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Haiti - Religion : Message of Hope by Mgr Guire Poulard on the occasion of January 12
12/01/2012 06:32:36

Haiti - Religion : Message of Hope by Mgr Guire Poulard on the occasion of January 12
On the occasion of the commemorative week of January 12, 2010, Mgr Guire Poulard has issued a message of hope to the people of Haiti, that he encourages to take its destiny in hands without waiting.

"His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, called me of Les Cayes to come to work as pastor of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince. This symbolic association that made ​​the Pope, between the January 12 earthquake and the pastoral Government, inscribes forever his proximity with the Haitian people and the church of our Archdiocese and recalls eloquently, what kind of ministry he wants, after January 12, 2010.

He want to say to Haiti, battered, traversed by all kinds of misery : take courage, get up, dry your tears and put yourself at work. He appoint me to Port-au-Prince, to remind me that I am associated with this sea of ​​suffering, to bring consolation to the victims, to instill hope to the helpless, to bring them Peace.

Thus, in this second anniversary of this tragedy, I turn towards the refugee camps of the earthquake, towards the homeless of before and after the earthquake, to the physically and mentally handicapped, towards the victims, finally towards the people in general to say to all : courage. Is not it symbolic that nearly 40 churches in our archdiocese are destroyed ? Is not that a clear message of the unity of situation and of destiny of the people and the Church ? When we find ourselves without archdiocese and many of our religious and priests homeless, we show really our solidarity with the poor and with those who did not have and who have not yet hope to have a roof or any other means allowing them to lead a decent and dignified life. I repeat to all: courage ! be determined in hope.

Haitian people, people of my country, people of this country that I love with great passion, the Church is with you and will continue to walk with you, especially when it finds the slow progress of the reconstruction. The national effort is essential, the reconstruction will be haitian or will not be. A people standing, who lives from its past, can not accept to live only of the international begging. We had not done the independence by begging but by rolling up our sleeves. This is also necessary in these times when all talk of rebuilding. The only way to pay the tribute of gratitude to those that our institutional irresponsibility killed January 12, 2010, is to think and act differently.

Civilian authorities, state and government, you must keep the people in a constant reminder of the tragedy of January 12, 2010, not to mourn as those without hope, but to prevent the same mistakes are repeated. It is to you that belongs this leadership of awakening and guidance. At the same time, take advantage of the opportunity offered by this disaster, to demand that our construction of houses and infrastructure are strictly regulated to protect individuals and society. It is time, that finally, the human person is effectively at the center of our concerns. Government decision-makers, do not miss the train of the decentralization.

People of God, take courage, put your hope in God and yourself, the other promises do not offer any guarantees and show no real hope. Do not wait that an instance instruct you to meet building standards, do it yourself. If you already cause the death close or distant of your wife, your husband, your children, your relatives, your friends, your colleagues, your students, your students and you contribute to the destruction of your country.

Now is the time to decide of the protection of the society by protecting your family and your goods. This country is ours, if we do not care of it, who will do for us ?

To mark the second anniversary of the January 12, I ask all priests in office in the archdiocese, to celebrate Masses for the repose of the souls of our loved ones. Those who are retired priest can do the same in concelebrant to the same intentions. If it were possible to establish a list of missing persons in each parish, the prayer could be associated with those names.

Haitian people, Haitian authorities, foreign friends, international organizations, NGOs, that the Lord is with you and enlighten you to light the way for others, that it gives you generously ideas to think and alerts hands to execute. However, remember that the reconstruction also involves simple actions, but how significant, how symbolic, such as planting and the protection of a tree, hunting to the garbage, this is in the scope of everyone, let's start today."


Given to the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince January 6, 2012
Mgr Guire Poulard
Archbishop of Port-au-Prince

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