News from the Church in Malta
Pope in Castel Gandolfo
A video clip from the Vatican Television Center offers an inside look at Benedict XVI’s time of “rest” at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo.
The images portray the Pope going over a manuscript in his office, contemplating the landscape from a window of the apostolic palace and reciting the rosary together with his secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein… Read more »
Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples came to him and said, ‘Explain to us the parable about the darnel in the field.’ He said in reply, ‘The sower of the good seed is the Son of man. The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the Evil One; the enemy who sowed it, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels. … Read more »
Pope in Castel Gandolfo
Before he prayed the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI addressed those present beneath the balcony of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo. He referred to today’s gospel and emphasised the importance of prayer, especially the praying of the Our Father. In his reflections, he said that “he who prays, is never alone. His prayers are one with the Churchs’ prayer”.
After the Angelus, as usual, he greeted those present in different languages, including the English. … Read more »
For any institution, the founding years are the most inspiring. The founding years of the Catholic Church were recorded particularly in the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The Gospels are an account of the life of its Founder, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the way that he prepared the first apostles and disciples to form the backbone of the Church… Read more »
He put another parable before them, ‘The kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the biggest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air can come and shelter in its branches.’ He told them another parable, ‘The kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.’ In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables. … Read more »
Monday
9.30 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.
6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass at Blata l-Bajda Chapel, with a group of priests who follow the spirituality of Saint George Preca, on the occasion of the first centenary from his birth.
Tuesday
6.15 p.m. The Archbishop ordains Rev. Llewellyn Muscat O.P. to the priesthood during a celebration of Mass at Saint Dominic Parish Church, Valletta… Read more »
Now it happened that he was in a certain place praying, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘When you pray, this is what to say: Father, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come; give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive each one who is in debt to us… Read more »
Minn Ottubru li ġej, l-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali se jkun qed jorganizza jew jgħin biex jittellgħu 15-il kors ta’ formazzjoni Nisranija, intiżi għal sezzjonijiet differenti tal-Knisja f’Malta.
Dan qalu lil IL-ĠENSILLUM online Fr Mark Sultana, Delegat tal-Arċisqof għal dan l-istitut, waqt li fisser li dawn qed jgħinu biex l-Istitut ikompli jwettaq il-missjoni afdata f’idu mis-Sinodu Djoċesan biex jgħin fil-formazzjoni tal-komunità Nisranija f’Malta… Read more »
He put another parable before them, ‘The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, then the darnel appeared as well. The owner’s labourers went to him and said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? … Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI
“The Friends of Jesus” is the title of a new book for children by Benedict XVI in which he recounts the story of the twelve Apostles and St. Paul.
The book, forty-eight pages long and illustrated by the Italian artist Franco Vignazia, has been published by the publishing house San Giuliano Milanese. It brings together a number of passages from the Pope’s catecheses in his Wednesday general audiences, according to the “Osservatore Romano” newspaper… Read more »
