News from the Church in Malta
It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,’ she said, ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’ So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI
Concern, mixed with joy and hope, were expressed in the words of Pope Benedict XVI this Christmas, during Vigil Mass Christmas eve and again in the Urbi et orbi message, addressed Christmas Day from the central balcony of St. Peter’s basilica to 50 thousand people in St Peter’s Square . The Pope spoke of the Middle East and Africa and launched an appeal to the new leaders of China… Read more »
Matthew 10, 17-22
‘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 »
Konkatidral, S. Ġwann
25 ta’ Diċembru 2012
Ħuti, dan il-Lejl tal-Milied jispjegalna min hu Alla tagħna għal min jemmen fi Kristu. Alla tagħna ma jibqax fis-smewwiet. Alla tagħna jiġi fostna biex hu jkun jista’ jagħtina s-salvazzjoni. M’hemm l-ebda reliġjon oħra li turi lil Iben t’Alla li jiġi fostna. U dan jurina li aħna fil-qalba ta’ Alla. U allura nistgħu ngħidu li l-lum iktar milli l-festa ta’ Ġesu għax dak huwa l-Iben t’Alla, hija l-festa tagħna, ta’ kull wieħed u waħda minna għaliex Ġesu ġie fostna… Read more »
Luke 2,1-14
Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited world. This census – the first – took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David’s town called Bethlehem, since he was of David’s House and line, in order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child… Read more »
The European Union has designated 2013 as the Year of the Citizen. The aim is for all Europeans to acknowledge their rights as European citizens, in order that, in a spirit of democracy, any decisions they may take during their lifetime will be for their benefit and that of others. It is for this reason that I am here at MCAST, surrounded by young people who are undertaking their studies at this institution – for these are the citizens of tomorrow… Read more »
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The European Union has designated 2013 as the Year of the Citizen. The aim is for all Europeans to acknowledge their rights as European citizens, in order that, in a spirit of democracy, any decisions they may take during their lifetime will be for their benefit and that of others. It is for this reason that I am here at MCAST, surrounded by young people who are undertaking their studies at this institution – for these are the citizens of tomorrow… Read more »
Għeżież Missjunarji,
Nieħu din l-okkażjoni biex f’isem il-Knisja li tinsab ġewwa Malta nibgħatilkom l-isbaħ xewqat qaddisa tal-Milied għal din is-sena.
Din is-Sena ta’ Fidi tħeġġiġna biex dejjem iktar nidħlu fil-qalba tal-Miteri tal-Ħajja ta’ Sidna Ġesù Krsitu. Jiena xtaqt naqsam magħkom din ir-riflessjoni.
Meta ħadt sehem fis-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet fuq “il-Kelma t’Alla”, waħda mir-riflessjonijiet li laqtuni kienet li aħna m’aħniex in-nies tal-Ktieb, iżda tal-Kelma… Read more »
On Sunday 23rd December 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. attended a Christmas party for children coming from Church Homes, at the Archbishop’s Seminary in Tal-Virtù, Rabat. The party was organised by RTK radio.
Click on the photos to enlarge… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI, addressing pilgrims and tourists gathered in St Peter’s Square beneath the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on the fourth Sunday of Advent, spoke of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin, Elisabeth – the episode narrated during the Gospel reading for the day. “The episode,” said Pope Benedict, “does not represent a mere gesture of courtesy, but dramatises with great simplicity the encounter of the Old Testament with the New Testament.”
The Holy Father explained that the elderly and yet miraculously fertile Elisabeth represents Israel awaiting the Messiah… Read more »
