News from the Church in Malta
Andrea Tornielli, the editorial director for the Dicastery of Communication, provides a detailed synthesis of the Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Christ is Alive!”
“Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way, he brings youth to our world. The very first words, then, that I would like to say to every young Christian are these: Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive!”…
First Reading: Eżek 47, 1-9.12
Psalm: 45 (46), 2-3.5-6.8-9
Gospel: Jn 5, 1-3a.5-16
There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep (Gate) a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes…
Il‑Ħamis 4 ta’ April 2019, fl‑10:00 a.m., l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa Solenni tal‑Inawgurazzjoni tal‑President George Vella fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta. Il‑Quddiesa ser tixxandar live fuq il‑Youtube Channel tal‑Knisja f’Malta.
Il‑Ġimgħa 12 ta’ April, Jum id‑Duluri, fis‑6:00 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jieħu sehem f’purċissjoni bl‑istatwa ta’ Marija Addolorata, li tibda mill‑Knisja ta’ Santa Marija ta’ Ġesù (Ta’ Ġieżu), il‑Belt Valletta…
Robed in rose-coloured vestments for Laetare Sunday – the fourth Sunday of Lent – Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex.
Sharing in the Father’s joy
In his homily, the Pope focused on the older brother in the parable of the Prodigal Son. The father in the parable, who welcomed back the prodigal, also went out to seek his other son, who was upset at the welcome his brother received…
Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
31 ta’ Marzu 2019
F’din il-parabbola flimkien ma’ tnejn oħra, Ġesù jindirizza lill-kategorija partikolari ta’ nies: il-Fariżej u l-Kittieba. U l-okkażjoni kienet tgergira tipika tagħhom li hija tgergira attwali: “Nies midinba jilqa’ għandu dan u jiekol magħhom” (Lq 15:2)…
Kappella ta’ San Oswald, l-Imtarfa
31 ta’ Marzu 2019
Il-parabbola magħrufa bħala ‘tal-iben il-ħali’ hi parabbola b’messaġġ sabiħ ħafna fuq il-Missier il-ħanin, simbolu ta’ Alla għani fil-ħniena. Meta qalha Ġesù, kien qed iwieġeb għall-ilmenti tal-Fariżej u l-kittieba li qalu li hu kien qed jilqa’ għandu n-nies midinba u magħhom jiekol…
First Reading: Is 65, 17-21
Psalm: 29 (30), 2 & 4.5-6.11-12a & 13b
Gospel: Jn 4, 43-54
At that time Jesus left Samaria for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honour in his native place. When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast…
