{"id":44092,"date":"2016-02-11T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T10:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/?post_type=en-post&#038;p=44092"},"modified":"2021-09-09T17:01:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:01:53","slug":"bethlehem-the-elderly-of-antonian-charitable-society-celebrate-world-day-of-the-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/en\/bethlehem-the-elderly-of-antonian-charitable-society-celebrate-world-day-of-the-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem: the elderly of Antonian Charitable Society celebrate World Day of the Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u00a0<strong>11 February <\/strong>the\u00a0<strong><b>24th WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 2016<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0is solemnly celebrated in <strong>Nazareth<\/strong>. In the meantime, various celebrations took place in the Holy Land.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday\u00a0His Eminence\u00a0William Shomali, Archbishop of Jerusalem and\u00a0patriarchal vicar, held a\u00a0<strong>solemn mass in Bethlehem<\/strong> in the Church of St. Catherine, together with a representative of the\u00a0Pontifical Council of Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The most <strong>touching moments<\/strong> were the <strong>reading of the Gospel in Syriac<\/strong> by His Eminence\u00a0Boutros Moshe, Bishop of the diocese of\u00a0Mosul, Kurdistan and Kirkuk, and the <strong>anointing of the sick<\/strong>\u00a0with the holy chrism. The focus of\u00a0the homely was the theme of the day: <em><strong>Entrusting Oneself to the Merciful Jesus like Mary: \u201cDo whatever he tells you\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (Jn 2:5).<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s remember the <a href=\"https:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/sick\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150915_giornata-malato.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">message of His Holiness Pope Francis<\/a>:\u00a0<em>\u201cOn this World Day of the Sick let us ask Jesus in his mercy, through the intercession of Mary, his Mother and ours, to grant to all of us this same readiness to be serve those in<b> <\/b>need, and, in particular, our infirm brothers and sisters<\/em>.<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Holy Mass was attended by many people, and especially by the <strong>elderly women of the nursing home of the\u00a0Antonian Charitable Society<\/strong>, together with the members of the <strong>Elderly Club<\/strong> who usually meet on Monday and spend the day together.<\/p>\n<p>After the celebration elderly, sick and poor met at the<strong>\u00a0Casanova Hotel<\/strong>, the guesthouse of the Franciscan\u00a0friars in Bethlehem, to share the joy of a meal offered by Association pro Terra Sancta.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/project\/en\/bethlehem-medical-care-and-support-for-elderly-people\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Help the elderly of Bethlehem!<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u00a011 February the\u00a024th WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 2016\u00a0is solemnly celebrated in Nazareth. 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