Yearly Archives: 2018

The Gospel of the day: 19th November

19/11/2018
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Rev 1:1-4; 2:1-5a
    Psalm: 1:1-2.3.4,6

    Gospel: 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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Pope Francis urges all Christians to combat indifference to the suffering and marginalisation of the most needy

“This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him”

18/11/2018
  • Message by Pope Francis on the World Day of the Poor 2018

     

  • 1. “This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him” (Ps 34:6). The words of the Psalmist become our own whenever we are called to encounter the different conditions of suffering and marginalization experienced by so many of our brothers and sisters whom we are accustomed to label generically as “the poor”…

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The Sunday Gospel: 18th November

18/11/2018

  • Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Dan 12:1-3
    Psalm: 15 (16):5.8.9-10.11
    Second Reading: Hebrews 10:11-14.18

    Gospel: Mark 13:24-32

  • Jesus said to his disciples: “In those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds’ with great power and glory, and then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky. 

    Learn a lesson from the fig tree…

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Human Rights under the spotlight at Vatican Symposium

17/11/2018

  • The two-day symposium which ended Friday has been organized by the Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. Among those taking part is Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal, Pietro Parolin, as well as, Princeton Professor Robert George, and Harvard Professor, Mary Ann Glendon. In an address to the meeting on Friday, Professor Glendon spoke on the “universal dimension of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its effective application.”

    Pick and choose attitude to rights

    During her speech, the Harvard Professor spoke of a “pick and choose attitude to rights” and said that Human Rights ideas have become a victim of their own success…

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Photos: Auxiliary Bishop visits id-Dar tal-Providenza

17/11/2018
  • Il-messaġġ tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi

     


  • Id-Dar tal-Providenza, is-Siġġiewi
    16 ta’ Novembru 2018

    Id-Dar tal-Providenza tgħallimni kif ngħix il-motto li għażilt biex ikun ta’ ispirazzjoni għall-ministeru episkopali tiegħi: Ngħożżu l-ħajja bl-imħabba.

    Hawnhekk hawn l-għożża tal-ħajja u d-dinjità tal-bniedem. Kull min jiġi hawn jifhem kif il-ħajja ta’ kull bniedem hi prezzjuża u għandna ngħożżuha għax il-bniedem maħluq xbieha ta’ Alla…

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The Gospel of the day: 17th November

17/11/2018
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: 3 John 5-8
    Psalm: 111 (112), 1-2.3-4.5-6

    Gospel: Saint Luke 18:1-8

  • Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’” 

    The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? …

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Diocesan celebration on the feast of Christ the King

16/11/2018

  • Il-Knisja Kattolika ser tiċċelebra l-festa liturġika ta’ Kristu Re nhar il-Ħadd, 25 ta’ Novembru 2018. Għal din il-festa li tagħlaq is-sena liturġika, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna qed jistieden lill-Insara biex jingħaqdu miegħu għaċ-ċelebrazzjoni djoċesana.

    Din tibda fil-5:00p.m. b’korteo minn quddiem il-monument ta’ Kristu Re, il-Furjana, sal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fejn tingħad it-Talba tal-Għasar. Waqt l-Għasar, Mons…

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Public discussion on rents, affordability and poverty

16/11/2018

  • Housing, affordability and poverty are becoming more pressing issues, with increasing signs that Malta’s economy is growing asymmetrically. As a result, many families are being marginalised and impoverished because they cannot afford appropriate housing that allows them to live with dignity. This is not only true for vulnerable family units, but also for young couples planning to form new families.

    Catholic Voices Malta is organising its first public seminar on this topic and will focus on the effect the rapid rise in housing prices is having on social cohesion, social justice and families in Malta…

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The Auxiliary Bishop’s advice to new graduates: Be persons of integrity, respect each person and work for a better society

Thanksgiving Mass for new graduates of the University of Malta

16/11/2018

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  • L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi

     


  • Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
    15 ta’ Novembru 2018

    Jum il-Gradwazzjoni hu bla dubju jum ta’ soddisfazzjon għalikom ilkoll. Wara snin ta’ studju, qed taraw it-tarf u taqtgħu l-frott tal-ħidmiet tagħkom. Magħkom jifirħu wkoll il-familji tagħkom, dawk kollha li għallmukom l-Università, u jifraħ ukoll il-pajjiż kollu…

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The Gospel of the day: 16th November

16/11/2018
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: 2 John 4-9
    Psalm: 118(119), 1.2.10.11.17.18

    Gospel: Saint Luke 17:26-37

  • Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all. So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 

    On that day, a person who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise a person in the field must not return to what was left behind. Remember the wife of Lot. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left.” They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.”

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