Monthly Archives: August 2010

IRELAND AIDS PAKISTANI FLOOD VICTIMS

25/08/2010

Catholics across Ireland joined to aid the 20 million Pakistani flood victims through a nationwide Church collection. Pakistan saw its most devastating monsoon rainy season in decades, which caused flooding that brought as many as 2,000 deaths and affected another 20 million people. The area affected by the floods is about the size of England.

Trocaire, the official overseas development agency of the Church in Ireland, is working to provide emergency relief to the flood victims… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 25th August

25/08/2010

Matthew 23,27-32

‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption.  In just the same way, from the outside you look upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.  ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! … Read more »

Daily Gospel – 24th August

24/08/2010

John 1,45-51

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the LawJesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.’  Nathanael said to him, ‘From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?’ Philip replied, ‘Come and see.’  When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, ‘There, truly, is an Israelite in whom there is no deception.’  Nathanael asked, ‘How do you know me?’ Jesus replied, ‘Before Philip came to call you, I saw you under the fig tree.’  Nathanael answered, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel.’  Jesus replied, ‘You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 23rd August

23/08/2010

Matthew 23,13-33

‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut up the kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces, neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go who want to. ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte, and anyone who becomes one you make twice as fit for hell as you are.   … Read more »

POPE: “MARY, AN EXAMPLE OF HUMILITY”

22/08/2010

Pope addresses pilgrims at Castel Gandolfo

In his message before praying the Angelus with all those present at the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI invites all of us to venerate the Virgin Mary for being the humble one, “she who was the perfect example of the evangelic truth”. The Pope reflects upon this in close relationship to the message of Sunday’s gospel, where Jesus states clearly the way to heaven and prays through the intercession of Mary for this way to be chosen by the people of God through prayers and through a humble service to each other, done out of love… Read more »

August 23 – 29

22/08/2010

Monday

9.00 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.

6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates mass at Capuchin Chapel in Floriana, on the occasion of the beginning of the pilgrimage organized by the Assocjazzjoni Volontierii Lourdes.

Tuesday

Wednesday

8.00 p.m. The Archbishop attends a social gathering organized by the Għaqda Socjali 8 ta’ Settembru, Mellieħa… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 22nd August

22/08/2010

Luke 13,22-30

Through towns and villages he went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. will ‘Try your hardest to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.  Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself standing outside knocking on the door, saying, “Lord, open to us,” but he will Then you will start saying, “We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets,”  but he will reply, “I do not know where you come from; away from me, all evil doers!”  ‘Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrown out.  … Read more »

A NEW TAIL LIFT COACH FOR DAR TAL-PROVIDENZA

21/08/2010

The residents of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, a home of persons with disability in Siggiewi now have access to a brand new twenty-two-seater Tail Lift Coach that can also accommodate up to ten wheelchairs. Various Companies and the Malta Community Chest Fund joined together to support id-Dar tal-Providenza in buying this new coach which was inaugurated Thursday, August 19th by the Archbishop Mgr… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 21st August

21/08/2010

Matthew 23,1-12

Then addressing the crowds and his disciples Jesus said,  ‘The scribes and the Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses.  You must therefore do and observe what they tell you; but do not be guided by what they do, since they do not practise what they preach.  They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on people’s shoulders, but will they lift a finger to move them?  … Read more »

US BISHOPS STRESS NEEDS OF HAITIAN WOMEN, CHILDREN

20/08/2010

Haiti earthquake

A delegation from the U.S. bishops’ conference noted that reconstruction in Haiti has been slow, and the women and children in that country especially need protection from crime.

The delegation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is preparing a report to be released next month, in which they will publicize their findings from a July 26-Aug. 2 trip to the Caribbean region… Read more »