Monthly Archives: June 2015
Hearing the cry of the earth: We are all responsible
23/06/2015-
Francis has spoken. He has spoken loudly. The Pope’s encyclical had long been in the pipeline, perhaps even as long as nearly two years. Although the environment has often been part of the social teaching of successive Popes, particularly in the last fifty years, Laudato si’ is the first major document which is dedicated solely to this issue. Its subtitle already speaks volumes: On care for our common home…
The Archbishop’s homily on the feast of the birth of St John the Baptist
23/06/2015-
On Sunday 21st June 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated a Pontificial Mass on the occasion of the feast of the birth of St John the Baptist, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
The Archbishop’s Homily
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Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
21 ta’ Ġunju 2015
Greetings to our English speaking guests and also a special greeting to Your Excellency, thank you for your presence, and to those members of the Equestrian Orders of the Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre…
Pope visits sick and disabled, decries culture of waste
23/06/2015- In the afternoon on Sunday, during his Apostolic Visit to Turin, Pope Francis visited the sick and disabled at the Little House of Divine Providence – known as the “Cottolengo” from its founder, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, a canon of the Corpus Domini Church of Turin. The Holy Father once again decried what he has described as a “culture of waste.” Among the many victims of this culture, the Holy Father spoke especially about the elderly “who are the memory and the wisdom of the people…
The Gospel of the day: 23rd June
23/06/2015-
- Saint Matthew 7:6.12-14 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces. Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets.” “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many…
Programme of Liturgical Celebrations on the feast of St Peter and St Paul
22/06/2015- Fl-okkażjoni tas-Solennità tal-martirju tal-Appostli San Pietru u San Pawl (l-Imnarja), il-programm ta’ Ċelebrazzjonijiet Liturġiċi fil-Katidral tal-Imdina se ikun kif ġej. Dawn iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet ser jitmexxew minn Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P., Arċisqof Emeritu.
Il-Ħadd 28 ta’ Ġunju 5.30pm – Jasal Mons. Arċisqof Emeritus Pawlu Cremona O.P. 5.45pm – Traslazzjoni tar-Relikwiji 6.00pm – Quddiesa bl-Ewwel Għasar Pontifikali It-Tnejn 29 ta’ Ġunju 7.00am – Tifħir ta’ Sbiħ-il Jum Kantat…
The Pope to youth: go against the flow; be courageous and creative
22/06/2015-
At the end of the first day of a two day trip to Turin, Pope Francis met with tens of thousands of young people in the city’s central square, Piazza Vittorio.
Pope Francis spoke to the young people “from the heart” for more than half an hour, laying aside his prepared remarks (which he promised would later be published)…
The Gospel of the day: 22nd June
22/06/2015-
Saint Matthew 7:1-5
Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’ while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.”
Saints of the day: San Tumas More u San John Fisher
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The Archbishop’s homily on the feast of the birth of St John the Baptist
21/06/2015- On Sunday 21st June 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated a Pontificial Mass on the occasion of the feast of the birth of St John the Baptist, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. The Archbishop’s Homily
- Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
21 ta’ Ġunju 2015
Greetings to our English speaking guests and also a special greeting to Your Excellency, thank you for your presence, and to those members of the Equestrian Orders of the Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre…
The Gospel of the day: 21st June
21/06/2015-
Saint Mark 4:35-41
On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion…