Ai Malikah Ásmán kí shádmán ho (Regina Caeli)

Páshká ke waqt se le kar Aqdas Sálús ki ‘Íd tak firishte ke paighám ke bajáe du‘á-e zail paṛhí játí hai. During Paschaltide Regina Caeli is prayed instead of the Angelus.

Leader:            Ai Malikah Ásmán kí shádmán ho                           Hallelujah

Jamá‘at:           is liye ki jis ko tú rahm men rakhne ke láiq húí          Hallelujah

Leader:            wuh jí uṭhá jis tarah us ne kahá thá                           Hallelujah

Jamá‘at:           hamáre wáste Khudá se du‘á kar                             Hallelujah

Leader:            Khush-o-khurram ho ai Kunwárí Mariyam               Hallelujah

Jamá‘at:           kyúnki Khudáwand dar haqíqat jí uṭhá hai                Hallelujah

Ai Khudá tú jo apne Beṭe hamáre Khudáwand Yisú‘ Masíh ke jí uṭhne se duniyá ko khushí bakhshne ke liye mihrban húá ham terí minnat karte hain ki tú yih ‘ináyat kar ki ham us kí wálida Kunwárí  Mariyam kí shafá‘at se abdí zindagí kí khúshnúdí páen usí Yisú‘ Masíh hamáre Khudáwand ke wasile se. Ámín.

Leader:            Jalál Báp aur Beṭe aur Rúhu’l Quds ká ho

Jamá‘at:           jaisá ke ibtidá men thá, ab hai, aur hamesha hogá. Ámín

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Firishte Ká Paighám (The Angelus)

V       Khudáwand ke firishte ne Mariyam ko paighám diyá

R       Aur wuh Rúhu’l Quds kí Qudrat se hámila húí

All     Salám ai Mariyam

          Puṛ fazl Khudáwand tere sáth hai

Tu ‘auraton men mubárak hai

Aur mubárak hai tere peṭ ká phal Yisú‘

Ai muqaddasa Mariyam

Khudá kí mán

Ham gunahgáron ke wáste du‘á kar

          Ab aur hamárí maut ke waqt. Ámín

V       Dekh main Khudá kí bandí hún

R       Jaisá tu ne kahá waisá hí mere liye ho

All     Salám ai Mariyam

          Puṛ fazl Khudáwand tere sáth hai

Tu ‘auraton men mubárak hai

Aur mubárak hai tere peṭ ká phal Yisú‘

Ai muqaddasa Mariyam

Khudá kí mán

Ham gunahgáron ke wáste du‘á kar

          Ab aur hamárí maut ke waqt. Ámín

V       Aur Kalám mujassam húá

R       Aur hamáre darmiyán rahá

All     Salám ai Mariyam

          Puṛ fazl Khudáwand tere sáth hai

Tu ‘auraton men mubárak hai

Aur mubárak hai tere peṭ ká phal Yisú‘

Ai muqaddasa Mariyam

Khudá kí mán

Ham gunahgáron ke wáste du‘á kar

          Ab aur hamárí maut ke waqt. Ámín

V       Ai Khudá kí pák wálida hamáre wáste du‘á kar

R       Táki ham Masíh ke wa‘don ke láiq ban jáen

Ham du‘á mángen

Ai Khudáwand ham tere pas yih du‘á karte hain

ki tu hamáre dilon men apná fazl ḍál de

táki jaisá ham ne firishte ká paighám sunne se

Maísh tere Beṭe ká tajassum pahcháná hai

waisá hí ham us kí musíbaton aur salíb se

jí uṭhne kí ‘azmat men  pahuncháe jaen

Usí Masíh hamáre Khudáwand ke wasíle se

Ámín

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Other Prayers during the month of Mary:

Holy Rosary in Urdu (Roman Script) also available in the Persian Script here

Hail Mary (Firishte Ká Salám) can be found here

You download Firishte Ká Paighám in a PDF format here

Find out about the Angelus here

Night of Witness

Night of Witness
organised by Aid to the Church in need
on the 17 May 2012  at 17:30
Westminster Cathedral
Ambrosden Avenue
London
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Will you join with us and persecuted Christians around the world as we come 'Together in Faith' this May?

Our Night of Witness aims to bring religious freedom to the forefront of public debate and give a voice to millions of suffering Christians around the world.

As attacks against Christians – and Christianity itself – become more prevalent, please help us to give a voice to the persecuted Church.

Taking our lead from Pope Benedict XVI, we are hosting a public witness event at Westminster Cathedral and on the cathedral piazza, to:

• Give a voice to Christians and others persecuted for their faith
• Remind society of the gift of religious liberty
• Call on the government to make religious freedom a diplomatic priority

Guests who have agreed to take part in the Night of Witness include:
NB We regret that Monsignor Roko Taban Mousa from Sudan will no longer be able to join us.

Archbishop Joseph Coutts from Pakistan
Bishop Joannes Zakaria from Egypt
Bishop Declan Lang of Clifton
Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster – greeting participants on the piazza
British Pakistani Christian Association
Iraqi Christians in Need
Priests and faithful from Iraq, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Lithuania
Performers on the Night of Witness include:
Catholic band ooberfuse, winners of the World Youth Day 2011 global song contest
Eliot Smith Dance Company debuting new piece Persecuted and Forgotten
Singer Helen Munt
West End Gospel Choir
Urdu Christian musician Hammad Baily
Catholic poet Sarah de Nordwall

Programme for the Night of Witness

Please join us for all or part of this inspiring evening:

5.30pm Sung Mass to remember the modern-day martyrs to the Faith, concelebrated by Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi, Pakistan, Bishop Joannes Zakaria of Luxor, Egypt, and Bishop Declan Lang of Clifton.

6.30pm Rally for Religious Freedom on the cathedral piazza, celebrating our faith through speeches, music, drama, dance, poetry and film, with groups from Iraqi, Pakistani, Sudanese and Egyptian communities in the UK, as well as others.

7.30-8.30pm Solemn, candlelit vigil in Westminster Cathedral – in thanksgiving for the inspirational sacrifice of Christians today.

Please come 'Together in Faith' as Christians to make our concerns heard
Through music, prayer and speeches by guests from Pakistan, Egypt and the UK we will explore what it means to be a Christian today – both at home and abroad. And, through examples of the courage and faith of others, we can grow in faith
and resolve 'to stand in the public square and proclaim the Lord'.

The vigil will also be a public statement about our own right to religious freedom.

To find out how you, your parish, school or group can participate please email witness@acnuk.org or call us on 020 8642 8668.
More info  at http://www.acnuk.org

Faisalabad: Catholics mourn the passing of Sister Alessia, the 'Mother Teresa of Pakistan'

Faisalabad (AsiaNews) - The Catholic community is mourning the death of Sister Alessia (pictured). Known as the 'Mother Teresa of Pakistan, she was born in a small hamlet in Italy's Veneto region and spent 61 years of her life in mission in the Asian country, devoting her time to the marginalised, women, the poor. However, she will be especially remembered for her devotion to the disabled.

Sister Alessia's funeral was held last Monday in Faisalabad's cathedral in the presence of more than 350 priests, nuns, catechists, educators, students, media people, representatives of civil society organisations and ordinary worshippers. During the ceremony, participants paid tribute to her for her services to humanity.

During the Mass, Sister Sosan Buta laid out the main facts about Sister Alessia's life, describing her contributions to the growth of Pakistan's civil society and the Church's missionary work in the world.

Born on 18 November 1923 in Gasperina, in the municipality of Catanzaro (Calabria), Sister Alessia took her final vows with Dominican Sisters.

She arrived in Pakistan for the first time on 13 October 1951 and her first posting was in the Catholic village of Khushpur, Punjab, the birthplace of the late Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's Minority Affairs minister who was assassinated on 2 March 2011.

Four years later, she was transferred to Francisabad, a Christian village near Shortkot, where she spent 26 years serving the local community.

In 1980, she moved again, for the last time, to Faisalabad this time. In the big city, she took charge of the 'Miss Haq Home', a Catholic charitable institution for children with disabilities where she spent the remainder of her life in mission and service.

"The death of Sister Alessia OP is a shock and a great loss to the Church," said Sister Sosan Buta. However, "while we mourn this loss, we promise to the soul of Sister Alessia that we will continue her mission for the poor, the weak and the voiceless."

"Sister Alessia was so kind, philanthropic and gregarious to every human being," said Sister Sabina, an educator at the Sacred Heart School in Faisalabad.

Although born in Italy, "she was more Pakistani than us. She was filled with maternal love for all of us. For this reason, we, her fellow co-workers, used to call her mother. She was a true follower of Saint Catherine. May her soul rest in peace."

"Sister Alessia was the Mother Teresa of Pakistan," said Fr Khalid Rashid Asi, vicar general of Diocese of Faisalabad, "because she devoted her entire life to the downtrodden and oppressed. We are very grateful to her for her social and spiritual service."

Source: Asia News

14th Anniversary Bishop John Joseph

Tribute to Bishop John Joseph

Sunday 6 May 2012 Fifth Easter Sunday

Páshká ká páchwán Itwár

Dákhilah (Entrance Antiphon): Cf. (Zabúr) Ps 97: 1-2

Khudáwand ke liye nayá gít gáo

 kyúnki us ne ‘ajíb kám kiye hain.

Us ne ghair qaumon ke rú ba rú apná ‘adl záhir kiyá hai.

Hallelujah

Readings

Pahlí Tiláwat:  

(Rasúlon ke A‘mál) Acts 9:26-31

Barnabás ne bayán kiyá ki kis tarah ráh men Khudáwand sháúl par záhir húá

Pák kalám ke paṛhe aur sune jáne par Khudá kí barkat ho.

Jamá‘at: Khudá ká shukr ho.

Zabúr : Psalm Psalm 21:26-28,30-32 Jamá‘ati jawáb áyat: 26

Jamá‘ati jawáb:

Ai Khudáwand baṛe majma‘ men terí saná-khwání kartá hún

or

Hallelujah!

Dusrí Tiláwat:

(Muqaddas Yúhanná Rasúl Ká Pahlá Khatt) 1 John 3:18-24

Us ke hukm yih hain ki ham us Beṭe par ímán láen aur ki ham ápas men mahabbat rakkhen.

Pák kalám ke paṛhe aur sune jáne par Khudá kí barkat ho.

Jamá‘at: Khudá ká shukr ho.

Hallelujah: cf. (Yúhanná) Jn15:4-5

Hallelujah, Hallelujah,

Jaise main tum men qáim hún tum mujh men qáim raho, jo mujh men rahtá hai, wuh bahut phal láegá.

Hallelujah

Injíl I Muqaddas:

(Muqaddas Yúhanná ke mutábiq ) John 15:1-8

Jo mujh men qáim rahtá hai aur main us men, wuh bahut phal látá hai.

Injíl I Muqaddas ke wasíle se hamárí khatáen mu‘áf kí jáen.

Jamá‘at: Ai Masíh, terí sitáish ho.

Pák Sharákat kí áyat (Communion Antiphon): Cf. (Yúhanná) Jn 15: 1, 5

Khudáwand farmátá hai: haqíqí ták main hún, tum ḍáliyán ho, jo mujh men rahtá hai aur  main us men, wuh bahut phal látá hai. Hallelujah

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Podcasts:

For Sermon by Fr. Robert Barron click here

For reflection by Dr. Scott Hahn click here 

For Commentary by Dr. John Bergsma on Sunday readings check out the Sacred Page here and the podcast 'I am the vine': A look at John 15 and Eucharistic echoes here

More Resources for Sunday Mass, Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Rite at The Divine Lamp click here

The Gospel of St. John

The Gospel of John in Roman Urdu is taken from the New Testament which Bishop Anastasius Hartmann helped to translate into Hindi/Urdu. To find out more about The Servant of God Bishop Anastasius Hartmann, and Prayer for his Beatification click here

The Gospel Acorrding To John