News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis’ encyclical letter, Laudato Si’, published in 2015, was hailed as a heartfelt appeal for the future of planet earth, or, as the pope puts it, a call to all people to take “care of our common home”.
Among the many responses to that call is an initiative by private investors inviting entrepreneurs and start-up companies to develop ideas responding to the challenges spelt out in Laudato Si’…
Saint Matthew 10:17-22
Jesus said to His disciples: “Beware of men, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans. When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say…
Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
25 ta’ Diċembru 2017
Is-silta mill-Ktieb tal-Profeta Isaija li tiftħ il-qari qaddis f’din it-tielet Quddiesa tal-Milied, il-Quddiesa tal-jum, tinsisti ħafna fuq din il-grazzja kbira li fl-aħħar l-ġnus jistgħu jaraw lill-Mulej.
Il-Mulej jixxandar bħala dak li jġib ir-risq, bħala dak li jġib is-salvazzjoni, bħala dak li jġib il-ferħ (ara Is 52, 7)…
Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina
24 ta’ Diċembru 2017
F’dawk l-inħawi kien hemm xi ragħajja fir-raba’, għassa mal-merħla tagħhom billejl u dehrilhom anġlu tal-Mulej. Il-glorja tal-Mulej iddiet madwarhom u qabadhom biża’ kbir. Iżda l-anġlu qalilhom: “Tibżgħux, għax araw, qiegħed inħabbrilkom ferħ kbir, ferħ li se jkun għall-poplu kollu…
In his homily at Christmas Mass “During the Night” in St Peter’s Basilica, the Pope reflects on how, with the birth of Jesus, everything becomes a source of hope.
The Christmas story is retold every year with all the places, people and themes we know so well: the stable, the shepherds, the birth. But perhaps the very familiarity of the story can distract us or cause us to forget the messages that lie at its heart…
The Nativity of the Lord
Saint John 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it…
St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdina
24th December 2017
It is with great joy that I address you on this holy night, my beloved Maltese and Gozitan brothers and sisters. On this night, the Lord invites us to move ever closer to him. His name ‘Jesus’ means that our salvation is God’s most profound wish for us, while another of the names attributed to him, Immanu-El underscores his thirst to be with us, God with us…
St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdina
24th December 2017
It is with great joy that I address you on this holy night, my beloved Maltese and Gozitan brothers and sisters. On this night, the Lord invites us to move ever closer to him. His name ‘Jesus’ means that our salvation is God’s most profound wish for us, while another of the names attributed to him, Immanu-El underscores his thirst to be with us, God with us…
Milied Flimkien, il-Belt Valletta
23 ta’ Diċembru 2017
Għażiża President ta’ Malta, Onorevoli Prim Ministru u Sinjura Muscat, Sur Speaker u Sinjura Farrugia, u anke lil Dr Delia u lil Dr Vella de Fremaux,
L-ewwel nett nirringrazzjakom ħafna tal-istedina biex inwassal messaġġ tal-okkażjoni li jrid ikun messaġġ reliġjuż…
Nhar il-Ħadd, 24 ta’ Diċembru 2017, lejlet il-Milied, fil-11:00 p.m., l‑Arċisqof ser imexxi t‑talba tal‑Liturġija tas‑Sigħat fil‑Quddiesa ta’ Nofsillejl fis‑Solennità tat‑Twelid ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu, fil‑Katidral tal‑Imdina.
Nhar it-Tnejn, 25 ta’ Diċembru 2017, nhar il-Milied, fl-10:30 a.m., l‑Arċisqof ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fis‑Solennità tat‑Twelid ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta…
