Monthly Archives: November 2014

The Gospel of the day – 22nd November

  • Saint Luke 20, 27-40

    Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’ Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died…

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Pope Francis: People and not money create development

  • Saying people and not money create development, Pope Francis called on Thursday for courageous initiatives to rethink our economic system and not become slaves of money. His remarks came in a video message delivered to participants attending a Festival of Social Doctrine in the Italian city of Verona promoted by the local Church.  

    The Pope urged people not to become discouraged by the economic crisis but instead turn their energies towards ways of “rethinking our economic model and the world of work.”  He warned that “the great temptation” when faced with these difficulties is to concentrate “on tending our own wounds and use that as an excuse to not heed the cry of the poor” and all those who are suffering because they have lost their jobs and the dignity that goes with that…

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Music Concert in aid of Id-Dar tal-Providenza

  • Id-Dar tal-Providenza, se tiftah iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet tal-50 sena mit-twaqqif tagħha b’KUNĊERT li se jsir fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann il-Belt nhar it-Tnejn 15 ta’ Diċembru fis-7.30 ta’ filgħaxija. Il-Kunċert se jittella’ mill-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta, bil-kollaborazzjoni ta’ RTK4Charity u bil-korteżija tal-Fondazzjoni tal-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, Se jkun taħt il-patroċinju distint tal-E.T. il-President ta’ Malta Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, u l-E.T…

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The Gospel of the day – 21st November

    • Saint Matthew 12, 46-50

      While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? …

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Maps to the Stars

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    Direttur: David Cronenberg
    Atturi:  Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson
    Ħin tal-film: 112 min.

     
    Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 18
    Klassifika tal-Knisja: AR
     
    Agatha, tfajla ħelwa, tasal Los Angeles u mill-ajruport tmur fuq is-sit fejn darba kien hemm id-dar lussuża ta’ ħuha, Benjie Weiss,  tfajjel stilla li kien jinsab fuq il-quċċata tal-karriera tiegħu bħala attur…

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

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    Direttur: Miguel Arteta
    Atturi: Ed Oxenbould, Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner
    Ħin: 81 minuti
     
    Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: PG
    Klassifika tal-Knisja: PG

    Lejliet għeluq it-tnax il-sena tiegħu Alexander ikollu ġurnata ħażina: jeħillu ċ-chewing gum f’xagħru, sħabu fl-iskola jidħqu bih, ma’ jirnexxilux jimpressjoni lit- tifla ħelwa tal-klassi tiegħu, u għal daqsxejn ma’ jqabbadx il-laboratorju tax- xjenza. Biex tagħqad x’ħin imur id-dar il-familja tiegħu ma’ tantx juruh simpatija u bil-kemm jagħtu kashu…

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Pope Francis calls for peace after series of Jerusalem attacks

  • Pope Francis has made a heartfelt plea to Israelis and Palestinians to put an end to the violence which has plagued Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land in recent weeks.  His appeal follows an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday in which 2 Palestinian men armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed three U.S.-Israeli rabbis and a British-Israeli man.  An Israeli policeman later died of his wounds…

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The Gospel of the day – 20th November

    • Saint Luke 19, 41-44

      As Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace–but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides…

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Bishop Charles Scicluna visits Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary school

  • L-Erbgħa 19 ta’ Novembru 2014, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, żar l-iskola Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary, in-Naxxar, fejn iltaqa’ mal-amministrazzjoni u l-istudenti tal-iskola. Matul din iż-żjara, l-Isqof Scicluna kellu l-opportunità jiddjaloga mal-istudenti u jwieġeb il-mistoqsijiet tagħhom dwar diversi temi u suġġetti. Iż-żjara ntemmet b’mument ta’ talb animat mill-istudenti tal-istess skola.

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The universal call to holiness – Pope Francis

  • “Every state of life leads to holiness, always”, but only if we are open to the grace of God’s gift, said Pope Francis Wednesday speaking of the universal call to holiness of all baptized at his general audience.

    Below is the Holy Father’s catechesis:

    Dear brothers and sisters, good morning.

    A great gift of the Second Vatican Council was to have retrieved a vision of the Church founded on communion, and to have also embodied the principle of authority and hierarchy in this context…

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