Our Eucharistic Mission

Our Hope and Our Strength comes from contemplating Christ in the Eucharistic Presence with the eyes of Mary.

She was the closest person to him even as he ascended the Mount of Calvary to be crucified for the Salvation of Humankind.

Jesus Christ did not leave us "Orphans" but gave himself to us as a Perpetual Presence in the Eucharist.

It is this Faith that spurs Christians on because we know that the Eucharist builds the Church and the Church makes the Eucharist.

Whenever We take part in the Eucharistic Sacrifice we become profoundly aware of the Universality of Redemption and consequently the Urgency of the Mission of Jesus Christ to make his love known to all Men.

In fact, anyone who has encountered Christ in the Eucharist proclaims by his life the Merciful Love of the Redeemer. By the same token then, living the Eucharistic Life urges us to spend time before the Blessed Sacrament -- The Sacramental Presence of Christ.

That We may cherish the Presence of Christ in our midst and strive to make him known to those who have never known him we turn our gaze to Mary -- The Woman of the Eucharist.

We need to listen to her wise words -- Do whatever he tells you.

Only through this we can become New Wine In the Kingdom of Christ.

Credits : The Eucharist and the Mission of the Church
               By Antoine Tetta
               Pages 18-19
               Don Bosco's Madonna, Mumbai
               October 2008
               Vol - 10, N0 -6 

Maltese Catholicism

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 

Holy Week 2018 -- Jesus Christ Faced Terrible Evil

As, We enter Holy Week in 2018 I believe that we should discuss the "Issue Of Betrayal".

To Discuss The Issue of Betrayal -- it is necessary to discuss the Issue Of Trust.

Human Lives live solely on Trust.

We learn about trust in our Families and Communities where we live.

Betrayal does not happen suddenly and without warning. There are warning signs that accompany the Ultimate Act Of Betrayal.

One cannot prove absolutely that a certain person can be trusted or is to be trusted. We learn about Trust through a Person's Faithfulness.

Faith in the Eternal Father is experienced by reaching out in acts of Prayer or by just risking our lives out of love for another person.

The Faith of Jesus Christ was tested to the hilt, in His Terrible Betrayal, in being handed over to the "Executioners" of His Day and ultimately in crying out in agony from the Wood of the Cross -- "My God, My God, Why have You forsaken me -- Why have you left me to die ??

Jesus Christ, after that Cry of  Agony was totally obedient to the will of the Eternal Father in His Earthly Life.

His Passion begins as soon as he is betrayed when Judas, one of the "Go To Men" of the Apostles is a "Prominent Leader" with regard to the seizure of Jesus Christ in the lovely "Garden of Gethsemane".

Jesus must have well known the words of a Prominent Psalmist : "My Friend who I trusted has lifted His Heel against Me".

It must be remembered here that the previous evening -- namely on Maundy Thursday : Jesus, while sitting with His Disciples took Simple Bread and Wine and while breaking it and sharing it with His "Inner Circle of Friends" identified them as His "Precious Body and Precious Blood -- His Authentic Life to be shared with them.

Thus, We can say with some confidence that the Holy Eucharist which is the "Life of the Church" is instituted in the midst of betrayal happening very soon to the Lord.

The Catholic Church obeys the commands of Jesus Christ to share his life with all on the very night he was betrayed.

His Life as it was then and as it is now is shared among all people regardless of Race, Origin, Sex, etc.

Jesus Christ shares His Life with us who still betray Him by Succumbing to the Pleasures of a Pagan World.

Inspite, of all this He draws us to His Merciful Heart full of love and mercy.

This is "True Communion" with Jesus to the nth degree.

Credits : Trust By Father Ian Doulton S.D.B.
               Page 3
               Don Bosco's Madonna, Mumbai
               March 2015
               Vol - 16, N0-11

Note : Holy Week 2018 commences on the 25th of March -- Palm Sunday and ends on Holy Saturday -- The 31st of March.

Lent 2018 -- From Dust To Glory

I thought it was fitting to post this article today as we are only two weeks away from the Solemn Liturgical Season of Lent.

Lent is a Season that begins in Ashes and ultimately ends up in a "Colossal Fire" set up by God Himself.

It begins with Ash Wednesday and culminates in the kindling of a "Unique Fire" at the awesome Vigil of Easter.

We can also say that it has the marks of "Penitence" written all over it and ends with the great promise of Human Redemption.

It commences with the Ashes of Mortality and ends with the light of Life Eternal.

Our Lenten Practices from Ashes To Fire is a sign of the Eternal Father's creating and redeeming grace that takes us "Heaven Ward" and opens us to "New Life" like we have never seen before.

Our Great Disciplines during Lent like Prayer, Fasting, and Self - Denial as well as Alms Giving are "Paths" for us to clear our Minds and Hearts so that God's Everlasting Grace may kindle Ashes into Fire in us.

To sum it up, Lent is a Great Teacher that shows us that God can warm the most "Icy" Hearts into a Fire.

Credits :

Ashes and Fire By Father Ian Doulton S.D.B.
Page 3
Don Bosco's Madonna, Mumbai
March 2016
Vol- 17, N0- 11

2018 -- A Year Full Of Promises and Blessings

We begin the New Year 2018 by fixing our gaze on the Face Of the Eternal Father who is revealed in the Child of Bethlehem and on his Mother Mary who was an Instrument in the Plan of Salvation.

How grateful We should be that We will not be walking in this New Year alone, we will be in the company of the Mother of God specially on the 1st of January which is a grand solemnity in the Catholic Church.

We would do well to take the Hand of Mother Mary and allow her to walk with us through the Joyful and Pleasant Moments of 2018.

Mother Mary is always ready to help and she constantly speaks softly to us -- Do Whatever My Son, Tells You.

She actively tells us in various ways that we should not get seduced or swayed by Know It All's or by Ignoramuses on Television Talk Shows.

The Secret of Having a Great 2018 is to actively participate in the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ Day In and Day out and Every Sunday where we are blessed a hundred fold by the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

Let us begin 2018 positively by taking Mary's Hand and facing any hurdle that is not impossible to overcome with God's Help.

Mother Mary is waiting for us on the 31st of December 2017 with open arms beckoning all her children to come to her no matter whatever their Sin Or Omission in Life.

Heaven On Earth This Christmas

Contemplate The Sacramental State In Which Jesus has placed himself for Love Of You.

He is as Poor in the Eucharist as He was in Bethlehem and Poorer Still ........

Just see and watch how faithful He is in the Divine Host.

He obeys every Human Being even his enemies -- promptly and meekly.

We should marvel at his Humility.

It is not difficult to find a connectedness between the Birth of Jesus in the stable and His Sacramental Birth On The Altar And In Our Hearts. 

By a Continuing Miracle, His Love For us makes Him Our Prisoner.

He has bound himself to the end of time in His Eucharistic Prison, which is "Our Heaven On Earth".

We must unite our thanksgiving to that of the Blessed Mother and say like Her :

O Jesus Hostia, How Good, How Loving, How Adorable You Are !!!!!!!!

Credits : Come To Me In The Blessed Sacrament
               Eucharistic Holy Hour 7
               A Taste Of Heaven
               Pages 167 and 176
               By Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament
               Year 1997

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