Hundreds flocked to Valletta on Friday afternoon to participate in a national pilgrimage led by Archbishop Charles Scicluna.
The national pilgrimage started at the Ta’ Ġieżu Church at 6pm and passed through various streets of Valletta. It will conclude with an episcopal blessing by the Archbishop. It is being organised by the Archconfraternity of the Holy Cross with the collaboration of the Franciscan friars of Valletta and the Archdiocese of Malta.
On Friday, Archbishop Scicluna called on believers to take a clear position in favour of life and against the culture of death on Friday.
Celebrating Mass on Our Lady of Sorrows at Ta’ Ġieżu Church in Valletta on Friday, the Archbishop said “today at the feet of our Lady of Sorrows, I ask for the true liberation of our country: liberation from the culture of death, which despises life from the very start and does not care about death at the end; and at times not even in between.”
“We would be fools if we gave in to a culture that no longer considers the unborn child. That revels in tearing our children to pieces. This is being done in the name of progress, in the name of health. Killing a person, without saying that it is a person so we don’t get into the legal discussion, a living being torn to pieces in the name of protecting someone’s health.”
He warned that “we can hold as many processions as we want for Our Lady of Sorrows, but our choices must be clear, they must be clearly in favour of life, and against the culture of death. Because otherwise our devotion will be a shell, but inside everything is rotten.”
While asking on the congregation to reflect on the true meaning of the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, Archbishop Scicluna said “today we should keep in mind the mothers who are suffering for the loss of their children in Ukraine, on both sides of the conflict. Hundreds of young people killed, in a senseless war driven by greed.”
Source: Newsbook.com.mt