Malta is a Catholic Island Country in the Mediterranean.
Devotion to Mother Mary is celebrated with great love.
All year round, before Evening Mass -- The Holy Rosary is prayed followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
On an area of 122 Square Miles there are 376 Catholic Churches, Basilicas, Cathedrals, and Chapels.
Many of these Churches were built in honour of the Blessed Mother.
Seven Of these Churches are dedicated to the Assumption Of the Blessed Mother.
August 15 is a Public Holiday in Malta and a Holy Day of Obligation which is celebrated with a Feast for the Queen of Heaven. Three Days prior to that great day, a Life Size Statue of Our Lady depicting the Assumption is brought out and set on a pedestal in the Church.
This is surrounded with flowers and votive lights burning in front of it.
On the 15th of August, there is a procession with the statue which is carried on a Palanquin on the shoulders of 8 Men. This Procession goes around the streets preceded by Religious Societies praying the Rosary and singing Marian Hymns.
Throughout the ages, The Blessed Mother has helped the Maltese in difficult times and in gratitude Her Feast Days are celebrated with great Pomp and Splendour.
Credits : Trust In Mary
By Doris Azzopardi
Page 29
Don Bosco's Madonna, Mumbai
August 2009
Vol -11, N0-4
Devotion to Mother Mary is celebrated with great love.
All year round, before Evening Mass -- The Holy Rosary is prayed followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
On an area of 122 Square Miles there are 376 Catholic Churches, Basilicas, Cathedrals, and Chapels.
Many of these Churches were built in honour of the Blessed Mother.
Seven Of these Churches are dedicated to the Assumption Of the Blessed Mother.
August 15 is a Public Holiday in Malta and a Holy Day of Obligation which is celebrated with a Feast for the Queen of Heaven. Three Days prior to that great day, a Life Size Statue of Our Lady depicting the Assumption is brought out and set on a pedestal in the Church.
This is surrounded with flowers and votive lights burning in front of it.
On the 15th of August, there is a procession with the statue which is carried on a Palanquin on the shoulders of 8 Men. This Procession goes around the streets preceded by Religious Societies praying the Rosary and singing Marian Hymns.
Throughout the ages, The Blessed Mother has helped the Maltese in difficult times and in gratitude Her Feast Days are celebrated with great Pomp and Splendour.
Credits : Trust In Mary
By Doris Azzopardi
Page 29
Don Bosco's Madonna, Mumbai
August 2009
Vol -11, N0-4
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