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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - N° 20
DATE 29-01-2013
Summary:
- LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED BY POPE: FEBRUARY–MARCH
- PRESENTATION OF PAPAL MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
- VIA CRUCIS: MEDITATIONS TO RECALL MIDDLE EAST
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED BY POPE: FEBRUARY–MARCH
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – The Office of Liturgical
Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has published the calendar of celebrations
that are due to be presided by the Holy Father in February and March.
FEBRUARY
Saturday 2: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the World Day of
Consecrated Life. At 5:30pm in the Vatican Basilica: Mass with members of
institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life.
Monday 11: At 11:00am in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace:
Ordinary public consistory for several causes for canonisation.
Wednesday 13: Ash Wednesday. At 4:30pm in the Basilica of Sant'Anselmo:
"statio" and penitential procession. At 5:00pm in the Basilica of Santa
Sabina: blessing and imposition of ashes.
Sunday 17: First Sunday of Lent. At 6:00pm in the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel
of the Vatican Apostolic Palace: beginning of the spiritual exercises of the
Roman Curia.
Saturday 23: At 9:00am in the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel: conclusion of the
spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia.
MARCH
Sunday 24: Palm Sunday and the Passion of the Lord. At 9:30am in St. Peter's
Square: blessing of palms, procession, and Mass.
Thursday 28: Holy Thursday. At 5:30pm in the Basilica of St. John Lateran:
beginning of the Easter Triduum with the Mass of the Last Supper.
Friday 29: Good Friday. At 5:00pm in the Vatican Basilica: celebration of the
Lord's Passion. At 9:15pm at the Colosseum: Way of the Cross.
Saturday 30: Holy Saturday. At 8:30pm in the Vatican Basilica: Easter vigil.
Sunday 31: Easter Sunday. At 10:15am in St. Peter's Square: Mass. At midday,
from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica: "Urbi et Orbi" blessing.
___________________________________________________________
PRESENTATION OF PAPAL MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – This morning, in the John Paul II
Hall of the Holy See Press Office, a press conference was held to present the
Holy Father's message for the 21st World Day of the Sick (7–11 February)
and the
celebrations for the Day that will take place in Altotting, Bavaria, Germany.
Participating in the press conference were: Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski,
president of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care
Workers along with Msgr.
Jean-Marie Mate Musivi Mupendawatu and Fr. Augusto Chendi, M.I., respectively
secretary and under-secretary of that same dicastery; Msgr. Ludwig Limbrunner,
rector of the shrine to Our Lady of Altotting, Bavaria, Germany; and Rev.
Janusz Surzykiewicz,
professor of pastoral theology at the Catholic University of Eichstatt in
Bavaria, Germany. The Message is entitled:"Go and Do Likewise".
This Day, Archbishop Zimowski explained, is "a unique moment of reflection, of
renewed attention and commitment, on behalf of everyone, to all to the
problems inherent to caring for life, health, and suffering. In particular,
the Holy Father …
emphasizes that its celebration should be strongly characterized by prayer,
sharing, and offering up suffering for the good of the Church, as well as
serving as a call so that everyone might recognize, in the face of their sick
brother or sister, the
face of Christ who, suffering, dying, and rising, saved humanity."
The Pope's text challenges us "to let the figure of the Good Samaritan call to
us". It is a Gospel narrative that constitutes a "parable that is paradigmatic
and ever-topical for all of the Church's action, especially her outreach in
the area of health,
disease, and suffering." In the story "Jesus, with his actions and words,
reveals God's deep love for every human being, above all those suffering
illness or pain." The Pope, however, "puts the emphasis on the end of the
parable when Jesus ... concludes
with an urgent mandate: 'Go and do likewise'."
"This is," the archbishop continued, "an incisive mandate because with these
words Jesus shows us what, even today, the attitude and behaviour of His
disciples with others, especially those in need of care, must be. Looking to
how Christ acted,
therefore, we can understand God's infinite love, can feel ourselves to be
part of this love, and sent to show it with our care and our closeness to all
those in need of help because of being wounded in body and in spirit. But this
capacity to love
cannot come solely from our efforts, but rather is born of our being in
constant relationship with Christ through a life of faith. From this stems the
call and the duty of each Christian to be a 'Good Samaritan', who ... is
everyone who stops at the
suffering of another, everyone who is sensitive to the suffering of others,
everyone who is moved by the misfortunes of others, everyone who wants to try
and be 'God's hands'."
"Before concluding his message, the Holy Father pointed out the Year of Faith
as 'a propitious occasion for rediscovering the Good Samaritan and of living
in imitation of him': in imitation of his knowing how 'to see with compassion'
and love someone
who needed care and assistance; in his knowing how to bend down and pick up
the needs of others'. ...This is why it is useful to 'turn our gaze' to the
many witnesses to the faith and their charitable self-giving. It can be said
that the entire history
of the Church … is marked by countless witnesses. The Pope indicates
some of those who are closest to us in time: St. Therese of the Child Jesus
and the Holy Face; the venerable Luigi Novarese; Raoul Follereau; Blessed
Teresa of Calcutta; and St.
Anna Schaffer of Mindelstetten."
"Blessed John Paul II, in the section of his Apostolic Letter Salvifici
Doloris referencing the Good Samaritan, wrote: 'At one and the same time
Christ has taught man to do good by His suffering and to do good to those who
suffer. In this double aspect
He has completely revealed the meaning of suffering.' In naming five Good
Samaritans who are close to us in history, Benedict XVI takes into
consideration both dimensions: St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy
Face and St. Anna Schaffer do good
out of their own suffering while the other three witnesses do good for those
who are suffering."
___________________________________________________________
VIA CRUCIS: MEDITATIONS TO RECALL MIDDLE EAST
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – Recalling his trip to Lebanon and
inviting the whole Church to remember the problems of and the Christian
communities in the Middle East in their prayers, the Holy Father has
invited?through his cardinal
secretary of state?His Beatitude Bechara Boutros Rai, O.M.M., Patriarch of
Antioch of the Maronites, to prepare the texts for the Via Crucis on Good
Friday at the Colosseum. Under the guidance of the Patriarch, the texts will
be prepared by two young
Lebanese and will follow the traditional pattern of the fourteen stations.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father appointed
Bishop Alexander King Sample as archbishop of the archdiocese of Portland
(area 76,937, population 3,296,705, Catholics 412,725, priests 300, permanent
deacons 72, religious
653), Oregon, USA. Bishop Sample, previously bishop of Marquette, Michigan,
USA, was born in Kalispell, Montana, USA, in 1960, was ordained to the
priesthood in 1990, and received episcopal ordination in 2006. In the national
bishops' conference he
currently serves on the Subcommittees on Native American Catholics and on the
Catechism. He is also vice-postulator for the cause for canonisation of
Venerable Frederic Baraga, first bishop of the Diocese of Marquette. He
succeeds Archbishop John George
Vlazny, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the
Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews130129
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - N° 20DATE 29-01-2013
Summary: - LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS TO BE
PRESIDED BY POPE:
FEBRUARY–MARCH - PRESENTATION OF PAPAL MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY OF
THE SICK - VIA CRUCIS: MEDITATIONS TO RECALL MIDDLE EAST - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED BY POPE: FEBRUARY–MARCH
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – The Office of Liturgical
Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has published the calendar of celebrations
that are due to be presided by the Holy Father in February and March.
FEBRUARY
Saturday 2: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the World Day of
Consecrated Life. At 5:30pm in the Vatican Basilica: Mass with members of
institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life.
Monday 11: At 11:00am in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic
Palace: Ordinary public consistory for several causes for canonisation.
Wednesday 13: Ash Wednesday. At 4:30pm in the Basilica of Sant'Anselmo:
"statio" and penitential procession. At 5:00pm in the Basilica of Santa
Sabina: blessing and imposition of ashes.
Sunday 17: First Sunday of Lent. At 6:00pm in the "Redemptoris Mater"
Chapel of the Vatican Apostolic Palace: beginning of the spiritual exercises
of the Roman Curia.
Saturday 23: At 9:00am in the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel: conclusion of the
spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia.
MARCH
Sunday 24: Palm Sunday and the Passion of the Lord. At 9:30am in St.
Peter's Square: blessing of palms, procession, and Mass.
Thursday 28: Holy Thursday. At 5:30pm in the Basilica of St. John Lateran:
beginning of the Easter Triduum with the Mass of the Last Supper.
Friday 29: Good Friday. At 5:00pm in the Vatican Basilica: celebration of
the Lord's Passion. At 9:15pm at the Colosseum: Way of the Cross.
Saturday 30: Holy Saturday. At 8:30pm in the Vatican Basilica: Easter
vigil.
Sunday 31: Easter Sunday. At 10:15am in St. Peter's Square: Mass. At
midday, from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica: "Urbi et Orbi"
blessing.
PRESENTATION OF PAPAL MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – This morning, in the John Paul
II Hall of the Holy See Press Office, a press conference was held to present
the Holy Father's message for the 21st World Day of the Sick (7–11
February) and the
celebrations for the Day that will take place in Altotting, Bavaria, Germany.
Participating in the press conference were: Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski,
president of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care
Workers along with Msgr.
Jean-Marie Mate Musivi Mupendawatu and Fr. Augusto Chendi, M.I., respectively
secretary and under-secretary of that same dicastery; Msgr. Ludwig Limbrunner,
rector of the shrine to Our Lady of Altotting, Bavaria, Germany; and Rev.
Janusz Surzykiewicz,
professor of pastoral theology at the Catholic University of Eichstatt in
Bavaria, Germany. The Message is entitled:"Go and Do Likewise".
This Day, Archbishop Zimowski explained, is "a unique moment of reflection,
of renewed attention and commitment, on behalf of everyone, to all to the
problems inherent to caring for life, health, and suffering. In particular,
the Holy Father …
emphasizes that its celebration should be strongly characterized by prayer,
sharing, and offering up suffering for the good of the Church, as well as
serving as a call so that everyone might recognize, in the face of their sick
brother or sister, the
face of Christ who, suffering, dying, and rising, saved humanity."
The Pope's text challenges us "to let the figure of the Good Samaritan call
to us". It is a Gospel narrative that constitutes a "parable that is
paradigmatic and ever-topical for all of the Church's action, especially her
outreach in the area of
health, disease, and suffering." In the story "Jesus, with his actions and
words, reveals God's deep love for every human being, above all those
suffering illness or pain." The Pope, however, "puts the emphasis on the end
of the parable when Jesus ...
concludes with an urgent mandate: 'Go and do likewise'."
"This is," the archbishop continued, "an incisive mandate because with
these words Jesus shows us what, even today, the attitude and behaviour of His
disciples with others, especially those in need of care, must be. Looking to
how Christ acted,
therefore, we can understand God's infinite love, can feel ourselves to be
part of this love, and sent to show it with our care and our closeness to all
those in need of help because of being wounded in body and in spirit. But this
capacity to love
cannot come solely from our efforts, but rather is born of our being in
constant relationship with Christ through a life of faith. From this stems the
call and the duty of each Christian to be a 'Good Samaritan', who ... is
everyone who stops at the
suffering of another, everyone who is sensitive to the suffering of others,
everyone who is moved by the misfortunes of others, everyone who wants to try
and be 'God's hands'."
"Before concluding his message, the Holy Father pointed out the Year of
Faith as 'a propitious occasion for rediscovering the Good Samaritan and of
living in imitation of him': in imitation of his knowing how 'to see with
compassion' and love someone
who needed care and assistance; in his knowing how to bend down and pick up
the needs of others'. ...This is why it is useful to 'turn our gaze' to the
many witnesses to the faith and their charitable self-giving. It can be said
that the entire history
of the Church … is marked by countless witnesses. The Pope indicates
some of those who are closest to us in time: St. Therese of the Child Jesus
and the Holy Face; the venerable Luigi Novarese; Raoul Follereau; Blessed
Teresa of Calcutta; and St.
Anna Schaffer of Mindelstetten."
"Blessed John Paul II, in the section of his Apostolic Letter Salvifici
Doloris referencing the Good Samaritan, wrote: 'At one and the same time
Christ has taught man to do good by His suffering and to do good to those who
suffer. In this double
aspect He has completely revealed the meaning of suffering.' In naming five
Good Samaritans who are close to us in history, Benedict XVI takes into
consideration both dimensions: St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy
Face and St. Anna Schaffer do
good out of their own suffering while the other three witnesses do good for
those who are suffering."
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – Recalling his trip to Lebanon
and inviting the whole Church to remember the problems of and the Christian
communities in the Middle East in their prayers, the Holy Father has
invited?through his cardinal
secretary of state?His Beatitude Bechara Boutros Rai, O.M.M., Patriarch of
Antioch of the Maronites, to prepare the texts for the Via Crucis on Good
Friday at the Colosseum. Under the guidance of the Patriarch, the texts will
be prepared by two young
Lebanese and will follow the traditional pattern of the fourteen stations.
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father
appointed Bishop Alexander King Sample as archbishop of the archdiocese of
Portland (area 76,937, population 3,296,705, Catholics 412,725, priests 300,
permanent deacons 72, religious
653), Oregon, USA. Bishop Sample, previously bishop of Marquette, Michigan,
USA, was born in Kalispell, Montana, USA, in 1960, was ordained to the
priesthood in 1990, and received episcopal ordination in 2006. In the national
bishops' conference he
currently serves on the Subcommittees on Native American Catholics and on the
Catechism. He is also vice-postulator for the cause for canonisation of
Venerable Frederic Baraga, first bishop of the Diocese of Marquette. He
succeeds Archbishop John George
Vlazny, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the
Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
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/italinde.php
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