Monthly Archives: June 2014

The Gospel of the day – 27th June

  • Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
    Matthew 11,25-30
    At that time Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him…

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The fire of Pentecost prevails over hatred – Pope Francis

    • The Pope embraces all the Churches of the East and is close to their faithful, whose tears, fears and hopes are also ours, a sentiment he manifested this morning, receiving in audience the participants in the assembly of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches, also recalling the comfort, encouragement, and at the same time, the responsibility he encountered during his recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land…

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Volunteer Send-Off

  • Nhar l-Erbgħa 25 ta’ Ġunju 2014, f’Dar San Ġużepp, saret l-attività tal-Kummissjoni Djoċesana Żgħażagħ (KDŻ) ‘Volunteer Send-Off’, li għaliha attendew żgħażagħ li ser jagħmlu esperjenza ta’ volontarjat matul is-sajf. Fil-messaġġ tiegħu waqt din l-attività, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Charles J. Scicluna qal li l-volontarjat mhuwiex biss pellegrinaġġ lejn art barranija u kultura differenti, iżda wkoll vjaġġ tar-ruħ fejn wieħed jiskopri l-ferħ spiritwali veru…

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The Fault in Our Stars

  • ****

    Direttur:        Josh Boone
    Atturi:            Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern
    Ħin:                125 minuti
                        
    Klassifika taċ-Ċensura:   12A
    Klassifika tal-Knisja:        15
     
    Hazel Grace Lancaster u Augustus (Gus) Waters huma żewġ żgħażagħ morda bil-cancer iżda li jidher li qedin ifiqu minnhu…

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Belle

  • ***

    Direttur:          Amma Asante
    Atturi:             Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Sam Reid, Matthew Goode u Emily Watson
    Ħin tal-film:    104 min
     
    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                 PG
    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                      12A

    Dido Elizabeth Belle, tifla lleġittima ta’ uffiċjal għoli fil-Flotta Ngliża, tinġieb l-Ingilterra minn missierha biex titrabba  taħt il-kura ta’ zijuha, William Murray,  Konti ta’ Mansfield, f’dar kbira imponenti ġewwa Londra magħrufa bħala Kenwood House…

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3 Days to Kill

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    Direttur:          Mc G
    Atturi:              Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen, Richard Sammel u Eriq Ebouney
    Ħin tal-Film:    117 min.
     
    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                 12A
    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                      15

    Ethan Renner, aġent ta’ esperjenza kbira fi CIA, jaħdem flimkien ma’ tim biex jaqbdu lil Albino, assistent prinċipali ta’ The Wolf,  traffikant tal-armi…

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The Gospel of the day – 25th June

  • Matthew 7, 15-20

    ‘Beware of false prophets who come to you disguised as sheep but underneath are ravenous wolves. You will be able to tell them by their fruits. Can people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, a sound tree produces good fruit but a rotten tree bad fruit. A sound tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a rotten tree bear good fruit…

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Feast of Blessed Nazju Falzon

  • Il-Festa tal-Beatu Nazju Falzon tiġi ċċelebrata nhar it-Tlieta 1 ta’ Lulju. Għal din l-okkażjoni r-relikwija tal-Beatu Nazju Falzon se tiġi esposta fil-Kappella tal-Isptar Mater Dei, fil-Knisja tal-Ġiżwiti u fil-Knisja ta’Ġieżu, il-Belt Valletta.

    Nhar il-Ħadd, 29 ta’ Ġunju, fit-3.00 p.m. ir-relikwjia ser tittieħed fil-Kappella tal-Isptar Mater Dei u tkun esposta hemm sal-għada,it-Tnejn 30 ta’ Ġunju, fil-5.00 p.m.

    Nhar it-Tnejn, 30 ta’ Ġunju, fit-5.15 p.m…

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SPED – A far cry from the 1990 Structure Plan

  • In its reactions to the Strategic Plan for Environment and Development (SPED) document, the Kummissjoni Interdjocesana Ambjent feels that the policy outlined in the document fails to be an adequate replacement for the 1990 Structure Plan mainly because, apart from its shorter time frame (its target is 2020), it fails to provide official statistical information justifying its policies and proposals. Moreover, notwithstanding the extension of the period of consultation, there has been no real attempt to motivate the general public to participate…

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The Gospel of the day – 24th June

  • Luke 1, 57-66.80

    The time came for Elizabeth to have her child, and she gave birth to a son; and when her neighbours and relations heard that the Lord had lavished on her his faithful love, they shared her joy. Now it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother spoke up…

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