Monthly Archives: February 2011

Daily Gospel – 18th February

Mark 8, 34-9,1

He called the people and his disciples to him and said, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it… Read more »

FAITH GIVES STRENGTH, POPE SAYS AT AUDIENCE

St. John of the Cross

Believing in Jesus Christ gives people strength to face the normal challenges of life and is not another burden to carry, Pope Benedict XVI said. “Journeying with Christ — traveling the path with Christ — isn’t a burden added to the already heavy load that is our life, something that makes our burden even heavier,” the pope said Feb… Read more »

Daily Gospel -17th February

Mark 8,27-33

Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’ And they told him, ‘John the Baptist, others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he asked them, ‘who do you say I am?’ Peter spoke up and said to him, ‘You are the Christ.’ And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 16th February

Mark 8,22-26

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought to him a blind man whom they begged him to touch. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Then, putting spittle on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked, ‘Can you see anything?’ The man, who was beginning to see, replied, ‘I can see people; they look like trees as they walk around.’ Then he laid his hands on the man’s eyes again and he saw clearly; he was cured, and he could see everything plainly and distinctly… Read more »

LECTIO DIVINA

Għaqda Studenti tat-Teoloġija is organizing a Lectio Divina next Saturday, 19th February 2011, at 7:30 p.m. at the Carmelites’ Priory in Mdina. It will be conducted by Rev Fr. Martin Micallef OFM Cap in Maltese. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The exercise of the Lectio Divina is the reflection and contemplation of the will of God for you through the Sacred Scriptures… Read more »

NUNICIO IN EGYPT: NATION’S FUTURE IN HANDS OF THE PEOPLE

Nuncio Michael Fitzgerald

The future of Egypt is now in the hands of its people, says the apostolic nuncio in the country. Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald, who has held the post of nuncio in Egypt since 2006, told ZENIT that “it is for Egyptians to find the right solution to the present crisis.”

After 18 days of protests that left some 300 dead, President Hosni Mubarak stepped down… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 15th February

Mark 8,14-21

The disciples had forgotten to take any bread and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Then he gave them this warning, ‘Keep your eyes open; look out for the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.’ And they said to one another, ‘It is because we have no bread.’ And Jesus knew it, and he said to them, ‘Why are you talking about having no bread? … Read more »

Michael Ellul Sullivan’s Voluntary Work Experience

VOTO – The Volunteers of the Order of Malta has for the first time participated in the Malta Holiday Camp between the 10 and 17 July 2010, which has been organised on a yearly basis for the last 20 years and more. The International Holiday Camp also known as the Malta Camp is a one-week event organised by the member associations of the Order of Malta and the respective volunteer organizations… Read more »