News from the Church in Malta
San Mark 6:30-34
The Apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat.
So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place. People saw them leaving and many came to know about it…
Kappella ta’ Santa Marija Maddalena, fuq l-irdum ta’ Ħad-Dingli
20 ta’ Lulju 2018
Magdala huwa raħal ċkejken fuq ix-xatt ta’ għadira kbira; din l-għadira fl-Art Imqaddsa tant hi kbira li nsejħulha l-Baħar ta’ Tiberijade jew il-Baħar tal-Galilija imma hija lag, għadira tal-ilma ħelu li huwa l-ilma mix-Xmara Ġordan li mbagħad jinġabar f’din l-għadira kbira, imbagħad jerġa’ joħroġ minn din l-għadira u jibqa’ sejjer lejn il-Baħar il-Mejjet…
L-ordinazzjoni episkopali tal-Isqof Awżiljarju l-ġdid ta’ Malta, Mons. Joseph Galea-Curmi, ser issir is-Sibt, 4 ta’ Awwissu 2018, fil-Katidral tal-Imdina, fis-7 p.m. Il-Quddiesa ser titmexxa mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna filwaqt li l-Isqfijiet Koordinanti ser ikunu l-Arċisqof Emeritu Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P. u l-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Mons. Mario Grech.
Lejlet l-ordinazzjoni, il-Ġimgħa, 3 ta’ Awwissu, fis-7:30 p.m., ser issir velja ta’ talb fil-knisja parrokkjali ta’ San Ġużepp Ħaddiem, Birkirkara…
Saint Matthew 12:14-21
The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. Many people followed him, and he cured them all, but he warned them not to make him known.
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not contend or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory. And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
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Human life has to always be cherished, whether it is in the form of eight cells in the womb, or in the form of a person in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, said Auxiliary Bishop Elect Joseph Galea Curmi on the Malta Independent’s online interview programme Indepth.
Interviewed by The Malta Independent Editor-in-Chief Rachel Attard, Galea Curmi appealed that just because a people were coming from African countries, we should never speak of them as if they were “a piece of furniture” as opposed to being humans. “That is a terrible thing”, Mgr…
The St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation is organising a free concert for the general public. This will be held at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, on Friday 27th July at 8pm.
The concert Exultet, includes Gregorian chant, performed by Juri Camisasca, together with other musicians from Italy. This event will last around 80 minutes.
While this musical event is free of charge, anyone who wants to attend must acquire tickets from www.ticketline.com.mt…
Saint Matthew 12:1-8
Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”
He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry, how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering, which neither he nor his companions but only the priests could lawfully eat? Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests serving in the temple violate the sabbath and are innocent? I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
If you knew what this meant, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned these innocent men. For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”
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Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ San Sebastjan, Ħal Qormi
14 ta’ Lulju 2018
Fil-qari li għadna kemm smajna llum waqt li nibdew s-solennità ta’ San Sebastjan, il-kelma biża’ dehret u smajnieha kemm-il darba. Fl-Ewwel Qari smajna ħsieb sabiħ għal dawk li jibżgħu mill-Mulej…
On Wednesday, 18th July 2018, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna blessed a new bell replacing the oldest bell at the Mdina Cathedral, cast by the bellfounder Magister Antoninus in Tortoreto during 1499.
The new bell was cast by Fonderie Paccard of Annecy to be sympathetic as much as possible with the two splendid bells present in the belfries, and cast namely by the illustrious bellfounder Prospero Barigozzi of Milan in 1958…
Saint Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
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