News from the Church in Malta
9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, at his residence in Attard.
6.00 p.m. The Archbishop presides over a meeting of his Delegates, at his residence in Attard.
9.30 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a meeting of the Episcopal Conference together with the Council of Major Religious Superiors, at the Curia… Read more »
Mark 13,24-32
‘But in those days, after that time of distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will come falling out of the sky and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory… Read more »
Commemoration of the Sacraments of Initiation
5.30 p.m. Meeting with children of the parish… Read more »
Then he told them a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town,’ he said, ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for anyone. In the same town there was also a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, “I want justice from you against my enemy!” For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, “Even though I have neither fear of God nor respect for any human person, I must give this widow her just rights since she keeps pestering me, or she will come and slap me in the face.” ‘ And the Lord said, ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say? … Read more »
‘As it was in Noah’s day, so will it also be in the days of the Son of man. People were eating and drinking, marrying wives and husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all. It will be the same as it was in Lot’s day: people were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and it destroyed them all… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI
The close ties between the work of evangelisation and the need to overcome the divisions that still exist between Christians was the central theme of Thursday’s address by the Holy Father to the members and consultors of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity on the occasion of their plenary assembly dedicated to “The importance of ecumenism in new evangelisation”.
The Pope stated, “We cannot follow a truly ecumenical path while ignoring the crisis of faith affecting vast areas of the world, including those where the proclamation of the Gospel was first accepted and where Christian life has flourished for centuries… Read more »
Nhar il-Ħamis 15 ta’ Novembru 2012, is-Segretarjat għall-Mezzi tal-Komunikazzjoni Soċjali tal-Knisja f’Malta, f’kollaborazzjoni mas-Sależjani ta’ Don Bosco, nieda proġett ġdid bl-isem ‘FilmE’.
Din hija inizjattiva oħra fil-qasam tal-Media Education. L-għan ta’ dan il-proġett hu li jlaqqgħa żgħażagħ adoloxxenti biex jipproduċu films qosra, u fil-proċess jitgħallmu jaħdmu flimkien u joħolqu sens komunitarju. Dan il-proġett joffri mhux biss l-opportunità li huma jkunu l-protagonisti tal-media, imma wkoll li jrawmu fihom sens ta’ evalwazzjoni kritika tal-media u jitgħallmu dawk il-valuri umani li huma ta’ ġid għalihom… Read more »
Nhar l-Erbgħa 14 ta’ Novembru 2012, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. iċċelebra quddiesa ta’ radd il-ħajr bis-sehem tal-istudenti li se jiggradwaw mill-Università ta’ Malta. Din saret fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann.
L-Arċisqof feraħ lil gradwati kollha, u qallhom li Ġesu jifrah magħhom ukoll tas-suċċess li għamlu fl-edukazzjoni tagħhom. Hu ħeġġeġ lil gradwati biex jagħmlu riflessjoni biex fil-karriera tagħhom jaġixxu etikament tajjeb fir-responsabiltajiet tagħhom… Read more »
Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, he gave them this answer, ‘The coming of the kingdom of God does not admit of observation and there will be no one to say, “Look, it is here! Look, it is there!” For look, the kingdom of God is among you.’ He said to the disciples, ‘A time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man and will not see it… Read more »
Pope during weekly General Audience
Three ways to knowing God (the world, the human being and the faith) provided the theme for Benedict XVI’s catechesis during his general audience, held Wednesday morning in the Paul VI Hall.
The Holy Father began by explaining that “God’s initiative always precedes any initiative on the part of man, and, even on our journey towards Him, it is He Who first illuminates and guides us, while always respecting our freedom… Read more »
