News from the Church in Malta
Nhar il-Ġimgħa 20 ta’ Mejju, 2011, fis-7.00pm ġewwa l-Parroċċa Madonna tal-Karmnu Fgura fiċ-Ċentru Parrokkjali (taħt il-knisja) ser issir laqgħa ta’ formazzjoni miftuħa għal kulħadd mill – Isqof Mario Grech, Isqof t’ Għawdex dwar iż-żwieġ mill-aspett Kanoniku.
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‘Do not judge, and you will not be judged; because the judgements you give are the judgements you will get, and the standard you use will be the standard used for you. Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the great log in your own? And how dare you say to your brother, “Let me take that splinter out of your eye,” when, look, there is a great log in your own? … Read more »
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You trust in God, trust also in me. In my Father’s house there are many places to live in; otherwise I would have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you, and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you to myself, so that you may be with me where I am… Read more »
‘In all truth I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, no messenger is greater than the one who sent him. ‘Now that you know this, blessed are you if you behave accordingly. I am not speaking about all of you: I know the ones I have chosen; but what scripture says must be fulfilled: ‘He who shares my table takes advantage of me… Read more »
“Il-ħaddiema fid-djar tal-Knisja huma mħarrġa biex jaraw lil Ġesù Kurċifiss f’dawn in-nies li qed ibatu”. “Il-Knisja sakemm hu possibbli tkompli fuq l-eżempju ta’ Ġesù tgħin u tieqaf mal-persuni l-aktar vulnerabbli fis-soċjetà tagħna”.
Hekk qalu rispettivament lil IL-ĠENSillum online id-Direttur tal-Kummissjoni Djoċesana ‘Ejjew Għandi’ risponsabbli mid-Djar għat-Tfal, Fr Victor Zammit McKeon, u ċ-Ċerpersin tal-Kummissjoni għad-Djar tal-Knisja għall-Anzjani, Fr Valentino Borg… Read more »
Catholics are looking for guidance and a larger voice from the Vatican on ethical principles for the world of finance and the environment, said some participants attending a Vatican meeting on social justice in a globalized world. Some 200 people involved in social justice issues for the church gathered May 16-18 for an international conference sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The meeting celebrated the 50th anniversary of Blessed Pope John XXIII’s social encyclical, “Mater et Magistra.”
The gathering also was designed to find ways that the church’s social teaching, including Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 social encyclical “Caritas in Veritate,” could be applied to bring greater justice to a globalized world… Read more »
Jesus declared publicly: Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in the one who sent me, and whoever sees me, sees the one who sent me. I have come into the world as light, to prevent anyone who believes in me from staying in the dark any more. If anyone hears my words and does not keep them faithfully, it is not I who shall judge such a person, since I have come not to judge the world, but to save the world: anyone who rejects me and refuses my words has his judge already: the word itself that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day… Read more »
Is-Soċjetà tad-Duttrina Nisranija, M.U.S.E.U.M., qed torganizza tliet laqgħat dwar iż-‘Żwieġ u l-Familja’. Il-laqgħat se jsiru fid-Dar Ġenerali tal-M.U.S.E.U.M., il-Blata l-Bajda, skont dan il-programm:
L-Erbgħa 18 ta’ Mejju: ‘Iż-Żwieġ Nisrani: Mixja ta’ Qdusija’
Il-Ħamis 19 ta’ Mejju: ‘It-Tagħlim tal-Knisja dwar iż-Żwieġ u l-Familja’
Il-Ġimgħa 20 ta’ Mejju: ‘Sfidi, Diffikultajiet u Għajnuniet fil-Ħajja taż-Żwieġ u tal-Familja‘
Il-laqgħat jibdew fis-7.00 p.m. … Read more »
Bishops have been given a year to turn in guidelines for dealing with the sexual abuse of minors by clergy or religious, according to three Vatican documents made public today.
The request is made in a circular letter, along with an introduction and a summary, published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
The letter provides a broad set of principles to help bishops’ conferences to establish guidelines, thereby ensuring that the universal Church will respond to sexual abuse consistently from one country to another… Read more »
It was the time of the feast of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was in the Temple walking up and down in the Portico of Solomon. The Jews gathered round him and said, ‘How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.’ Jesus replied: I have told you, but you do not believe… Read more »
