Syro-Malabar rite?

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Hi,
I am Catholic of the Syro Malabar rite but now reside in Singapore. It is unfortunate that there is no Syro Malabar Church or Parishes here. Though I fully understand that the essence and the value of Holy mass is same irrespective of the rites, I miss attending Syro Malabar Qurbana. Latin rite mass is too short and quick and simple for someone who was attending only Syro Malabar Qurbana for all his life.

I know my post don’t add much value to the reason for this post. Let me just say Hi to all those who know and like Syro-Malabr Qurbana ! 👍

Joe Antony.
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I sympathise with you. It has occurred to me as well, and I agree that it is definitely a loss to both Latin and Syro-Malabar Catholics that we do not have a Syro-Malabar parish despite the substantial community present in Singapore. There are two Malayalam language masses here, but no Holy Qurbana. I pray that we will could one day build a Syro-Malabar parish here, and bring the regular celebration of Holy Qurbana to our shores.

I myself have not attended a Holy Qurbana before, but YouTube has certainly opened my eyes to its beauty, and it makes me realise how much I am missing out on. This is precisely the reason why I believe that it would not only benefit the Syro-Malabar Catholics but also Latin Catholics to bring the Syro-Malabar Church here as well. It would be absolutely wonderful to see the rich breadth of rites of the Catholic Church to be expressed in the Archdiocese, and we are missing out on a ripe opportunity to expose our fellow Latin-rite Catholics to other rites of the Church. And what better rite to begin with than the Syro-Malabar? 🙂
 
Hi,
I belong to the Syro-Malabar rite, which has its origin in Kerala, India. We call ourselves St.Thomas Chrisitians as St.Thomas, the disciple of Jesus has initiated Christianity in India. The Malabar rite never broke with Rome despite the conflict with the Portuguese in the 16th century. They are generally grouped with the Chaldean family of rites because the Assyrian (later called Chaldean) church provided their bishops until the Portuguese took over that task. Also their liturgy was originally in the Syriac language which the Chaldean church used. Although an ancient rite, it had no single administrator until Pope John Paul II appointed a Major Archbishop in 1992. All the Major Archbishops till today have been made Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Holy Qurbana is the same as Holy Mass of the Latin rite. Originally the Holy Mass in the Syrian rite was in Syriac, a language which originated from Aramaic, the language that Jesus himself spoke. But after the Vatican Council II, we have started using Malayalam (the language of Kerala). Now the translation of this is available in English and in many churches outside Kerala, they use English for the Holy Qurbana. The main difference as I see from Latin is that in Holy Qurbana, there is also catechesis along with the Mass. This means that all the prayers are accompanied by reasoning and explanations. That is why the celebration of the Mass takes a bit longer compared to Latin Holy Mass. This is to get a full understanding on the celebration of the Holy Mass for the participants.
Catholics belonging to any rite can attend the Holy Qurbana to fulfill the obligation, at the same time it will be a heavenly experience. This is the richness of the Roman Catholic Church. We are one, but so much diverse. That is why the Church is truly Universal.
Jose
 
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