News from the Church in Malta
‘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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Rev. Fr Raymond Francalanza OSA was appointed as the new Parish Priest for Saint Augustine’s Parish in Valletta. He took office after the celebration of the Provincial Chapter held last April by the Order of Saint Augustine in Malta.
Rev Dr Raymond Francalanza OSA was born in 1965 in Żejtun. In 1985 made his novitiate in Tolentino, Italy. In 1988 he undertook his Solemn Profession in the Augustinian Order and in 1990 he was ordained priest by H.E… Read more »
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to put him to the test, one of them put a further question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. … Read more »
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