News from the Church in Malta
Lenten talks for Separated persons by Fr Marco Portelli are to be held at Curia chapel on 16th, 17th, 18th and 20th March from 6.30pm till 7.45pm.
Entrance from back door of Curia at No. 5, Lion Street, Floriana.
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God acts in humility and in silence; “spectacle” is not His style. That was Pope Francis’ message at Mass on Monday in the Casa Santa Marta.
Jesus rebukes people of Nazareth for their lack of faith
In the Gospel of the day, Jesus rebukes the inhabitants of Nazareth for their lack of faith: at first, the Pope said, they listened with admiration, but later they exploded “with anger, with outrage”:
“In that moment, this people, who had heard with pleasure what Jesus had said, but did not like what He had said to one, two, or three of them; and perhaps some gossip had stood up and said, ‘But who is this who’s come to talk to us? …
Pope Francis on Sunday evening celebrated Mass at the parish of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore in the Roman suburb of Tor Bella Monaca.
In his homily, the Holy Father said we cannot fool Jesus, acting like saints when we’re around the church, but living our daily lives like pagans. Jesus knows what is in the heart of man…
Nhar il-Ġimgħa 6 ta’ Marzu 2015, l-Arċisqof-elett Mons. Charles J. Scicluna mexxa Pellegrinaġġ Penitenzjali fir-raħal taż-Żurrieq li ntemmet b’quddiesa fil-Knisja Parrokkjali.
L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof-elett Mons. Charles J. Scicluna fil-Knisja Parrokkjali taż-Żurrieq
Knisja Parrokkjali, Iż-Żurrieq
6 ta’ Marzu 2015
Fil-ġimgħat ta’matul ir-Randan, kull nhar ta’ Ġimgħa, il-qari jfakkarna u jippreparana f’dak li se niċċelebraw fil-Ġimgħa il-Kbira…
On Friday 6th March 2015, Archbishop-elect Mgr Charles J. Scicluna paid a courtesy visit to the Hon. Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat, at Auberge de Castille, Valletta, and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Dr Angelo Farrugia, at the President’s Palace in Valletta.
Nirringrazzjak Onor…
Il-Ġimgħa 6 ta’ Marzu 2015, l-Arċisqof-elett Mons. Charles J. Scicluna għamel żjara ta’ korteżija lill-E.T. il-President ta’ Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. Iż-żjara saret fil-Palazz ta’ San Anton, Ħ’Attard.
Messaġġ tal-Arċisqof-elett Mons. Charles J. Scicluna lill-E.T. il-President ta’ Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
Palazz ta’ San Anton, Ħ’Attard
6 ta’ Marzu 2015
Eċċellenza,
Grazzi tal-merħba li qed tagħtini…
Palazz tal-President, l-Belt Valletta
6 ta’ Marzu 2015
Onor. Speaker,
L-ewwelnett nirringrazzjak ħafna ta’ din il-laqgħa kordjali, u nsellem permezz tiegħek ukoll lill-membri kollha tal-Parlament. Illum mhux qed niltaqgħu biss bhala kollegi fil-formazzjoni tal-Korp tal-pulizija iktar minn għoxrin sena ilu, iżda anke bħala Arċisqof ta’ din id-Djoċesi daqshekk għażiża – komunità ta’ fidi li fil-pajjiż għandha għeruq profondi u għandha wkoll patrimonju ta’ kultura, mhux biss ta’ arti u letteratura u tant affarijiet oħra li jispiraw l-arti imma wkoll il-qalb Maltija…
Il-Berġa ta’ Kastilja, l-Belt Valletta
6 ta’ Marzu 2015
Nirringrazzjak Onor. Prim Ministru ta’ din il-laqgħa kordjali tiegħek u tal-kliem tiegħek. Ir-risposta għal dak li għedt hija fuq tlett punti. L-ewwelnett, l-awtonomija bejn il-Knisja u l-Istat li nħoss hija valur importanti fl-epoka li qegħdin ngħixu fiha. Awtonomija li tfisser ukoll rispett reċiproku, kif għedt int, fid-distinzjoni tar-rwoli…
6 ta’ Marzu 2015
Eċċellenza,
Grazzi tal-merħba li qed tagħtini. Jiena nwegħdek il-kooperazzjoni sħiħa tiegħi u tal-Knisja Kattolika f’din il-missjoni li għandek bħala Kap tal-Istat, jiġifieri li tkun ukoll sinjal tal-għaqda tar-Repubblika, tas-sikurezza, tal-għajnuna soċjali. Nirringrazzjak ukoll, mhux biss f’isem il-Knisja, imma f’isem tant NGOs Kattoliċi, tas-sapport kontinwu tiegħek, tal-ispirazzjoni tiegħek, tal-qalb ġeneruża tiegħek li hija wkoll ta’ xhieda sabiħa għalina bħala Nsara…
Worldliness darkens the soul, making it unable to see the poor who live next to us with all their wounds: this was the message, in brief, that Pope Francis had for the faithful gathered for Mass in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican on Thursday morning.
Commenting on the parable of the rich man, a man dressed “in purple and fine linen,” who “every day gave lavish banquets,” the Pope said that we never hear ill spoken of this man, we are not told that he was a bad man…
