L-ISTATWA TAL-MADONNA TAL-ISTENNIJA --- THE STATUE OF OUR LADY, THE EXPECTANT VIRGIN MOTHER

        

The Statue at Parish Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in St Paul's Bay Malta 

 A PILGRIMAGE IS ORGANIZED ON SATURDAY EVENING OF THE SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT - vigil to the third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday

PELLEGRINAĠĠ JIĠI ORGANIZZAT IS-SIBT FILGĦAXIJA TAT-TIENI ĠIMGĦA TAL-AVVENT - vġili tat-tielet Ħadd tal-Avvent, il-Ħadd tal-Gaudete

 

 

 

 

OMELIJA minn Mons. Frans Abdilla fil-Quddiesa Solenni lill-Madonna tal-Istennija - 11 ta' Diċ, 2021.

Mill-Video tal-Quddiesa fil-Facebook --- https://www.facebook.com/ParroccaMari... --- https://fb.watch/9QOHU_9r1b/ --- Il-MADONNA TAL-ISTENNIJA hija Festa Parrokkjali fil-Paroċċa ta' Marija Addolorata, f'San Pawl il-Baħar, Malta. Tiġi ċċelebrata s-Sibt filgħaxija, vġili tat-Tielet Ħadd tal-Avvent jgħidulu Il-Ħadd tal-Gaudete, li tfisser Ifirħu.

This is the work of Maltese iconographer Fr. Nathanael Theuma

Transfigured Beauty - Sacred Art by Fr Nathanael Theuma  

https://www.facebook.com/bellezzatrasfigurata

 

 

Ave Maria - Verbum Panis

 

Ave Maria, Ave.
Ave Maria, Ave.

Donna dell'attesa e madre di speranza
Ora pro nobis.
Donna del sorriso e madre del silenzio
Ora pro nobis.

Donna di frontiera e madre dell'ardore
Ora pro nobis.
Donna del riposo e madre del sentiero
Ora pro nobis.

Ave Maria, Ave.
Ave Maria, Ave.

Donna del deserto e madre del respiro
Ora pro nobis.
Donna della sera e madre del ricordo
Ora pro nobis.

Donna del presente e madre del ritorno
Ora pro nobis.
Donna della terra e madre dell'amore
Ora pro nobis.

Ave Maria, Ave.
Ave Maria, Ave.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wara l-pellegrinagg tal-Madonna tal-Istennija, ikun hemm il-Barka Sagramentali.

 

 

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THE SKY --- ISAIAH 40:25-31 - ISAIJA 40:25-31

The Sky  


Isaiah 40:25-31

‘To whom could you liken me

and who could be my equal?’ says the Holy One.

Lift your eyes and look.

Who made these stars

if not he who drills them like an army,

calling each one by name?

So mighty is his power, so great his strength,

that not one fails to answer.

How can you say, Jacob,

how can you insist, Israel,

‘My destiny is hidden from the Lord,

my rights are ignored by my God’?

Did you not know?

Had you not heard?

The Lord is an everlasting God,

he created the boundaries of the earth.

He does not grow tired or weary,

his understanding is beyond fathoming.

He gives strength to the wearied,

he strengthens the powerless.

Young men may grow tired and weary,

youths may stumble,

but those who hope in the Lord renew their strength,

they put out wings like eagles.

They run and do not grow weary,

walk and never tire.

 

 

ISAIJA 40:25-31

 

[Is:40:25] "Ma' min ixxebbhuni jew tqabbluni?"

jistaqsi l-Qaddis.

[Is:40:26] Erfgħu għajnejkom 'il fuq u araw:

min ħalaqhom dawn il-ħlejjaq kollha?

Imexxi u jgħodd l-eżerċti tiegħu,

u jsejjħilhom b'isimhom wieħed wieħed.

Bis-saħħa ta' qawwietu,

bil-qawwa ta' setegħtu,

ħadd minnhom ma jonqos.

[Is:40:27] Għaliex titkellem Ġakobb,

u int, Iżrael, tgħid:

"Triqti moħbija mill-Mulej,

u mwarrab il-jedd tiegħi minn Alla?"

[Is:40:28] Jaqaw ma tafx, lanqas ma smajt,

"Il-Mulej hu Alla ta' dejjem,

il-ħallieq ta' truf l-art?"

Ma jegħja qatt, u ma jinkeddx,

l-għerf tiegħu ma ssibx tarfu.

[Is:40:29] Hu li jagħti l-qawwa lill-għajjien,

u jkattar il-qawwa lil min hu bla saħħa.

[Is:40:30] Jintelqu ż-żgħażagħ u jegħjew,

fl-aħjar tagħhom jogħtru l-irġiel.

[Is:40:31] Imma dawk li jittamaw fil-Mulej jieħdu saħħithom,

itellgħu l-ġwienaħ bħall-ajkli,

jiġru bla ma jegħjew,

jimxu bla ma jintelqu.

 

The Fourth Cup and Lamb of God --- & --- Holy Week Passover Seder connects Catholics to the Last Supper, Jews





 

 



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Holy Week Passover Seder connects Catholics to the Last Supper, Jews

Holy Week Passover Seder connects Catholics to the Last Supper, Jews - Living Faith - Home & Family - News - Catholic Online

Passover refers to God's deliverance of the Jews from slavery in Egypt as described in the Old Testament Book of Exodus (12:13). On the eve of the first day of Passover, Jewish families gather in their homes to celebrate a meal and prayer service called the Passover Seder.

The connection to Christianity's defining event is evident. When Catholics gather to commemorate the passion, death and resurrection of Christ, the celebration begins by recalling Christ and his Apostles at the Last Supper, which was a Passover Seder meal. ...

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The Passover Meal: A Ritual for Christian Home

Library : The Passover Meal: A Ritual for Christian Home | Catholic Culture

The Passover meal carried on the learning tradition established by God through Moses when he commanded his people to commemorate his loving kindness towards them in the Exodus. "And when your children ask you, 'What does this ritual mean?', you will tell them, 'It is the sacrifice of the Passover in honour of Yahweh who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, and struck Egypt but spared our houses" (Exodus 12, 27).

The Jews were directed by Moses to gather in family and neighbourly clusters to eat and recall together, "And on that day you will explain to your son, 'This is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt' " (Exodus 13, 8). The lesson of God's freeing the Israelites from slavery was to be taught in the fullness of both intellectual knowledge and the warmth of the heart surrounded by loved ones, family and friends. ...

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The booklet (on the left is in Maltese adapted from Meyer Levin's, on the right ) that recounts the Story of the Exodus, is given to every participant to follow step by step during the Passover meal

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            "I AM"

 

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THE HYSSOP

MARKING THE FRONT DOOR WITH THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB

 

 

THE PASSOVER MEAL 

 

...EATING STANDING UP, PREPARED TO LEAVE 

 

 

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 GATHERING "MANNA" IN THE DESERT

  

 

http://www.the4thcup.com/

THE LAST PASSOVER MEAL WITH JESUS

"DO THIS IN REMEMRANCE OF ME"

...THE SERVING MASTER

"DO THIS IN REMEMRANCE OF ME"

 

  

 

SINGING PSALMS before leaving to the garden of Gethsemane



 

 



"Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will." Mark 14: 36

JESUS CHRIST, GOD, IN THE HUMBLE NATURE OF MAN, WHO WENT THROUGH ALL THE SORROWFUL PASSION, ...for our redemption



Photo during our Prayer Group's Passover Meal

 



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ALSO...

https://stpaulcenter.com/media/audio/the-fourth-cup

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Magnificat Advent Retreat 2014 --- THE KINGDOM OF GOD (Fr. Hayden Williams OFM Cap) --- Luke 1:30-33



Luke 1:30-33

 

Luke 1:30-33New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
³⁰ Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. ³¹ Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. ³² He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,^[a] and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, ³³ and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
 



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