News from the Church in Malta
Saint Mark 2:18-22
The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast. People came to Jesus and objected, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak…
Bħal kull sena, il-Knisja f’Malta tiċċelebra l-festa tal-Konverżjoni ta’ Missierna San Pawl. Iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet se jsiru fil-Katidral tal-Imdina bejn is-Sibt 23 u l-Ħadd 24 ta’ Jannar li ġej, u se jkunu ppreseduti mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna.
Is-Sibt 23 ta’ Jannar 2016
4:45 p.m. Il-Kapitlu jilqa’ lill- Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna.
5:00 p.m. Installazzjoni ta’ Monsinjur effettiv, erba’ Monsinjuri Koġuturi, u tliet Monsinjuri Onorarji…
Pope Francis on Sunday became the third pope to visit Rome’s synagogue in a sign of continuing Catholic-Jewish friendship.
During the visit that featured welcome speeches by prominent members of Rome’s Jewish community and a speech by the Pope, Francis greeted a number of people including several Holocaust survivors.
Pope Francis recalled the tragedy of the Holocaust and paid tribute to the over 2000 Jews who were deported by the Nazis from Rome in October 1943…
Nhar il-Ħadd 17 ta’ Jannar 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa f’Jum il-Migranti u r-Refuġati, fil-Kappella tar-Ragħaj it-Tajjeb, Ħal Balzan, flimkien mal-komunità Ertireana f’Malta.
Kappella tar-Ragħaj it-Tajjeb, Ħal-Balzan
17 ta’ Jannar 2016
Dan l-episodju tal-ewwel sinjal ta’ Ġesù waqt it-tieġ f’Kana tal-Galilija, jikkonkludi serje ta’ tliet episodji li aħna niċċelebraw fil-Milied li fihom il-Mulej Ġesù juri lilu nnifsu lill-ġnus, lill-bnedmin u lid-dixxipli.
L-ewwel episodju li qed nirrreferi għalih huwa ż-żjara tas-Slaten Maġi…
Saint Mark 2:18-22
The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast. People came to Jesus and objected, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak…
Matul dawn il-ġranet tal-live-in, li sar bejn it-Tlieta 12 ta’ Jannar u l-Hamis 14 ta’ Jannar 2016, aħna, il-Kappillani ta’ Malta u Għawdex, ħassejna l-bżonn li nesploraw aħjar min huma dawk il-persuni li jinsabu fil-periferija eżistenzjali. B’din il-periferija ma nifhmux biss dawk li ma jersqux lejn il-Knisja, iżda wkoll dawk il-persuni li għalkemm jistgħu jkunu viċin
tal-Knisja u jagħtu sehemhom fil-parroċċa, għadhom ma waslux biex jagħmlu l-għażla konxja tad-dixxipulat…
Saint John 2:1-11
There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” (And) Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.”
His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.” Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him…
Nhar il-Ħadd 10 ta’ Jannar 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa f’għeluq l-400 sena mit-twaqqif tal-Parroċċa ta’ Ħaż Żabbar, fil-Knisja Parrokkjali tal-istess parroċċa.
Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja Parrokkjali, Ħaż Żabbar
10 ta’ Jannar 2016
“Ġej wieħed aqwa minni … hu jgħammidkom bl-Ispirtu s-Santu u n-nar” (Lq 3, 16)…
