Speaking before the recitation of the Marian prayer and drawing inspiration from Sunday’s Gospel, the Pope said that “even today, in the face of certain misfortunes and tragic events, we can be tempted to ‘discharge’ the responsibility on the victims, or even God himself. But the Gospel, he said, invites us to reflect on what is our idea of God? “Do we believe that God is that way, or is it our own projection, a god made ‘in our image and likeness’?” The Holy Father stressed, that Jesus calls upon us to draw from painful events a warning that concerns everyone, because we are all sinners…
Saint Luke 4:24-30 Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth: “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them and went away. Saint of the day: St…
Saint Luke 13:1-9 Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. He said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did! Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them –do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem? By no means! …
On Friday 26th February 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna led a Penitential Pilgrimage from Stella Maris church to the Jesus of Nazareth church, and later celebrated Mass, in Sliema. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu, Tas-Sliema26 ta’ Frar 2016 L-Evanġelju ta’ San Mark jispjegalna għaliex il-kwadru ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu huwa kif inhu, bl-ilbies aħmar u l-kuruna tax-xewk (Mk 15, 17)…
Saint Luke 15:1-3.11-32 Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them he addressed this parable. Then he said, “A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them. After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”‘ So he got up and went back to his father…
On Friday 26th February 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna led a Penitential Pilgrimage from Stella Maris church to the Jesus of Nazareth church, and later celebrated Mass, in Sliema. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu, Tas-Sliema26 ta’ Frar 2016 L-Evanġelju ta’ San Mark jispjegalna għaliex il-kwadru ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu huwa kif inhu, bl-ilbies aħmar u l-kuruna tax-xewk (Mk 15, 17)…
To truly live our faith, we must recognize the poor who are near to us. In them, Jesus Himself knocks at the door of our heart: that was Pope Francis’ message during the morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta on Thursday. Christians in a bubble of vanity In the Gospel of the day, Jesus tells the parable of the rich man “who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day,” and who did not recognize that at his door there was a poor man named Lazarus, who was covered with sores…
Saint Matthew 21:33-43.45-46 Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir…
Il-Bord għad-Dħul fl-Iskejjel tal-Knisja jixtieq javża li s‑Segretarjat tal‑Edukazzjoni Nisranija ser jilqa’ applikazzjonijiet tard (late applications) skont il‑Kriterju ‘Applikanti Oħra’, għad‑dħul fl‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja fl‑ewwel sena kindergarten, it‑tieni sena kindergarten, l‑ewwel sena primarja u l‑ewwel sena sekondarja. Dawn l‑applikazzjonijiet, għas-sena skolastika li tibda f’Settembru 2016, ser jintlaqgħu nhar il‑Ġimgħa, 26 ta’ Frar 2016, bejn id‑9:00 a.m. u s‑1:00 p.m., fil‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Furjana…
