News from the Church in Malta
The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Gen 3: 9-15.20
Psalm: 97
Second Reading: Ephes 1: 3-6.11-12
Gospel: Lk 1: 26-38
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
L-ewwel nett nixtieq nirringrazzja ħafna liż-żgħażagħ li tawna riflessjonijiet tassew sbieħ u għallmuna li l-Milied huwa dejjem attwali. Is-sinjal tal-Milied huwa tarbija mfisqija u mimduda f’maxtura. Il-maxtura kienet il-post fejn ipoġġu l-għalf għall-annimali minn fejn ikunu jistgħu imaxtru l-ġwież u dak li jingħatalhom. U din it-tarbija li hija wkoll ir-raġel ta’ 33 sena li jgħidilna: “Dan hu ġismi, dan hu demmi”… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 30, 19-21.23-26
Psalm: 146 (147), 1-2.3-4.5-6
Gospel: Mt 9, 35 – 10, 1.6-8
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd… Read more »
L-Arċisqof George Frendo O.P. waqt iż-żjara lill-vittmi tat-terremot fl-Arċidjoċesi tiegħu ta’ Tirana-Durrës
L-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta u d-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex qed jappellaw għal donazzonijiet b’risq il-vittmi tat-terremot li seħħ fl-Albanija. Aktar minn 50 persuna tilfu ħajjithom filwaqt li mal-4,000 ruħ spiċċaw bla dar u hemm urġenza għall-għajnuna.
Fuq talba tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, l-Isqof Mario Grech u l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi, Caritas Malta b’kollaborazzjoni ma’ Caritas Internationalis qed tappella għal kontribuzzjonijiet ta’ flus… Read more »
L-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni ta’ Esteban Murillo li tinsab f’The Hermitage, St Petersburg
Il-Kongregazzjoni tal-Kult Divin u tad-Dixxiplina tas-Sagramenti tas-Santa Sede laqgħet it-talba tal-Isqfijiet Maltin biex is-Solennità tat-Tnissil bla Tebgħa tal-Imqaddsa Verġni Marija, il-Kunċizzjoni, tiġi ċċelebrata fil-ġurnata tagħha, jiġifieri nhar il-Ħadd li ġej, 8 ta’ Diċembru. Dan minkejja li l-festa taħbat fit-tieni Ħadd tal-Avvent.
Din l-awtorizzazzjoni ngħatat mill-kongregazzjoni lill-Provinċja Ekkleżjastika Maltija, jiġifieri l-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta u d-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex, għal din is-sena biss… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
Nirringrazzja lill-benefatturi, il-volontarji kollha li għamlu dan ix-xogħol tassew sabiħ u li jagħmel din il-kappella grazzjuża, isbaħ milli qatt kienet qabel.
Kif tafu, it-titlu sabiħ tal-Madonna ta’ Loretu huwa titlu għażiż ħafna mhux biss għaliex f’Loreto hemm santwarju importanti ħafna li jfakkarna fid-dar li fih għexet il-familja mqaddsa, imma għaliex ukoll il-Madonna ta’ Loretu hija l-patruna tal-avjazzjoni, tat-titjir bl-ajruplan… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 29, 17-24
Psalm: 26 (27), 1.4.13-14
Gospel: Mt 9, 27-31
As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out, “Son of David, have pity on us!”
When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they said to him… Read more »
Il-Ġimgħa 6 ta’ Diċembru 2019, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa għall-istudenti tal-iskejjel tal-Istat, tal-Knisja u Indipendenti fil-bidu tal-kampanja ‘Milied Flimkien’, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Il-Quddiesa tibda fid-9am.
Agħfas hawn għall-omelija. Read more »
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Pope Francis encounters a group of disabled people
On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3rd, Pope Francis recalls how the promotion of the right to participation plays a central role in combating discrimination and promoting a culture of encounter and quality of life.
In his message marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Pope Francis notes that “great progress has been made towards people with disabilities in the medical and welfare fields.”
But he highlights the fact that even today there is still a culture of waste with many disabled people feeling that “they exist without belonging and without participating.”
Protection of rights
The Pope stresses that “all this calls not only for the rights of people with disabilities and their families to be protected”, but, he adds, “it also urges us to make the world more human” by removing prejudice… Read more »
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Direttur: Elizabeth Banks
Atturi: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, Djimon Hounsou, Sam Claflin, Noah Centineo u Patrick Stewart
Ħin tal-Film: 119 min
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KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA: 12A
KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA: 12
Grupp ta’ Angels taħt it-tmexxija tal-operatur prinċipali John Bosley jaqbdu lil Jonny Smith, kuntrabandist internazzjonali ġewwa Rio de Janeiro u jagħtuh f’idejn il-awtoritajiet Amerikani… Read more »
