News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis on Wednesday offered his congratulations to the governments of the United States and Cuba, as they announced the two countries will start talks on resuming diplomatic relations. A statement from the Vatican Secretariat of State said that in recent months the Pope had written to both Cuban President Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama, inviting them to “resolve humanitarian questions of common interest”…
Il-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta kienet taħt id-direzzjoni tas-Surmast il-Maġġur John Ivan Borg, u daqqet kompożizzjoni li nkitbet għall-okkażjoni bl-isem: ISPIRAZZJONI DIVINA, kitba ta’ Sunny Aquilina, muzika ta’ Mro Ray Sciberras…
Nhar it-Tnejn 15 ta’ Diċembru 2014, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku sede vacante attenda kunċert fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fil-ftuħ taċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet fl-okkażjoni tal-50 sena mit-twaqqif tad-Dar tal-Providenza. Il-Kunċert ittella’ mill-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta, bil-kollaborazzjoni ta’ RTK4Charity u bil-korteżija tal-Fondazzjoni tal-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, taħt il-patroċinju distint tal-E.T. il-President ta’ Malta, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca…
God saves “a repentant heart,” while he who does not trust in Him draws “condemnation” upon himself. This message was at the heart of Pope Francis’s homily during morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.
Humility saves man in God’s eyes, while pride is a loser. The key lies in the heart. The heart of a humble person is open, it knows repentance, it accepts correction and trusts in God…
Direttur: Shawn Levy
Atturi: Ben Stilller, Robin Williams, Dan Stevens, Ben Kingsley
Ħin: 97 minuti
Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: PG
Klassifika tal-Knisja: PG
Larry Daley, li huwa l-gwardjan ta’ bil-lejl fil-Mużew ta’ l-Istorja Naturali fi New York, jiskopri li l-annimali u statwi tax-xema li hemm fil-mużew u li bil-lejl jieħdu l-ħajja, f’daqqa waħda sviluppaw ħsara…
Direttur: Will Gluck
Atturi: Quvenzhane’ Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx
Ħin: 118 minuti
Klassifika tal-Gvern: U
Klassifika tal-Knisja: U
Annie hija tifla ffosterjatha, ferrieħija u li fl-istess waqt hija kuraġġuża, tant li ma tiddejjaqx tiġri fit-toroq ta’ New York. Meta kienet għadha tarbija l-ġenituri tagħha telqgħuha, għalkemm wegħdu li jerġgħu jiġu għaliha xi darba…
Nhar it-Tnejn 15 ta’ Diċembru 2014, saret konferenza stampa dwar dettalji tad-dsatax-il edizzjoni tal-Festa ta’ Ġenerożità li ssir fl-Ewwel ta’ Jannar ta’ kull sena organizzata minn RTK4Charity biex jinġabru fondi ħalli d-Dar tal-Providenza tkun tista’ tkompli bil-ħidma tagħha u ssaħħaħa. Dan qalu Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar, waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet li saret dalgħodu. “Hija ħaġa sabiħa ħafna,” qal Fr Martin, “li l-poplu Malti u Għawdxi propju jibda sena ġdida billi juri min tassew hu, poplu ġeneruż, poplu li jaf issarraf is-solidarjetà fil-prattika.”
Fr Martin semma’ erba’ għanijiet għall-Festa ta’ Ġenerożità mad-Dar tal-Providenza…
The day’s Gospel reading, which relates how the chief priests asked Jesus by what authority He did His works, was the focus of the Pope’s homily on Monday. It is a demand, the Pope explained, that demonstrates the “hypocritical heart” of those people – people who were not interested in the truth, who sought only their own interests, and went where the wind blew: you should go this way, you should go that way…” They were weathervanes, all of them! …
On Friday 19th December, 2014, six seminarians are going to be instituted in the Acolyte Ministry by His Lordship Monsignor Charles J. Scicluna, Titular Bishop of San Leone, Apostolic Administrator, Sede Vacante, during a mass celebrated at St Joseph Parish Church, Kalkara, commencing at 6:30pm.
The Six seminarians are Sergio Fenech and Mark Mallia Pawley from St Sebastian’s Parish, Ħal Qormi, Claude Mifsud from the Parish of the Assumption of Mary, Mosta, James Saydon from the Parish of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Naxxar, Andrew Schembri from the of St George’s Parish, Ħal Qormi, and Gilbert Scicluna from St Joseph’s Parish, Kalkara…
At the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis welcomed the children of Rome for the traditional “Bambinelli Blessing.” On Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Lent, Roman boys and girls bring the baby Jesus from their Nativity sets to Saint Peter’s Square to be blessed by the Pope.
Speaking after the Angelus prayer, the Holy Father thanked the children for coming, and wished them a happy Christmas…
