News from the Church in Malta
First Reading: Hos 2, 16b. 17b. 21-22
Psalm: 44, 11-12.14-17
Gospel: Mt 25:1-13
First Reading: Num 20, 1-13
Psalm: 94 (95), 1-2.6-7.8-9
Gospel: Mt 16, 13-23
Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah…
Is-sorijiet Agostinjani qed ifakkru l-125 preżenza tagħhom f’Malta meta waqqfu l-ewwel dar f’Ħal Qormi bis-saħħa tal-Isqof Pietru Pace fis-6 t’Awwissu tal-1894. L-Isqof Malti diġà kien midħla tas-sorijiet Agostinjani ta’ Casa Madre, fl-Italja, fejn kienu jinsabu xi sorijiet Maltin. Hu xtaq jiftaħ skola mmexxija mis-sorijiet tal-istess ordni għall-ġid tal-poplu Malti. Dan seħħ bil-miġja tal-ewwel erba’ sorijiet li kienu: Sr Cleofe Uberti u Sr Angela Tagliaferri mill-Italja, u Sr Giuliana u Sr Paolina Debrincat minn Għawdex…
Fis‑sena akkademika li tibda f’Ottubru 2019, l‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali u diversi entitajiet formattivi oħra fi ħdan il‑Knisja ser joffru korsijiet varji ta’ formazzjoni. Fost id‑disa’ korsijiet offruti mill‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali hemm korsijiet dwar l‑Ekumeniżmu, l‑għeruq tal‑fidi Nisranija fil‑Ġudaiżmu, l‑ispiritwalità, l‑irwol tan‑Nisrani fis‑soċjetà, u oħrajn.
Il‑korsijiet offruti huma dawn:
L‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali twaqqaf fl‑2007 bl‑iskop li joffri formazzjoni għall‑ħtiġijiet reali tas‑soċjetà kontemporanja…
“Something remains fundamentally evil in our society when locations where people congregate to engage in the everyday activities of life can, without warning, become scenes of violence and contempt for human life.”
US bishops expressed that conviction this weekend in a statement that followed a mass shooting in the US state of Texas on Saturday and shortly before another in Ohio…
B’tifkira tal-qaddis San Ġwann Maria Vianney, il-Papa Franġisku ltaqa’ ma’ grupp ta’ abbatini Maltin li telgħu jservu fil-Vatikan, ħadilhom b’idhom u talab magħhom. Wara li ttieħed ir-ritratt ta’ tifkira, il-Papa staqsa lill-abbatini jekk humiex jieklu tajjeb. Abbati minnhom qallu: “U kif!”
L-abbatini offrew donazzjoni sabiħa għall-fond tal-karità tal-Papa. Magħha kien hemm offerta oħra ta’ kappillan.
Iż-żjara tal-Abbatini fil-Vatikan kienet organizzata minn Dun Frans Bonnici, bl-assistenza ta’ Keith Tabone…
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Direttur: David Leitch
Atturi: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Ediris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren u Elaz Gonzàbez
Ħin tal-Film: 136 min
Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd
KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA: 12A
KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISA: 12
L-aġent federali, Luke Hobbs u l-merċenarju, Dechard Shaw, jinsabu jgħixu ħajja separata minn xulxin…
First Reading: Num 13, 1-3a.25 -14, 1.26-30.34-35
Psalm: 105 (106), 6-7a.13-14.21-22.23
Gospel: Mt 15, 21-28
At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! …
Il-Knisja Parrokkjali, Ħal Lija
6 ta’ Awwissu 2019
Dis-sena ir-rakkont tat-trasfigurazzjoni jagħtihulna l-evanġelista San Luqa, ħabib tagħna l-Maltin għaliex jagħtina wkoll ir-rakkont tal-miġja fostna tal-Appostlu Missierna fit-tieni ktieb tiegħu, l-Atti tal-Appostli.
Il-kappillan, kif beda jaqra r-rakkont, beda b’dawn il-kliem: “Ġesù ħa miegħu lil Pietru, lil Ġwanni u ‘l Ġakbu, u tala’ fuq il-muntanja biex jitlob” (Lq 9:28)…
