Monthly Archives: September 2018

The Gospel of the day: 18th September

18/09/2018

  • Saint Luke 7:11-17 

    Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. 

    When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, “Do not weep.” He stepped forward and touched the coffin; at this the bearers halted, and he said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!” The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,” and “God has visited his people.” This report about him spread through the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region…

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Madonna ta’ Pinu’s mosaic image inaugurated in Nazareth

17/09/2018

  • Nhar il-Ġimgħa, 14 ta’ Settembru 2018, festa tal-Eżaltazzjoni tas-Salib Imqaddes, ġiet inawgurata xbieha fil-mużajk tal-Madonna Ta’ Pinu, fis-Santwarju tat-Tħabbira tal-Mulej, f’Nazaret.

    Din ġiet inawgurata mill-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Mario Grech fit-tieni jum ta’ pellegrinaġġ djoċesan ta’ għaxart ijiem fl-Art Imqaddsa flimkien mal-Patrijiet Franġiskani Minuri, li fih qed jieħdu sehem fuq mija u ħamsin pellegrin mill-gżejjer Maltin.

    Ix-xbieha tal-Madonna Ta’ Pinu nħadmet riċentement minn Dun Roberto Gauci u Joseph Borg miċ-Ċentru tal-Arti Liturġika Eikon…

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What truly brings honour to a Catholic?

Omelija waqt Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni ta' Ġieħ Ħal Balzan

17/09/2018
  • Omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi

     


  • Il-Knisja Parrokkjali, Ħal Balzan
    16 ta’ Settembru 2018

    Hemm diversi punti li l-Kelma ta’ Alla tgħidilna f’din il-Quddiesa u li jgħoddu ħafna għal ħajjitna llum, kemm individwalment kif ukoll bħala komunità f’din il-lokalità ta’ Ħal Balzan. Nixtieq nitkellem fuq tlieta minnhom…

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The Gospel of the day: 17th September

17/09/2018

  • Saint Luke 7:1-10 

    When Jesus had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave. They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, “He deserves to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us.” 

    And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me…

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Pope at Mass in Palermo: ‘God and the mafia are not compatible’

16/09/2018

  • Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Saturday during his pastoral visit in the Italian city of Palermo, saying Christians must choose either love or selfishness, victory or defeat.

    “You cannot believe in God and be a member of the mafia,” the Pope declared. “Those belonging to the mafia are not living as Christians, because with their life they blaspheme the name of God who is love.”

    Don Puglisi: victory in defeat

    Pope Francis’ visit to the Sicilian city coincided with the liturgical memorial of Blessed Pino Puglisi, a local priest killed by the mafia 25 years ago…

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The Sunday Gospel: 16th September

16/09/2018

  • The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Saint Mark 8:27-35 

    Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, «Who do people say that I am?» They said in reply, “John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.” 

    And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Messiah.” Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him. He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. He spoke this openly…

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The Gospel of the day: 15th September

15/09/2018

  • Our Lady of Sorrows – Memorial

    Saint John 19:25-27 

    Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 

    When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.”

    And from that hour the disciple took her into his home…

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Fr Martin Michalíček elected as the new Secretary General of CCEE

14/09/2018

  • Fr Martin Michalíček is the new Secretary General of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). Friday morning the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, gathered Poznań for their annual Plenary Assembly (13-16 September), elected him for a five-year term (with immediate effect).

    Fr Martin Michalíček succeeds Duarte da Cunha, who concluded a second five-year term. The CCEE President, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, along with the Vice-presidents, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, his Grace Mgr Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznań, and the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, thanked Fr Duarte da Cunha for his dedication to leading the CCEE Secretariat and Fr Martin Michalíček for his readiness to serve the Church in Europe…

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UK government rejects calls for nationwide abortion clinic buffer zones

14/09/2018

  • The British Home Secretary has rejected proposals for buffer zones around abortion clinics throughout England and Wales as disproportionate, after finding that most abortion protests are peaceful and passive.

    Home Secretary Sajid Javid said in his Sept. 13 decision that after reviewing the evidence, which included “upsetting examples of harassment … what is clear from the evidence we gathered is that these activities are not the norm, and predominantly, anti-abortion activities are more passive in nature.”

    The typical activities of those protesting outside of abortion clinics “include praying, displaying banners and handing out leaflets,” Javid noted…

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Pope receives US Church leaders to discuss clerical sex abuse crisis

14/09/2018

  • Following a private audience with Pope Francis on Thursday morning in Vatican City, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement regarding the recent moral crisis in the American Catholic Church.

    “We are grateful to the Holy Father for receiving us in an audience. We shared with Pope Francis our situation in the United States – how the Body of Christ is lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse…

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