News from the Church in Malta
Il-Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina
7 ta’ Diċembru 2018
Nirringrazzja u nuri l-apprezzament lill-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta taħt it-tmexxija tas-Surmast Kaptan Jonathan Borg għal dan il-kunċert sabiħ tal-lejla. Magħhom ukoll nirringrazzja lil Coro Bel Canto u lil kull min ta s-sehem tiegħu f’dan il-kunċert…
First Reading: Is 48, 17-19
Psalm: 1, 1-2.3.4 and 6
Gospel: Matthew 11, 16-19
Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is vindicated by her works.”
Saint of the day: Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church
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First Reading: Is 41, 13-20
Psalm: 144 (145), 1, 9. 10-11.12-13ab
Gospel: Matthew 11, 11-15
Jesus said to the crowds: “Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he…
Details were given on the 23rd edition of the Feast of Generosity that takes place every New Year’s Day. It is organised by primarily to raise funds so that id-Dar tal-Providenza can continue to provide and improve on the services it offers. Fr Martin Micallef, Director of the Home, gave details during a press conference held on Tuesday, 11th December 2018…
People gather outside the Campinas Cathedral after the shooting in Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
A gunman has shot and killed four people during Mass at a cathedral in southern Brazil before shooting himself at the altar.
He also shot and injured four others, all elderly worshippers, using a revolver and a .38 pistol in the attack at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Campinas, an industrial city 60 miles north of São Paulo…
Il-Knisja Parrokkjali, l-Ibraġ
8 ta’ Diċembru 2018
Il-fidi tagħna f’Alla hi mibnija qabel xejn fuq dak li hu sabiħ, u l-festa tal-Kunċizzjoni li qed niċċelebraw illum hi l-festa tas-sbuħija. Fl-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni aħna naraw il-ġmiel, dak li hu tassew sabiħ u jsebbaħ…
Il-Knisja tal-Immakulata Kunċiżżjoni, il-Ħamrun
8 ta’ Diċembru 2018
“Għannu lill-Mulej għanja ġdida għax għamel l-għeġubijiet” (Salm 97:1) Illum qegħdin niċċelebraw b’solennità kbira li tikkonferma l-kliem tas-Salm 97. Aħna llum nieqfu u b’għaġeb kbir infaħħru lill-Mulej u nadurawh fil-misteru kbir tal-ħniena tiegħu…
First Reading: Is 40, 25-31
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.3-4.8 and 10
Gospel: Matthew 11, 28-30
Knisja ta’ Sant’Antnin, Birkirkara
6 ta’ Diċembru 2018
Hemm żewġ kelmiet li nisimgħuhom ta’ spiss fi żmienna: fake news. Jirreferu għal aħbarijiet li joħorġu u jinstemgħu minn diversi nies imma ma jkunux veri. Għalhekk ‘fake’.
Hemm prattika oħra mifruxa fi żmienna: il-fake language…
Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
10 ta’ Diċembru 2018
It-tfal tal-Iskola Primarja ta’ San Ġwann irrakkuntawlna l-ġrajja tal-Milied u Jethro kemm-il darba uża sentenza li kien iħobb ħafna jirrepeti wkoll San Ġorġ Preca: “Verbum Dei caro factum est” (Ġw 1:14)…
