Yearly Archives: 2010

PAPAL VISIT TO GREAT BRITAIN TO INCLUDE MUCH MORE THAN BEATIFICATION

28/08/2010

The Vatican has billed Pope Benedict XVI’s four-day visit to Great Britain as a trip to beatify the 19th-century intellectual and theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman. But the pope’s schedule for the September visit is filled with other appointments as well, including a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, with the British prime minister and members of the government’s opposition parties and with Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 28th August

28/08/2010

Matthew 25,14-30

‘It is like a man about to go abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them.  To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third one, each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out on his journey.  The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more.   … Read more »

EWTN TO OFFER LIVE COVERAGE OF PAPAL UK TRIP

27/08/2010

When Benedict XVI makes his Sept. 16-19 State visit to the United Kingdom, people worldwide will be able to watch through the Eternal Word Television Network. The EWTN Global Catholic Network announced that it will air the events of the Pope’s visit to England and Scotland on television in various languages: English, Spanish, French and German.The events will also be streamed live on the organization’s Web site and broadcast through its radio network… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 27th August

27/08/2010

Matthew 25,1-13

‘Then the kingdom of Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.  Five of them were foolish and five were sensible:  the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took no oil with them,  whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps.  The bridegroom was late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep.   … Read more »

WHOLE WORLD READIES FOR MOTHER TERESA’S 100 BIRTHDAY

26/08/2010

Today, Thursday, 26th August, 2010, is the birth centernary of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The order she founded Missionaries of Charity, as well as faithful and nonbelievers from around the world are joining in preparation for the anniversary.

“Her life and work continue to be an inspiration for young and old, rich and poor from all walks of life, religions and nations,” wrote Sister Mary Prema, the superior-general of the Missionaries of Charity since 2009… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 26th August

26/08/2010

Matthew 24,42-51

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming. You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house… Read more »

‘CLERICALISM POSES A RISK’

25/08/2010

Ir-Rettur tas-Seminarju, Fr Jimmy Bonnici, irrikonoxxa li fost seminaristi Maltin, l-istess bħal f’pajjiżi oħra, jeżisti r-riskju ‘perikoluż’ tal-klerikaliżmu u sostna li kemm il-klerikaliżmu kif ukoll l-antiteżi tiegħu fejn seminaristi “jinħbew wara l-kunċett ta’ tolleranza u jgħixu reliġjon privata” huma ‘inkwetanti’.

Numru ta’ qarrejja ta’ IL-ĠENSILLUM online fil-ġimgħat li għaddew avviċinaw lil din il-gazzetta diġitali dwar elementi ta’ ‘neo-klerikaliżmu’ fost saċerdoti ordnati dan l-aħħar, kemm fl-ilbies tagħhom kif ukoll fil-mod kif iċċelebraw il-Prima Messa tagħhom… Read more »

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 »