News from the Church in Malta
Komunjoni
Hemm qegħdin magħna.
Huma bnedmin bħalna.
Huma ħutna, Mulej!
U aħna nħokku, immissu magħhom
u niltaqgħu magħhom
kull ħin ta’ kull jum!
Jokorbu. Jisktu.
Jittalbu. Jistennew bis-sabar kollu.
Jistennew sa ma jitherrew
u kull ma jifdlilhom
hu ftit tama.
Huma ċkejknin, Mulej,
u min jista’ jarahom, Mulej,
u min jista’ jismagħhom, Mulej? … Read more »
Xebħ
Il-Kelma tiegħek, Mulej,
hi l-preżenza
ta’ l-ispirtu ta’ aħwa,
lest biex jgħin
lil dawk imċaħħda
mid-dinjità u mill-ikel,
li jinsabu fl-ikbar miżerja!
Il-Kelma tiegħek, Mulej,
hi l-kompassjoni
li biha tfarraġ lil dawk
li għandhom il-futur imkisser
minħabba t-telfa
ta’ xi ħadd għażiż,
u t-toqol tas-sens ta’ ħtija… Read more »
Monday
10.00 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.
6.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets persons engaged in social work agencies.
7.30 p.m. The Archbishop presides over the Parish Assembly of Qawra.
Tuesday
9.30 a.m. The Archbishop participates in a seminar organised by the Secretariat for Pastoral Activities for Workers, at ‘Dar l-Ewropa’, Valletta… Read more »
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
“The political calling is a calling to the common good and the salvation of society. A good that cannot but be cast into the future. Young people are not, then, mere onlookers, they are the protagonists of politics, which cannot either look to the past or be flattened on to the present”. It was recalled this afternoon by card. Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, as he spoke in Riccione at the yearly gathering of the politicians’ coordination “Rete Italia”… Read more »
Kull meta nitkellmu dwar statistiċi, irridu nżommu f’moħħna li qed nitkellmu dwar persuni f’sitwazzjonijiet, u li wkoll meta jkun hemm persentaġġ għoli, xorta jfisser li mhux kulħadd jidħol f’dik il-kategorija. Imma l-istatistika hija importanti, fost raġunijiet oħra biex ikollna idea tas-sitwazzjoni u jekk tinħass il-ħtieġa naraw xi prijoritajiet għandna u x’rimedji jinħtieġu jittieħdu. Dan kollu jfisser ukoll li mhu qed issir l-ebda forma ta’ kundanna għal min qiegħed f’sitwazzjoni li mhix mibnija fuq iż-żwieġ… Read more »
20th – 26th February, 2010
Saturday, 20th February
5.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets with the ‘Diakonia’ Commission.
6.15 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass at Burmarrad Church on the opening of his Pastoral Visit in this parish.
8.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets with the community of Franciscan Conventual friars in Burmarrad and stays with them for supper.
Tuesday, 23rd February
5.30 a.m… Read more »
Fejqan
Il-ħars tagħna
ifittex id-difetti.
Jieqaf fuq in-nuqqasijiet.
Jgħaddi ġudizzju kif ifettillu.
Jagħmilha ta’ mħallef.
Jara biss dak
li jidher minn barra.
Dejjem għandu raġun.
Żgur minnu nnifsu.
Jiddeċiedi, bla ma jqis xejn,
min hu dak
li hu denn li jkun magħna
u min hu dak
li għandu jitwarrab… Read more »
On Thursday, 18th February 2010, a dialogue event was held at the University Chapel. The event was organised by the University Chaplaincy and commissioned by the Diocesan Youth Commission (KDZ), Fr John Berry – Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Theology, Ms Alessandra Dee Crespo as well as Mr David Torpiano, two theology students, outlined the Pope Benedict’s teachings based on his book ‘Jesus of Nazareth’… Read more »
Integrità
Int biss, Mulej,
taf il-ħafna wċuh tad-dnub tiegħi.
Id-dnub nifidli qalbi
u ggranfa miegħi
qisu parassita
li jgħix minn fuqi
u jixrobli demmi.
Ma rridx nieqaf, Mulej,
milli nħaffef bil-ġiri
lejn ħajja trasparenti ta’ integrità
li jien imsejjaħ għaliha!
Kemm ili, Mulej,
niġma t-tensjoni
u naqa’ biċċiet
waqt li nipprova ngħixha? … Read more »
Madre Teresa
U.S. atheists are fighting a proposed postal stamp honoring Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, known as Mother Teresa. Thousands of Catholics are pushing back against what they see as religious discrimination. CatholicVoteAction.org issued a press release Tuesday calling for Americans to join the nearly 78,000 signatories of a petition supporting the Mother Teresa stamp.
The petition, addressed to U.S. Postmaster General Jack Potter, affirmed, “We are shocked and saddened by reports that atheist groups are now mobilizing to stop the [U.S… Read more »
