On Saturday 26th November, the First Sunday of Advent, Bishop Mario Grech bestowed the Ministry of the Acolyte to Seminarian Joseph Hili, who hails from Xaghra parish. The Seminary community and relatives and friends of the seminarian attended this ceremony, held at Xewkija. During the homily, Mgr Grech urged Joseph to instil in himself the strength of the prophet who sees light where there is darkness; restores what seems to be utterly destroyed; marks the seed of life in an expanding desert; spreads peace and unity wherever there is war and division, since the prophet sees through the eyes of God.
The rite of the bestowal of the Ministry of the Acolyte followed the homily. Joseph was given the patena with bread and the chalice with wine. As an acolyte Joseph can now distribute the Eucharist to the faithful in church and to the sick at their homes, and he can expose the Blessed Sacrament for Adoration.
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