{"id":418,"date":"2025-03-24T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/?p=418"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:55:38","slug":"faithful-encouraged-to-be-exemplary-disciples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/news\/faithful-encouraged-to-be-exemplary-disciples","title":{"rendered":"Faithful Encouraged to Be Exemplary Disciples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During Sunday Mass at Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Father Zachariah Osman invited the faithful to emulate the example of discipleship, drawing inspiration from biblical figures and modern-day leaders.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that everyone is called to serve in different ways, contributing to the betterment of society.<\/p>\n<p>Citing various roles, Father Zachariah highlighted that students, for example, fight against ignorance and contribute significantly to the community.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that marriage, parenthood, and other responsibilities are vital duties entrusted to us to help liberate others.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded the congregation that no one is without a mission, and that all professions\u2014whether teaching, medicine, or community service\u2014serve to improve society.<\/p>\n<p>This call to action was highlighted during the institution of the Young Christian Servants (YCS) from Saint Joseph Senior Secondary School in the Nuba Mountains pastoral region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-419\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-419\" src=\"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9219-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9219-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9219-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9219-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9219-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9219-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Joseph students present a poem during a farewell for Form Fours (file photo 2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Sunday Mass at Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Father Zachariah Osman invited the faithful to emulate the example of discipleship, drawing inspiration from biblical figures and modern-day leaders. He emphasized that everyone is called to serve in different ways, contributing to the betterment of society. Citing various roles, Father Zachariah highlighted that students, for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}