From Generation to Generation: Honoring our Ancestors in Faith, from the Vietnamese Perspective

In the reading of this day, as we enter into Lent, God promises the Jewish people that he will nourish them with the heritage of Jacob, their father. And he calls all of us to lives of repentance, compassion and justice.  This Service of the Word, in the time of the Lunar New Year, helps us reflect upon how the heritage of our ancestors sustains and inspires new generations of Vietnamese throughout the world to respond to God’s call. Images, settings, and music from the Vietnamese diaspora - communities in Vietnam, Rome, Canada, the United States, and Australia -  help us to come together in traditions of grateful unity. We pray that we may honor our ancestors by living the vibrant faith they have given to us.