Celebrations in honor of St. Mary of Jesus Crucified
The ancient Carmel of Pau, founded in 1852 by the Carmel of Oloron, was under the patronage of the "Sacred Heart of Jesus"; that is why the Pau community wanted to start the celebrations in honor of St. Mary of Jesus Crucified in the evening of the feast of the Sacred Heart.
Fr Laurent Bacho scj, Superior of the community of Pau, has just sent us this note : "At 8.30 pm we sang Vespers, followed by the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; the texts were taken from the writings of St. Mary of Jesus Crucified.
At 10 pm we held a torchlight procession in the courtyard of the house “St Michael" and we remembered the transverberation of the heart of Saint Mary in front of the chapel "O. L. of Mount Carmel”, dating back to May 24, 1868, and at the foot of the cross to show that St Myriam was in intimate communion with the sufferings of Jesus, her Master.
The next day, Saturday, June 4, at 9:30 am we sang the Morning Prayer in the chapel of Saint Michael, followed by confessions introduced by a common examination of conscience, inspired by some thoughts of St. Michael Garicoïts. It consisted of of two parts:
"Thanks" for God's action; "Forgiveness" for the obstacles that have been placed to his action.
At 11:00 am, in the parish church of St. Teresa, there was the Eucharistic celebration presided by Mgr Molères, bishop emeritus of Bayonne.
This celebration was both an opportunity for prayer and an expression of joy with the well-appreciated animation of the "Little Choir of St Michael Garicoïts” open to other singers of the city.
This year too Betharram celebrated Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified in a solemn way.
Photo album of the days: click here.
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