Monthly Archives: July 2011

Daily Gospel – 8th July

08/07/2011

Matthew 10, 16-23

Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as snakes and yet innocent as doves. ‘Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles. But when you are handed over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will be given to you when the time comes, because it is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you… Read more »

POPE WILL SPEND SUMMER IN CASTELGANDOLFO

07/07/2011

Pope in Castel-Gandolfo

In a note published today, the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household announced that this evening the Holy Father will travel to the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo, where he will spend the summer.

Over the summer months private and special audiences will be suspended, as will the Wednesday general audiences of 13, 20 and 27 July. On Sundays and Solemnities during this period, the Pope will pray the Angelus from the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo… Read more »

OHLOQ TBISSIMA

07/07/2011

Dalwaqt terġa tkun magħna l-Maratona Oħloq Tbissima – il-Maratona ta’ 60 siegħa xandir live imtella’ minn ĊAM Productions international (CPi), il-production house fi ħdan is-Soċjeta’ Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl (MSSP).   Din is-sena Oħloq Tbissima ser tibda  nofsinhar tat-8 ta’ Lulju u tibqa sejra bla waqfien sal-Ħadd 10 ta’ Lulju f’nofsillejl.

Din il-Maratona, din is-sena fid-disa’ edizzjoni tagħha, issa ndrat sew u ħafna jafu li l-għan ta’ din il-maratona hu li titqajjem kuxjenza missjunarja, filwaqt li jinġabru fondi b’risq il-missjonijiet fi ħdan is-Soċjeta’ Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl (MSSP), fil-Filippini, fil-Peru  u fil-Pakistan, kif ukoll b’risq Dar San Ġużepp f’Santa Venera… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 7th July

07/07/2011

Matthew 10,7-15

And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those suffering from virulent skin-diseases, drive out devils. You received without charge, give without charge. Provide yourselves with no gold or silver, not even with coppers for your purses, with no haversack for the journey or spare tunic or footwear or a staff, for the labourer deserves his keep… Read more »

ANNIVERSARY OF THE EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF BISHOP EMANUEL GALEA

06/07/2011

Il-Parroċċa ta’ Ħal Tarxien se torganiżża Quddiesa u talb biex tfakkar l-anniversarju tal-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali tal-Qaddej ta’ Alla, l-Isqof Emanuel Galea, nhar is-Sibt 9 ta’ Lulju, 2011, fis-6.00 p.m. fil-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Ħal Tarxien.

L-Isqof Emanuel Galea ħadem bħala sacerdot f’ din il-Parroċċa matul is-snin li fihom ħuħ Dun Salv Galea kien Kappillan fl-istess Parroċċa (1918-1935). Baqa’ mfakkar bħala konfessur, flimkien ma’ ħuħ ieħor Dun Franġisk, għal ħinijiet twal u regulari ta’ qrar, u bħala predikatur… Read more »

BENEDICT XVI VISITS OFFICES OF THE “OSSERVATORE ROMANO”

06/07/2011

Pope reading L'Osservatore Romano

The Holy Father visited the headquarters of the “Osservatore Romano” newspaper, which is currently celebrating the 150th anniversary of its foundation. Its first edition appeared on 1 July 1861.

The Pope greeted the director, vice director and journalists, congratulating them on the current anniversary. “By your daily work, out of sight and not without fatigue”, he told them, “you create this unique form of communication which acts at the service of the ministry of Peter’s Successor, making a specific contribution to the spread of the Gospel and the witness of truth… Read more »

€14,500 DONATIONS IN SOLIDARITY WITH LIBYA AND HONDURAS

06/07/2011

Nhar it-Tlieta 28 ta’ Ġunju 2011, l-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Mario Grech qassam f’isem il-Knisja mill-gżira tat-Tlieta Għoljiet donazzjonijiet lill-knejjes fil-Libja u l-Ħonduras fejn qed jaħdmu prelati Maltin.

Huwa għadda s-somma ta’ €4,000 lill-Isqof Silvestru Magro OFM, Vigarju Apostoliku ta’ Bengażi. Offerta simili se titwassal ukoll lill-Vigarju Apostoliku ta’ Tripli, l-Isqof Giovanni Martinelli OFM.

Il-kelliemi għad-djoċesi ta’ Għawdex, Dun Giovanni Curmi, fisser li f’nota personali, l-Isqof Grech wassal il-viċinanza tal-poplu Għawdxi mal-Knisja fil-Libja, u wiegħed it-talb biex ma ddumx ma sseħħ il-paċi fil-Libja… Read more »

EMPLOYERS AND VOLUNTARY WORK

06/07/2011

EMPLOYERS AND VOLUNTARY WORK

This year is dedicated to Voluntary Work.  As the Pastoral Commission for Work, we concentrated more on the work aspect as a decently paid employment.  But this year we also discussed the topic on how Voluntary Work correlates with the labour sphere.  The Maltese are getting used to allocate some time on one’s own agenda to perform some voluntary work, such individuals more than finding time to spare, actually boast a heart that aches to help out their brethren who happen to be in need.  … Read more »

PONTIFF: DON’T FORGET THE GOSPEL WHEN PACKING FOR VACATION

06/07/2011

When packing for vacation this summer, leave space in your suitcase for the Gospel, Benedict XVI urges.

The Pope said this today when greeting those gathered in St. Peter’s Square today to pray the midday Angelus. Speaking in French, the Holy Father offered a brief reflection on summer vacation.

Vacation, he explained, “it’s not about leaving for the sake of leaving and resting, but rather it’s about living our relationships with our loved ones in a new way with God.”

He noted that the Gospel passage for this Sunday (Matthew 11: 25-30), which speaks of the yoke of Christ, points out to us the need for “rest and serenity.”

“Jesus invites us to come to him, to trust him,” the Pope added… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 6th July

06/07/2011

Matthew 10, 1-7

He summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to drive them out and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who was also his betrayer… Read more »