostolic Letter, Misericordia et Misera, Pope Francis explains that the annual celebration of this Day is meant to “renew the efforts of the Christian community to make the Sacred Scriptures better known and more widely diffused.
It should be a Sunday given over entirely to the Word of God, so as to appreciate the inexhaustible riches contained in that constant dialogue between the Lord and his people.” The solemn Eucharistic Celebration at Regina Coeli, enlivened with music and dance, opened with the enthronement of the Word of God. FSPs of different nationalities, along with several prisoners, carried to the altar baskets overflowing with Gospels in Italian, English and Spanish.
At the end of the Mass, the inmates received a copy of the sacred text, accompanied by the words: May the Word of God be a light for your path. In her heart, each sister resolved to make a greater commitment to disseminating the Gospel not only through her words but above all through the witness of her life.