Monthly Archives: August 2012

A Person of Hope

16/08/2012

Il-motto kardinalizju tiegħu, Gaudium et Spes, jiġifieri l-hena u t-tama, ifisser ħajtu kollha. Il-Qaddej ta’ Alla, il-Kardinal Vjetnamita, François Xavier Nguyen van Thuân, għadda parti sostanzjali minn ħajtu mħabbat minn inġustizzji kbar imma, fl-istess ħin, imħarreġ fit-tliet virtujiet teologali tal-fidi, it-tama u l-imħabba. Minħabba l-vanġelu kien lest li jbati kull xorta ta’ tbatija speċjalment il-ġuħ u l-mibegħda li jġib miegħu l-fatt li tkun priġunier… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 16th August

16/08/2012

Matthew 18,21-19,1

Peter went up to Jesus and said, ‘Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times. ‘And so the kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who decided to settle his accounts with his servants. When the reckoning began, they brought him a man who owed ten thousand talents; he had no means of paying, so his master gave orders that he should be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, to meet the debt… Read more »

Tomasi: International effort needed to prevent food crisis

15/08/2012

Msgr Silvano Tomasi

Australia’s weather bureau says there are clear signs El Nino is developing in the eastern Pacific, raising concerns over the potential impact of the weather event on agriculture at time of soaring global food prices. Prices are already up because of a drought in the United States and other food-exporting countries. Leading members of the Group of 20 nations were planning to hold a conference call at the end of August over soaring grain prices, aiming to avoid a repeat of the food price spike that triggered riots in poorer countries in 2008… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 15th August

15/08/2012

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Luke 1,39-56

Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.   … Read more »

A new memorial inaugurated for sailors

14/08/2012

Nhar it-Tnejn 13 t’Awwissu 2012,  l-Arcisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. bierek Monument lill-Bahhara fil-Port il-Kbir, waqt cerimonja fl-okkazjoni tat-tifkira tas-70 anniversarju mill-Konvoj ta’ Santa Marija. Dan il-monument, li gie inawgurat mill-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi, twaqqaf fuq inizjattiva ta’ Fr Joe Borg, Kappillan tal-Port, li jmexxi l-hidma tal-Appostolat tal-Bahar fi hdan il-Kummissjoni Emigranti tal-Knisja f’Malta.

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Lotto gaming volume: ‘We think it would globally decrease’

14/08/2012

“Filwaqt li min hu dipendenti fuq il-logħob se jibqa’ jilgħab xorta, naħsbu li globalment il-volum tal-logħob se jonqos”.

Hekk qal ma’ IL-ĠENSillum online kelliem għall-Aġenzija Sedqa meta din il-gazzetta elettronika stħarrġet il-fehma tagħha dwar iż-żidiet imħabbrin mill-Maltco fil-prezz tal-Lotto u s-Super 5.

Skont l-Aġenzija Sedqa, “din hija xi ħaġa pożittiva għax tnaqqas l-effetti negattivi fuq ħajjet dawk li jilagħbu ħafna imma għadhom mhumiex dipendenti – u tnaqqas iċ-ċans li ċerti individwi biż-żmien isiru dipendenti”… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 14th August

14/08/2012

Matthew 18,1-5,10,12,14

At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ So he called a little child to him whom he set among them. Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven. And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven… Read more »

Rimini Meeting Gets Under Way

13/08/2012

Rimini Meeting 2012

Preparations for the annual Rimini Meeting began with the arrival of the first volunteers: 150 youngsters who joined 15 carpenters from Brianza, who have been in Rimini already for several days.

The Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, sponsored by the Catholic Communion and Liberation Movement in Rimini, Italy, draws hundreds of thousands of participants every year.

In the coming three days, other volunteers will join them who will stay in Rimini until the 17th: to reach the total number of 600, between youngsters and adults… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI, “Jesus is the Word of God.”

13/08/2012

Il-Papa Benedettu Sittax qal li Ġesu huwa l-Kelma t’Alla u li permezz tagħha il-bniedem jista’ jagħmel mill-volonta t’Alla il-ħobż tiegħu ta’ kuljum. Waqt il-messaġġ tiegħu tal-Anġelus minn Castelgandolfo, il-Papa spjega kif huwa biss f’Alla li l-bniedem isib it-triq tal-ħajja, tal-ġustizzja u tal-verita’.

Il-Papa fakkar fil-popolazzjonijiet tal-Filippini u taċ-Ċina li ntlaqtu mill-għargħar kif ukoll tal-Iran li ntlaqtu minn terremot qawwi… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 13th August

13/08/2012

Matthew 17, 22-27

When they were together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, ‘The Son of man is going to be delivered into the power of men; they will put him to death, and on the third day he will be raised up again.’ And a great sadness came over them. When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel came to Peter and said, ‘Does your master not pay the half-shekel?’ ‘Yes,’ he replied, and went into the house… Read more »