News from the Church in Malta
John 1, 1-18
In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things came into being, not one thing came into being except through him. What has come into being in him was life, life that was the light of men; and light shines in darkness, and darkness could not overpower it…
Il-Ħadd 29 ta’ Diċembru 2013, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. u l-Isqof Awżiljarju Charles J Scicluna laqgħu lin-nies għall-bdil tal-awguri tal-Milied u s-Sena l-Ġdida.
F’diskors tal-okkażjoni l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona tkellem dwar il-familja ta’ Nazareth u iż-żwieġ nisrani: Nibda billi nawguralkom għas-sena 2014. Ħafna drabi l-ġranet tagħna jimxu mhux biss mal-ġranet ċivili imma wkoll mal-ġranet tal-liturġija, u llum inzertat il-festa tal-familja ta’ Nazaret…
Monday
6.00 p.m. The Archbishop leads a prayer meeting for the lay Dominicans at the Apap Institute, St Venera
Tuesday
2.00 p.m. The Archbishops and the Auxiliary Bishop visit H.E. the President and Mrs Abela, Civil Authorities and members of Civil Society to exchange New Year’s greetings, Valletta
6.00 p.m…
Monday
9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, at the Curia.
12.00 p.m. The Archbishop attends a reception for Curia employees to exchange Christmas greetings, at the Curia.
5.00 p.m. The Archbishop visits the Poor Clare Sisters’ monastery, St Julians.
6.30 p.m. The Archbishop attends a reception and exchanges Christmas greetings, Dar l-Emigrant, Valletta…
16 – 22 December
Monday
9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, at his residence, Attard.
4.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets seminarians, celebrates Mass and joins them for dinner, at the Archbishop’s Seminary, Rabat…
Archbishop’s message on Christmas Day 2013
Konkatidral ta’ S. Ġwann, Valletta
25 ta’ Diċembru 2013
Ħuti, aħna ġejna llum biex infakkru t-twelid tal-Mulej, elfejn sena ilu, fil-grotta ta’ Betlem. U l-ewwel mistoqsija li nagħmlu: għaliex fil-grotta? …
Feast of the Holy Family
Matthew 2,13-15.19-23
After they had left, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and do away with him.’ So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt, where he stayed until Herod was dead…
Matthew 2,13-18
After they had left, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and do away with him.’ So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt, where he stayed until Herod was dead…
John 20, 2-8
Mary of Magdala 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…
