News from the Church in Malta
Saint Luke 17:1-6
Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur. It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. Be on your guard! …
St John’s CoCathedral, Valletta
11 th November 2018
I would like to greet our English-speaking guests. I have already reminded in our native language that during World War I we were ‘the Nurse of the Mediterranean’ and this is something that we cherish, not only because we truly want to be a presence that brings healing, peace and comfort to those in need but we never subscribed to be a people of aggression or war…
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Mark 12:38-44
In the course of his teaching Jesus said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, seats of honour in synagogues, and places of honour at banquets. They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext, recite lengthy prayers…
Għada l-Ħadd, 11 ta’ Novembru 2018, Jum it-Tifkira, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jiċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Il-Quddiesa tibda fid-9:15 am.
F’għeluq il-100 anniversarju mit-tmiem tal-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija, fil-knejjes kollha f’Malta, f’nofsinhar, ser tindaqq mota b’tifkira ta’ dawk li mietu fil-gwerra.
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Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
9 ta’ Novembru 2018
L-episodju li smajna fl-Evanġelju tal-lum (Ġw 2, 13-22) huwa tant importanti fil-ħajja ta’ Ġesù li nsibuh fl-erba’ evanġelji. Meta Ġesù daħal fit-tempju u ra ħafna kummerċ tant irrabja li qabad sawt u ħarbat kulma kien hemm…
Saint Luke 16:9-15
Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours? No servant can serve two masters…
“Promise the Lord that you will never do this, and you will not permit it to be done in your school, in your school, in your neighborhood. Is that understood?”
It was not a casual message for the Pope. The bullying problem on social networks worries him to the point that the Vatican will create an International Observatory.
In April, he hopes to present the conclusions of a triple study that will measure how the children themselves perceive the phenomenon, how the governments face this problem and how he will establish prevention plans…
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“Qed niċċelebraw 50 sena viċin in-nies. 50 sena on the side of people in need. Nixtieq nirringrazzja lil Media li attendejtu. Intom kellkom u għandkom rwol essenzjali biex twasslu l-messaġġ tagħna li nkunu l-vuċi tal-persuni fil-bżonn. Iż-żerriegħa li nitfgħu, intom tikkultivawha. Għalhekk nerġa’ ntenni l-apprezzament talli ġejtu u grazzi tal-ħidma fejjieda tagħkom.” Hekk esprima is-Sur Anthony Gatt, Direttur ta’ Caritas Malta, waqt konferenza stampa fejn tħabbar il-50 sena anniversarju mit-twaqqif ta’ din l-entità…
Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome – Feast
Saint John 2:13-23
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.” His disciples recalled the words of scripture, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
At this the Jews answered and said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the scripture and the word Jesus had spoken…
