Monthly Archives: November 2017

The Gospel of the day: 20th November

20/11/2017

  • Saint Luke 18:35-43

    As Jesus approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging, and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!” The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent, but he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me!” 

    Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him, What do you want me to do for you? …

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“We rejoice when we share the talents God gave us without envy and pique” – The Archbishop at the beginning of his Pastoral Visit in Cospicua

Archbishop Scicluna starts his pastoral visit in Cospicua and celebrates mass with the community

19/11/2017
  • Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Bormla

    18 ta’ Novembru 2017

    Ippermettuli naqsam magħkom ħsieb qasir. Il-parabbola li għadna kemm smajna, il-Knisja tirrakkontahielna qrib l-aħħar tas-sena, donnu biex tgħina nagħmlu ftit il-kontijiet.

    Wara kollox is-sid li kellu jsiefer u b’fiduċja kbira ta l-ġid li kellu lil dawn il-qaddejja, wasal il-mument meta rritorna u talabhom rapport, rapport sħiħ ta’ dak li kienu għamlu…

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Pastoral Visit by the Archbishop at Cospicua Parish

19/11/2017

  • Bejn is-Sibt, 18 ta’ Novembru 2017 u t-Tlieta 21 ta’ Novembru 2017, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jkun qed jagħmel il-viżta pastorali fil-Parroċċa ta’ Bormla, fejn se jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ tal-parroċċa, ma’ dawk involuti fil-festa, mal-operaturi pastorali u mal-kumplament tal-komunità ta’ Bormla.

    Hawn taħt tista’ taqra l-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Scicluna lill-parruċċani Bormliżi.

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Pope Francis’ message for the first World Day of the Poor: Let us love, not with words but with deeds

19/11/2017
  • 1. “Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and in truth” (1 Jn 3:18). These words of the Apostle John voice an imperative that no Christian may disregard. The seriousness with which the “beloved disciple” hands down Jesus’ command to our own day is made even clearer by the contrast between the empty words so frequently on our lips and the concrete deeds against which we are called to measure ourselves…

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The Sunday Gospel: 19th November

19/11/2017

  • Saint Matthew 25:14-30 

    Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third one, each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out on his journey.

    The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more…

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Let us love, not with words but with deeds – World Day of the Poor 2017

World Day of the Poor 2017

18/11/2017

  • Il‑Knisja f’Malta ser tingħaqad mal‑Knisja Universali biex għada, il‑Ħadd 19 ta’ Novembru, tfakkar Jum il‑Foqra. It‑tema għal din l‑ewwel ċelebrazzjoni ta’ Jum il‑Foqra hi: ‘Inħobbu mhux bil‑kliem imma bl‑għemil’. Kien il‑Papa Franġisku li fi tmiem il‑Ġublew Straordinarju tal‑Ħniena ried li jibda jitfakkar dan il‑jum.

    Għal din l‑okkażjoni, 16‑il entità tal‑Knisja li jaħdmu fil‑qasam soċjali, flimkien mal‑Kummissjoni Ġustizzja u Paċi, ħadu sehem f’attività li saret fi Pjazza San Ġorġ, il‑Belt Valletta…

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Churches welcome the European Pillar of Social Rights

18/11/2017

  • The Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of the EU (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) welcome the inter-institutional proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights signed yesterday at the Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth that is taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden.

    COMECE and CEC consider the European Pillar of Social Rights as a vital and further step towards the European Social Market Economy, therefore we welcome the high-level consensus set by the joint proclamation of the Parliament, the Council and the Commission…

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The Gospel of the day: 18th November

18/11/2017

  • Saint Luke 18:1-8 

    Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town,’ he said, ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for anyone. In the same town there was also a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, “I want justice from you against my enemy!”

    For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, “Even though I have neither fear of God nor respect for any human person, I must give this widow her just rights since she keeps pestering me, or she will come and slap me in the face.”

    ‘And the Lord said, ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say? …

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Diocesan Assembly 2017 and the feast of Christ the King

17/11/2017

  • Il‑Knisja f’Malta ser tlaqqa’ l‑Assemblea Djoċesana, nhar il‑Ġimgħa 24 u s‑Sibt 25 ta’ Novembru, fil‑Katekumenju, il‑Mosta. It‑tema tal-Assemblea ta’ din is‑sena hi ‘L‑Evanġelizzazzjoni u d‑Djakonija: Lejn Pjan Pastorali għall‑Arċidjoċesi’.

    Matul l-Assemblea, il‑Vigarju Episkopali għall‑Evanġelizzazzjoni, Fr René Camilleri, ser jintroduċi l-ewwel parti tal-pjan pastorali għall-Arċidjoċesi, dik ta’ proposta ta’ strateġija għall‑evanġelizzazzjoni mifruxa fuq tliet snin. Din tinkludi l‑implimentazzjoni ta’ proġetti f’għadd ta’ parroċċi u skejjel…

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Pope Francis sends letter to COP23 climate conference in Bonn

17/11/2017

  • Pope Francis has sent a letter to participants in the COP-23 UN Convention on climate change, taking place in Bonn, Germany on 6-17 November.

    The letter was sent to Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of the Fiji Islands, which is officially hosting the event, and was read out to COP-23 participants.

    Pope Francis congratulated the world leaders present at the COP-23 event and invited them “to maintain a high level of cooperation”…

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