News from the Church in Malta
Some Sadducees — those who argue that there is no resurrection — approached him and they put this question to him, ‘Master, Moses prescribed for us, if a man’s married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother. Well then, there were seven brothers; the first, having married a wife, died childless… Read more »
Iċ-Ċurkett li se jingħata fl-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali huwa rigal mill-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. Fl-antik iċ-ċurkett kien jingħata: b’sinjal ta’ ġieħ, biex jimmarka d-dokumenti uffiċċjali u b’sinjal tal-għerusija tal-Isqof mad-djoċesi tiegħu. Il-formula liturġika li tintuża llum jesprimi l-fedeltà tal-Isqof lejn il-Knisja, l-għarusa ta’ Kristu.
Il-Mitra se tingħata bħala rigal minn komunità ta’ sorijiet li tagħhom Mons. Scicluna kien kappillan f’Ruma… Read more »
Then he went into the Temple and began driving out those who were busy trading, saying to them, ‘According to scripture, my house shall be a house of prayer but you have turned it into a bandits’ den.’ He taught in the Temple every day. The chief priests and the scribes, in company with the leading citizens, tried to do away with him, but they could not find a way to carry this out because the whole people hung on his words… Read more »
Il-Ħamis 22 ta’ Novembru 2012, saret Velja ta’ Talb bi preparazjoni għall-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali tal-Isqof Awżiljari Elett, Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, ippreseduta mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona. Dan saret fil-Katidral tal-Imdina.
Fiċ-ċelebrazzjoni Mons. Scicluna ħa l-pussess bħala membru tal-Kapitlu Metropolitan ta’ Malta u wara l-Arċisqof libbes lil Monsinjur Charles J. Scicluna ir-rukket, il-muzzetta, is-salib pettorali u l-berettin. Wara qara u ffirma l-ġurament tal-ħatra u imbagħad daħal fil-kor fejn kienu jinsabu l-Kanonċi l-oħra u ingħata s-sedja tiegħu fost il-membri l-oħra tal-Kapitlu Metropolitan… Read more »
Women bishops
An almost unexpected “no”, but “this vote is certainly not the end of the story”: this the Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Anglican Communion underlined on the radio with the BBC, Rowan Williams, after the startling decision at the General Synod of the Church of England on the proposal to introduce the consecration of female bishops.
The system that regulates the activity of the Synod is strict, requiring a two thirds majority in each of the three houses, in order to pass the proposal to pass the proposal, but it was not reached… Read more »
Nhar l-Erbgħa 21 ta’ Novembru 2012, komplew iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet għall-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali tal-E.T. Mons. Charles J. Scicluna fil-knisja parrokjali ta’ Ħal Lija. Fis-6.30pm, saret Quddiesa tal-Konsagrazzjoni ta’ Marija lil Alla, li matulha Mons. Scicluna fakkar is-Sagrament tal-Ordinazzjoni Presbiterali. Fl-istess ħin, Mons. Scicluna ltaqa’ mal-komunita’ parrokkjali ta’ Ħal Lija li laqgħetu b’entużjażmu kbir. Ħal Lija huwa l-post fejn Mons. Scicluna iċċelebra l-ewwel quddiesa tiegħu u fejn jgħix preżentament mal-ġenituri tiegħu… Read more »
As he drew near and came in sight of the city he shed tears over it and said, ‘If you too had only recognised on this day the way to peace! But in fact it is hidden from your eyes! Yes, a time is coming when your enemies will raise fortifications all round you, when they will encircle you and hem you in on every side; they will dash you and the children inside your walls to the ground; they will leave not one stone standing on another within you, because you did not recognise the moment of your visitation.’
The Saint of the day: St Cecilia
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Illum l-Erbgħa 21 ta’ Novembru 2012, saret preżentazzjoni fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, tad-donazzjonijiet miġbura minn Radju RTK waqt żewġ kampanji ta’ ġbir ta’ fondi, bħala parti mill-inizjattiva ‘RTK 4 Charity’. L-entitajiet li bbenefikaw minn dawn il-fondi huma: id-Dar tal-Providenza, id-Dar tal-Kleru, l-Uffiċċju Ċentrali Djar tat-Tfal, il-Kummissjoni Emigranti u Familji fil-Bżonn Għawdex. Huma rċievew bejniethom is-somma ta’ €860,000, bl-akbar benefiċjarju jkun id-Dar tal-Providenza.
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Id-donazzjonijiet gew ippreżentati mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P… Read more »
Rimsha Masih
The Islamabad High Court ordered police to dismiss blasphemy charges against a Christian Pakistani girl whose arrest and detention drew international condemnation. The ruling from Chief Justice Iqbal Hammeed ur Rehman Nov. 19 said there was no evidence that Rimsha Masih burned papers from the Quran, reported Pakistan’s Dawn news agency. “The court has quashed the case, declaring Rimsha innocent,” Akmal Bhatti, the girl’s attorney, told Agence France-Presse… Read more »
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 19,11-28
While the people were listening to this he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to show itself then and there. Accordingly he said, ‘A man of noble birth went to a distant country to be appointed king and then return… Read more »
