{"id":32243,"date":"2018-12-04T10:36:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T10:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=32243"},"modified":"2018-12-04T11:04:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T11:04:54","slug":"advent-a-moment-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/12\/04\/advent-a-moment-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"ADVENT: A MOMENT OF HOPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ADVENT: A MOMENT OF HOPE<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As Christians prepare for the coming of the newborn King at Christmas, Pope Francis has invited all to a vigilant commitment, \u201clooking outside ourselves, expanding our minds and hearts\u201d to the needs of others, to the many people tormented by hunger, injustice and war; to the needs of the poor, of the weak, of the abandoned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This time, the Pope said, is appropriate to open our hearts, to ask us concrete questions on how and for whom we spend our life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Holy Father emphasized on Sunday 2<sup>nd<\/sup> December before the Angelus Prayer that there is an urgent need to come out of a resigned and habitual way of life and nourish hopes and dreams for a new future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Marking the beginning of Advent as \u201ca moment of hope,\u201d Pope Francis prayed for \u201cmartyred\u201d Syria, particularly sharing a sign of hope with the children of the beleaguered country, at war for more than eight years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Pope also said that he wanted the \u201cflame of hope\u201d to reach all those who suffer in these days \u201cconflicts and tensions in different parts of the world, near and far.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the spirit of Advent, Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) will be having a day of recollection\u00a0on Friday, 7th December 2018 at the Good Shepherd Church, Balzan from noon till 4.00pm.\u00a0There will be Mass at 12.30pm which will be followed by reflections to be delivered by Rev. 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