BY FR. JOSELITO JOPSON, Media Director
PASIG CITY - The Diocese of Pasig will join
the Holy Father Pope Francis in an hour of Eucharistic Adoration on June 2,
2013, Sunday, 11 PM at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral.
This is in line with the celebration
of the Year of Faith, which one of the objectives is “to intensify the
celebration of faith in the liturgy, especially in the Eucharist, which is the
summit towards which the activity of the Church is directed and also the source
from which all its power flows” (Porta Fidei, no. 9).
In a letter addressed to the diocesan bishops of the
Philippines including Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara, Archbishop Rino
Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New
Evangelization, informed that Pope Francis will
preside at an hour of Eucharistic Adoration in St. Peter’s Basilica, on Sunday,
June 2, 2013, 5 PM Rome time and 11 PM Philippine time. This activity
shall be in communion with the bishops and with their local diocesan communities
around the world.
“The universal scope of this
moment is to a gesture of spiritual sharing,” the Archbishop explained in his
letter.
“The event will provide many
of the faithful with an opportunity to join with their local bishops and with
the Successor of Peter in the prayer of adoration to Jesus alive in the most
Holy Sacrament of the Altar.”
“Though aware of the concrete
organizational challenges which may arise, most especially due to the
possibility of zones,” Archbishop Rino assured the bishops, “to strive to foster
an enthusiasm among your priests, religious communities, and all of the
faithful to participate in this initiative and to live during the Year of Faith
in accordance with the intention of the Holy Father, a moment of profound
communion with Christ, “the one mediator between God and men.” (1 Tim 2:5)
Meanwhile, in a circular to
parish priests, rectors and chaplains of parishes, shrines, and chaplaincies, Chancellor Fr. Mar Baranda directed the communities “to send fifty delegates from
each parish to join our bishop and the Holy Father in this special event during
the Year of Faith."
Bishop Mylo also communicated to Pope Francis this good news of Pasig Diocese’s involvement in communion
with the Holy Father together with the other dioceses from around the world.
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