Yearly Archives: 2018

#PrayForTheChurch

13/11/2018

  • Pope Francis urged all Catholics to pray for the Church during the month of October, both individually and as a community. The Pope invites us to daily pray the Holy Rosary with the intention that the Holy Mother of God “puts the Church under her protective mantle to preserve her from the attacks of the evil one to make all the more conscious of the faults, the mistakes, the abuses made in the present and in the past, and more committed to fighting without any hesitation for evil not to prevail”…

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The Gospel of the day: 13th November

13/11/2018

  • Saint Luke 17:7-10 

    Jesus said to the Apostles: “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from ploughing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink…

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Photos: The Archbishop administers the Sacrament of Confirmation in Żurrieq and Xgħajra

12/11/2018

Widows

12/11/2018

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    Direttur:          Steve McQueen

    Atturi:              Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguea, Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Coburn Goss, Alajandro Verdin, Bailey Ryse Walters u Elizabeth Debicki

    Ħin tal-Film:    129 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                 15

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                      18

    Veronica Rawlings li tgħix f’Chicago, eżekuttiva fl-unjoni tal-għalliema, kienet miżżewġa lil Harry, kriminal gwap…

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Pope Francis: ‘Singing elevates soul to listen to the Spirit’

12/11/2018

  • Singing elevates the soul, making it “more sensitive to the voice of the Spirit.”

    Pope Francis described the musical art in this way, while speaking to 300-odd members of the “Alumni of Heaven” Choir Association on Saturday.

    The Association is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation by Fr. Giuseppe Arione SJ. The Alumni seek to evangelize through music and concerts, which they perform throughout Italy and Europe…

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The Gospel of the day: 12th November

12/11/2018

  • 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! …

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“People question the existence of God because of the cruelty of man” – The Archbishop on Remembrance Day

Mass on the centenary of the end of World War I

11/11/2018

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  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

     


  • 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…

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The Sunday Gospel: 11th November

11/11/2018

  • 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…

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Live: Mass on Remembrance Day

10/11/2018

  • 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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The Archbishop: “The ideals and values for which Caritas stands for ought to be promoted, encouraged, sustained and advanced”

Quddiesa f'għeluq il-50 sena mit-twaqqif ta' Caritas Malta

10/11/2018

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  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

     


  • 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…

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