Pope Francis’ Prayer intention for December "Catechists - Let us pray for the catechists, summoned to announce the Word of God : may they be its witnesses, with courage..." FULL TEXT

Pope Francis’ December prayer intention December: Catechists Let us pray for the catechists, summoned to announce the Word of God: may they be its witnesses, with courage and creativity and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Pope Video for December, which shows catechists and young people working together on a mural representing the washing of feet. 

Pope Francis in The Pope Video for December says, “catechists have an invaluable mission for the transmission and growth of the faith.” In the words of Francis, “Being a catechist means that you ‘are a catechist,’ not that you ‘work as a catechist.’ It’s an entire way of being, and we need good catechists who are both companions and teachers.” In many places around the world, “evangelization is fundamentally in the hands of a catechist.” The Pope invites the faithful to “thank catechists for the interior enthusiasm with which they live this mission at the service of the Church.” He says, “for the catechists, summoned to announce the Word of God: may they be its witnesses, with courage and creativity and in the power of the Holy Spirit, with joy and much peace.” Earlier this year, Pope Francis formally restored the lay ministry of catechists with the Apostolic Letter Antiquum ministerium, issued “motu proprio.”