Monthly Archives: October 2019

Trusting fully in Jesus and Our Lady – The Auxiliary Bishop

Quddiesa fl-ewwel anniversarju mill-Inkurunazzjoni tal-istatwa tal-Madonna

07/10/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi

  • Il-Knisja Parrokkjali Sacro Cuor, Tas-Sliema
    29 ta’ Settembru 2019

     

    Fil-ġrajja tat-tieġ ta’ Kana, hemm kelma li tolqotni ħafna. Meta Ġesù jkellem lill-qaddejja, wara li Ommu Marija qaltlu li naqashom l-inbid, hu jgħidilhom: “Imlew il-ġarar bl-ilma”. U r-rakkont jgħid li dawk il-qaddejja mlew is-sitt ġarar “sax-xifer”…

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Statue of Jesus intentionally submerged in the Mediterranean Sea

07/10/2019
  • Fifty-six feet below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, near the town of Portofino on the Italian Riviera, stands a life-sized sculpture of Jesus Christ, with arms outstretched toward Heaven in a posture of invocation. 

    A swimmer happening upon the sculpture might assume that its presence was some happy accident — the remains of a shipwreck containing liturgical art or a lost civilization, perhaps. 

    Tourists taking one of the many SCUBA-diving tours to the underwater site know better…

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The Gospel of the day: 7th October

07/10/2019
  • Our Lady of the Rosary
    Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Jonah 1,1 – 2, 1.11
    Psalm: Jonah 2, 2.3.4.5.8

    Gospel: Lk 10, 25-37

  • There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? …

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Bishop Joe’s Podcasts

06/10/2019

L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi jitkellem dwar: l-ħatra tal-Isqof Mario Grech biex iservi fil-Vatikan, il-Jum Dinji tal-Migranti u r-Refuġjati u li ħadd m’għandu jispiċċa skart tal-istorja, u l-ħidma tal-Knisja f’Malta biex tilqa’ u tintegra lill-immigranti fil-komunità.

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Bishop Joe’s Podcasts

06/10/2019

L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi jitkellem dwar: il-ħatra tal-Isqof Mario Grech biex iservi fil-Vatikan, il-Jum Dinji tal-Migranti u r-Refuġjati u li ħadd m’għandu jispiċċa skart tal-istorja, u l-ħidma tal-Knisja f’Malta biex tilqa’ u tintegra lill-immigranti fil-komunità

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The Sunday Gospel: 6th October

06/10/2019
  • The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
    Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Hab 1, 2-3; 2, 2-4
    Psalm: 94 (95), 1-2.6-7.8-9
    Second Reading: 2 Tim 1, 6-8. 13-14

    Gospel: Lk 17, 5-10

  • The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you…

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Photos: The episcopal ordination of Archbishop Antoine Camilleri

05/10/2019

  • L-ordinazzjoni episkopali mill-Papa Franġisku ta’ Mons. Antoine Camilleri, Arċisqof Titulari, li saret ilbieraħ filgħaxija fil-Bażilika ta’ San Pietru fil-Vatikan. Flimkien mal-Arċisqof Camilleri ġew ordnati tliet isqfijiet oħra: patri Ġiżwita Kanadiz imwieled ir-Repubblika Ċeka u żewġ saċerdoti djoċesani Taljani.

    Preżenti għall-Quddiesa tal-ordinazzjoni: il-Kardinal Prospero Grech, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi, l-Isqof Mario Grech, numru ta’ saċerdoti Maltin, qraba ta’ Mons…

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Mogherini: recognising the positive role of religions

05/10/2019

  • EU High Representative Federica Mogherini launched a “Global Exchange on religion in society.” The project is planned to be operational in the first half of 2020 with funds from the EU budget. The initiative aims to create opportunities to connect people, organizations and community actors in the field of social inclusion

    European institutions have decided to support civil society actors committed to improve social cohesion through the contribution of faith…

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The Gospel of the day: 5th October

05/10/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Bar 4, 5-12.27-29
    Psalm: 68 (69), 33-35.36-37

    Gospel: Lk 10, 17-24

  • The seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power ‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you…

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Priceless value

04/10/2019

Cini Institute was founded by a lay woman, Adelaide Cini (1838 – 1885), who started a new missionary movement among the many abandoned girls of her time, and established a conservatory for girls coming from the poor strata of Maltese society and who were most vulnerable. This concrete action also led her to be declared venerable by Pope Pius X on 23 February 1910.

The Church in Malta handed over the premises of this institute to Hospice Malta for the establishment of St Michael Hospice, a modern complex to provide palliative care, which will continue in the same steps initiated by Adelaide Cini in assisting people who are vulnerable and in need… Read more »