News from the Church in Malta
Catholic Institute, Floriana
23rd April 2017
L-ewwel nett nixtieq nawguralkom ħafna għal din il-ġurnata importanti fil-kalendarju tal-iscouts u tal-girl guides…
Saint Mark 16:15-20
Jesus said to the eleven: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents (with their hands), and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them…
Fi ftit jiem oħra, il-Papa Franġisku se jibda t-18-il vjaġġ appostoliku tiegħu, din id-darba fl-Eġittu.
Skont il-kelliem tal-Vatikan, Greg Burke, bħall-vjaġġi l-oħra tiegħu, il-Papa se juża karozza normali, jiġifieri mingħajr protezzjoni. Dan minkejja l-attakki terroristiċi li ġraw jiem ilu fuq il-komunitajiet Insara.
Waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet li saret dalgħodu mal-ġurnalisti, Burke stqarr li l-Papa jrid jgħaddi messaġġ pożittiv…
Nhar il-Ħadd, 23 ta’ April 2017, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-festa tal-Ħniena Divina tal-Mulej, fis-Santwarju tal-Ħniena Divina, San Pawl tat-Tarġa.
Sanctuary of Divine Mercy, San Pawl tat-Tarġa
23rd April 2017
“Ġib sebgħek hawn u ara jdejja, u ressaq idek u qegħidha fuq ġenbi: tkunx bniedem bla fidi, iżda emmen” (Ġw 20, 27)…
Saint John 3:1-8
There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a person once grown old be born again? …
In his Angelus address in a sunny St Peter’s Square, Pope France recalled the Church tradition of calling the first Sunday after Easter “in albis”, an expression he said, meant to recall the rite of those who had received baptism in white on the Easter Vigil.
The Pope went on to say that in the Jubilee of Year of 2000, St John Paul II established that this particular Sunday was to be dedicated to Divine Mercy…
Il‑festa tal‑Ħniena Divina tniżżlet fil‑kalendarju tal‑Knisja grazzi għall-Papa Ġwanni Pawlu II, li fl‑1992 ddeċieda li dil‑festa tibda tiġi ċċelebrata fl‑ewwel Ħadd ta’ wara l‑Għid, l‑hekk imsejħa “Domenica in albis”.
X’inhi l‑orġini ta’ din il‑festa?
Ġesù, skont id‑dehriet li Suor Fawstina kellha tiegħu fl‑1931 u li kitbthom fid‑djaru tagħha, qasam magħha x‑xewqa li l‑Knisja tfakkar din il‑festa: “Jien nixtieq li jkun hawn il‑festa tal‑Ħniena Divina…
Saint John 20:19-31
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, «Peace be with you.» When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord…
