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Pope Francis, on January 23, 2022, during Mass at the St Peter’s Basilica to mark the Church’s celebration of the Sunday of the Word of God, conferred on two Ghanaian Women, Mrs. Ellen Bosso and Madam Cecilia Agyeman Anane, the ministries of Lector and Catechist respectively. Mrs. Ellen Bosso is a native of Peki in the Ho Diocese while Madam Cecilia Agyeman Anane hails from the Kumasi Archdiocese. Mrs. Bosso was among the six women and two men to be conferred with the ministry of a lector while Madam Cecilia was among the three women and five men to be conferred with the ministry of Catechist. These two Ghanaian women were selected upon the recommendations of their respective Bishops through the Chaplain of the Ghanaian Catholic Community in Rome.

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6 January/Thursday after Epiphany Sunday

1John 4:19–5:4/Psa 72:1-2,14-15,17/Luke 4:14-22

By Most Rev. Emmanuel Kofi Fianu SVD

[These are the Readings and Reflections for those countries that celebrated Epiphany on Sunday.]

First Reading  1 John 4:19-5:4

Those who love God must also love their brother and sister.

Beloved, we love God because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. This is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

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