Bishop Campbell celebrates Black History Month Mass for St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic School
Not everyone is called to martyrdom, but all are called to show the reality of God’s love, Catholic school students heard at a Black History Month-themed Mass on Feb. 6.
“We should see, staring back at us, the image and likeness of God,” when we look in the mirror, said Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell Jr., during his homily at the First Friday Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
He emphasized that “if we are created in the image and likeness of God, we should see God in each other. It means you and I are brothers and sisters in the light of God.”
The bishop wore red vestments as he celebrated the Mass on the feast of St. Paul Miki and companions, Japanese martyrs from the 16th century who refused to renounce their faith during anti-Catholic persecutions and suffered crucifixions in Nagasaki.