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You'll see highlights of the procession held at Naxxar on September 8, 2011.

Naxxar is one of the first parishes in Malta. It may have already been a parish in 1400.

The existing church was built in 1628. It is thought to have been designed by Tumas Dingli but others think it's the works of Vitor Cassar, son of Ġlormu. Its sides, the facade and the belfry towers were built in early 20th Century.

The wood statue of "Il-Bambina" was brought from Rome at the beginning of the 20th Century. The canopy and crown over the statue were made in 1923.

There are two Band Clubs in Naxxar: The Ġħaqda Mużikali Vittorja, Est 1916 and the Peace Band Club. Both are very active in the Parish.

Victory Day, September 8, is a national holiday in Malta. It is locally known as "il-Vitorja" (the Victory) and "il-Bambina" (Baby Mary), commemorating three events:

1. The birth the Virgin Mary
2. The victory of the Great Siege by the Knights of St. John against the Turks of 1565.
3. Italy surrendered during World War II in 1943 and turned against its former German ally.

We used the following as background music:

Music: "Innu Marċ" of the Vittorja Band Club - Music by Mro John Ivan Borg, lyrics by Ġorġ Bianchi

O Tfajla Mmakulata by Ferdinando Camilleri played by the Peace Band.

Nghannulek bil-Hlewwa by Ferdinando Camilleri played by the Peace Band.

Is-Sliem ghalik Marija by G Camilleri played by the Peace Band.

Antifona "Gloriosae Virginis", composition of Mro Paolo Nani

Choir Jubilate Deo.

Archpriest of the Naxxar Parish is Rev. Can Evan Caruana

Video/Editing by Choy Hong (Jasmine) Grech

Video production by Alfred & Choy Hong (Jasmine) Grech, Mosta, Malta.

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The Risen Jesus and His Mother- Posted on: 29 Dec 2011 | Author: Jack Mahoney SJ

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... IN the Fairford window, the forefront shows the risen Christ with his wounds and, traditionally, holding a tiny cross, to show that he had overcome it, with his hand raised to indicate he is speaking. Looking at him in wonder is his mother, an elderly, frail figure robed in traditional blue and joining her hands in awe. Behind her one can identify what appear to be the entrance to a bedroom with a glimpse of the bed, and a space which could be an oratory with a lectern and book facing the window.

What I find fascinating in the window is the scroll which comes from the mouth of the risen Christ containing the salutation, Salve, Sancta parens – ‘Hail, holy mother’. These words, which open the traditional Introit verse of the Common Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, put beyond any possible doubt the fact that Jesus is here appearing to his mother, despite the silence on this in the gospels (and Ignatius tells us to use our common sense here[17]). In addition, the greeting of the risen Jesus in Fairford, ‘Salve, sancta parens’, actually repeats the one in the Jerusalem church as recorded by the chaplain to Sir Richard Guylforde, mentioned above. Is it fanciful to conjecture that our wealthy Cotswold wool merchant who endowed the splendid Fairford church brought back the scene and this detail from his own pilgrimage to Jerusalem, even a pilgrimage possibly imposed as part of his penance for the remission of his sins? 

The Risen Jesus and His Mother

Posted on: 29 Dec 2011 at 00:00  |

Author: Jack Mahoney SJ

Stained glass window in the parish church of Saint Mary, Fairford, Gloucestershire

The Risen Jesus Stained glass window in the parish church of Saint Mary Fairford, Gloucestershire

The Church’s celebration of Christmas continues with the Feast of the Holy Family, which this year falls on 30 December. Jack Mahoney marks the occasion by contemplating the relationship between Jesus and his mother as it is expressed in an intriguing yet non-biblical tradition, a tradition which also has an important place in the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius. Might Our Lady have been the first person to see Christ after his resurrection? 

Some weeks ago I was in the Cotswolds attending the funeral of an old friend and as I was driving back to London I decided to call in at Fairford, a lovely village in Gloucestershire which has a famous fifteenth-century church. As well as being a fine, late Perpendicular specimen of the ‘wool’ church, one built by a wealthy wool merchant to ensure his eternal salvation, the Fairford church of Saint Mary contains the finest set of original stained glass windows in England, dating from the late Middle Ages.

I had last visited it some fifty years ago as a Jesuit student and an enthusiast of pre-reformation churches, when I had been delighted to find in a heavenly orchestra which was spread across the tops of several windows the figure of an angel playing the bagpipes. As a Scot, I was so taken with this celestial sign of good taste that I wrote a letter to Fr James Moffat SJ, editor of the now defunct, Edinburgh-based Mercat Cross, drawing his readers’ attention to the heavenly piper at Fairford, although I could not refrain from adding as a comment on his music, with Keats, that, ‘heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter’!

A surprising appearance

On this return to Fairford, as I browsed around the church’s windows I was astonished to come across one showing the risen Christ appearing to his mother. This is a theme with which I am now very familiar from my experience of St Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises, in which he makes Jesus’s appearance to his mother his first after the resurrection, but it was an event to which I certainly had not expected to find mediaeval testimony.[1] The Fairford church’s windows, like those of many other mediaeval churches, served an unlettered laity as ‘the people’s illustrated bible’, educating them in their faith, from the creation of Adam and Eve through to the threatening west ‘doom’ window of the Last Judgement. This particular window, then, showing Jesus’s appearance to his mother after his resurrection, was evidence of a well-established tradition of the event, even though it does not appear anywhere in the New Testament descriptions of the appearances of the risen Jesus. I was interested to note that this window did not appear in the Lady Chapel on the north side of the chancel, which depicted Our Lady’s life and assumption, but in the southern, Corpus Christi chapel, among the mysteries surrounding the life and death of her son. Perhaps it was given further special significance by being depicted in this church which is specifically dedicated to his mother, Saint Mary. In my usual way, I thereupon started on a quest to find the history of this discovery, which I had found so surprising. There was quite a bit of evidence to unearth, although it took some ferreting out!  

The Annunciation of the Lord - Sylvia Benert - Mural of Annunciation in a Nunraw Abbey stair well.

Mass Solemnity of the Lord, Tuesday 25th March 2014.

The mural of of the Annunciation by Sylvia Benert at Nunraw is a very apt for today.

At the same time, we remember Sylvia and Mass intention offered for her.

Hoping to visit her at the Exhibition of Paintings.

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Annunciation - Virgin, wholly marvellous

Sylvia Benert  - Mural of Annunciation in a Nunraw Abbey stair well. 

Artist - Sylvia Benert

  

ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Mural by Sylvia Benert Annunciation - Virgin, wholly marvellous Sylvia Benert  - Mural of Annunciation in a Nunraw Abbey stair well.  As this morning, we celebrated the Annunciation, we heard the Hymn of 'Virgn, wholly marvelous', the amazing line, 'Cherubim with fourfold face' astonished me'. Gabriel is centre role in the Annunciation but we can recognise all the Angels around Mary. 1 Virgin, wholly marvellous,  Who didst bear God's Son for us,  Worth-less is my tongue and weak  Of thy purity to speak .....

St. Margaret of Scotland by Sylvia Benert

 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs by Sylvia Benert.

January 1, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

January 1, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

Although New Year's Day is not celebrated by the Church, this day has been observed as a holy day of obligation since early times due to the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Each family and country has different traditional foods to eat on New Year's Day, with lentils being the main superstition: ill luck befalling those who do not eat lentils at the beginning of the year.

New Year's is a day of traditional hospitality, visiting and good cheer, mostly with a secular view, but there is no reason that this day, too, could not be sanctified in Christ. 

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Office Reading

From a letter by Saint Athanasius, bishop
  (Epist. Ad Epicetum, 5-9; PG 26, 1-58, 1062, 1066)

The Word took our nature from Mary   

  The Apostle tells us: The Word took to himself the sons of Abraham, and so had to be like his brothers in all things. He had then to take a body like ours. This explains the fact of Mary’s presence: she is to provide him with a body of his own, to be offered for our sake. Scripture records her giving birth, and says: She wrapped him in swaddling clothes. Her breasts, which fed him, were called blessed. Sacrifice was offered because the child was her firstborn. Gabriel used careful and prudent language when he announced his birth. He did not speak of “what will be born in you” to avoid the impression that a body would be introduced into her womb from outside; he spoke of “what will be born from you” so that we might know by faith that her child originated within her and from her.

By taking our nature and offering it in sacrifice, the Word was to destroy it completely and then invest it with his own nature, and so prompt the Apostle to say: This corruptible body must put on incorruption; this mortal body must put on immortality.

This was not done in outward show only, as some have imagined. This is not so. Our Savior truly became man, and from this has followed the salvation of man as a whole. Our salvation is in no way fictitious, nor does it apply only to the body. The salvation of the whole man, that is, of soul and body, has really been achieved in the Word himself.

What was born of Mary was therefore human by nature, in accordance with the inspired Scriptures, and the body of the Lord was a true body: It was a true body because it was the same as ours. Mary, you see, is our sister, for we are all born from Adam.

The words of Saint John: The Word was made flesh, bear the same meaning, as we may see from a similar turn of phrase in Saint Paul: Christ was made a curse for our sake. Man’s body has acquired something great through its communion and union with the Word. From being mortal it has been made immortal; though it was a living body it has become a spiritual one; though it was made from the earth it has passed through the gates of heaven.

Even when the Word takes a body from Mary, the Trinity remains a Trinity, with neither increase nor decrease. It is for ever perfect. In the Trinity we acknowledge one Godhead, and thus one God, the Father of the Word, is proclaimed in the Church.

RESPONSORY

O pure and holy Virgin,
how can I find words to praise your beauty?
– The highest heavens cannot contain God whom you carried in your womb.

Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

Month of the Immaculate Conception

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On Mary's Immaculate Conception
Mary's First Plenitude of Grace

Taken from THE MOTHER OF THE SAVIOR
Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, 1948
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Month of the Holy Rosary

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----- Forwarded Message -----Holy Rosary and Sr. Teresa

Mary, hand to hand

Dear Father Donald,

Here I am again up to the feast of St. Teresa and the month of the Holy Rosary. The Rosary was always so much part of our upbringing in the family

 . . .

Best wishes - Sr. Teresa

Month of the Holy Rosary

October, 2013 - Overview for the Month

The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7. October falls during the liturgical season known as Ordinary Time, which is represented by the liturgical color green.

The Holy Father's Intentions for the Month of October 2013

Pope's motto, Miserando atque Eligendo [By Having Mercy and by Choosing Him]

General: That those feeling so crushed by life that they wish to end it may sense the nearness of God's love.

Missionary: That the celebration of World Mission Day may help all Christians realize that we are not only receivers but proclaimers of God's word. (See also www.apostleshipofprayer.net)

Feasts for October

The feasts on the General Roman Calendar celebrated during the month of October are:

1. Therese of the Child Jesus, Memorial
2. Guardian Angels, Memorial
4. Francis of Assisi, Memorial
5. Faustina Kowalska, virgin, Opt. Mem.
6. Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
7. Our Lady of the Rosary, Memorial
13. Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
14. Callistus I, Opt. Mem.
15. Teresa of Jesus, Memorial
16. Hedwig; Margaret Mary Alacoque, Opt. Mem.
17. Ignatius of Antioch, Memorial
18. Luke, Feast
19. Isaac Jogues, John de Brébeuf and companions (USA), Memorial
20. Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
23. John of Capistrano, Opt. Mem.
24. Anthony Claret, Opt. Mem.
27. Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
28. Simon and Jude, Feast

Focus of the Liturgy

All the Gospels for the Sundays in October 2013 are taken from Year C, Cycle 1, the Gospel of St. Luke.

October 6th - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time	Our Lord compares faith to a mustard seed.
October 13th - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time	This Gospel tells the story of the ten lepers Jesus healed.
October 20th - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time	The Gospel tells the parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge.
October 27th - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time	The Gospel tells the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector.

Highlights of the Month

During October, as in all of Ordinary Time (formerly known as Time After Pentecost), the Liturgy does not focus on one particular mystery of Christ, but views the mystery of Christ in all its aspects. We follow the life of Christ through the Gospels, and focus on the teachings and parables of Jesus and what it means for each of us to be a follower of Christ. During Ordinary Time we can concentrate more on the saints and imitate their holiness as Christ's followers.

This month the main liturgical feasts are St. Thérèse (October 1), Guardian Angels (October 2), St. Francis of Assisi (October 4), St. Faustina (October 5), Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7), St. Teresa of Jesus (October 15), St. Hedwig and St. Margaret Mary(October 16), St. Ignatius of Antioch (October 17), St. Luke (October 18), St. Isaac Jogues, St. John de Brébeuf and Companions (October 19), St. Anthony Mary Claret (October 24) andSts. Simon and Jude (October 28).

The feasts of St. Bruno (October 6) and St. Paul of the Cross (October 20) are superseded by the Sunday liturgy.

The Glories of Mary

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The Name of Mary, Thursday 12 September 2013

The Most Holy Name of Mary
(Optional memorial)  

Santissimo Nome di Maria 

 

        St. Bernard says and we say with him: "Look to the star of the sea, call upon Mary... in danger, in distress, in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. May her name never be far from your lips, or far from your heart... If you follow her, you will not stray; if you pray to her, you will not despair; if you turn your thoughts to her, you will not err. If she holds you, you will not fall; if she protects you, you need not fear; if she is your guide, you will not tire; if she is gracious to you, you will surely reach your destination."
(Pope Benedict XVI address at Heiligenkreuz Abbey, September 9, 2007)

Collect
Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, for all who celebrate the glorious Name
of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
she may obtain your merciful favor.
Though our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464a.htm    

The Name of Mary

The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.
The Hebrew form of her name is miryam denoting in the Old Testament only the sister of Moses. In 1 Chronicles 4:17, the Massoretic text applies the same name to a son of Jalon, but, as the Septuagint version transcribes this name as Maron, we must infer that the orthography of the Hebrew text has been altered by the transcribers. The same version renders miryam by Marian, a form analogous to the Syriac and Aramaic word Maryam. In the New Testament the name of the Virgin Mary is always Mariam, excepting in the Vatican Codex and the Codex Bezae followed by a few critics who read Mariain Luke 2:19. Possibly the Evangelists kept the archaic form of the name for the Blessed Virgin, so as to distinguish her from the other women who bore the same name. The Vulgate renders the name byMaria, both in the Old Testament and the New; Josephus (Ant. Jud., II, ix, 4) changes the name to Mariamme.

 

Saturday of Our Lady 7 Sept. 2013

http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/335/Mary_and_the_Church__Isaac_of_Stella.html

Mary and the Church Isaac of Stella This excerpt from a sermon of Blessed Isaac of Stella (Sermo 51: PL 194, 1862-1865) is used in the Roman Catholic Office of Readings for Saturday of the Second Week of Advent with the accompanying biblical reading being taken from Isaiah 29:1-8).

7 Sept. 2013 Saturday of Our Lady

A Reading about Mary and the Church, and the Soul,
from a Sermon by Isaac of Stella.

The Son of God is the first-born of many brothers.

Although by nature he is the only-begotten, by grace he has joined many to himself and made them one with him.

For to those who receive him he has given the power to become the sons of God.

He became the Son of man and made many men sons of God, uniting them to himself by his love and power, so that they became as one.

In themselves they are many by reason of their human descent, but in him they are one by divine rebirth.

The whole Christ and the unique Christ – the body and the head – are one: one because born of the same God in heaven, and of the same mother on earth.

They are many sons, yet one son. Head and members are one son, yet, many sons.

In the same way, Mary and the Church are one mother, yet more than one mother; one virgin, yet more than one virgin.

Both are mothers, both are virgins.

Each conceives of the same Spirit, without concupiscence.

Each gives birth to a child of God the Father, without sin.

Without any sin, Mary gave birth to Christ the head for the sake of his body.

By the forgiveness of every sin, the Church gave birth to the body, for the sake of its head.

Each is Christ’s mother, but neither gives birth to the whole Christ without the cooperation of the other.

In the inspired Scriptures, what is said in a universal sense of the virgin mother, the Church, is understood in an individual sense of the Virgin Mary.

And what is said in a particular sense of the virgin mother Mary is rightly understood in a general sense of the virgin mother, the Church.

When either is spoken of, the meaning can be understood of both, almost without qualification.

In a way, every Christian is also believed to be a bride of God’s Word, a mother of Christ, his daughter and sister, at once virginal and fruitful.

These words are used in a universal sense of the Church, in a special sense of Mary, in a particular sense of the individual Christian.

They are used by God’s Wisdom in person, the Word of the Father.

This is why Scripture says: I will dwell in the inheritance of the Lord.

The Lord’s inheritance is, in a general sense, the Church; in a special sense, Mary; in an individual sense, the Christian.

Christ dwelt for nine months in the tabernacle of Mary’s womb.

He dwells until the end of the ages in the tabernacle of the Church’s faith.

He will dwell forever in the knowledge and love of each faithful soul.

Isaac of Stella (1100-1169): Sermon 51: PL 194, 1862-1863.1865 from the Office of Readings for Saturday of the Second  Week of Advent @ Crossroads Initiative.

Isaac of Stella. The ecclesiology of Isaac has its roots in the theology of Saint Augustine. He sees the mystery of Christ as dynamic and ever present today, for the mysteries of Christ's life are continued in the mystery of the Church. The divine motherhood of Mary may be compared with the motherhood of the Church.

[Alternative Translation by Lancelot C. Sheppard in Henri de Lubac, S.J. Catholicism, London 1950, 249-260].