News from the Church in Malta
Nigeria’s bishops have once again called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to restore peace to Africa’s most populous country.
Nigeria has faced terrorism both from the Islamist Boko Haram militant group in the country’s northeast and raids by Muslim Fulani herdsmen against mostly Christian farmers in the country’s Middle Belt, where the predominantly Muslim north meets the mostly Christian south…
First Reading: Ezra 1, 1-6
Psalm: 125 (126), 1-2ab.2cd-3.4-5.6
Gospel: Lk 8, 16-18
Jesus said to the crowd : “No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed ; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light…
First Reading: Amos 8, 4-7
Psalm: 112 (113), 1-2.4-6.7-8
Second Reading: 1 Tim 2, 1-8
Gospel: Lk 16, 1-13
Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property…
St John’s Cathedral, Valletta
21 September 2019
The 55th anniversary of Malta’s Independence and of the consequent realisation of sovereign statehood for the Maltese Islands gives me the opportunity to offer some brief reflections on governance as the art of stewardship of the State on both the national and the international level…
First Reading: Ephes 4, 1-7.11-13
Psalm: 18, 2-5
Gospel: Mt 9, 9-13
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him…
Bi tħejjija għall‑ftuħ tas‑sena skolastika, l‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi ltaqa’ mal‑edukaturi l‑ġodda fl‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja waqt seminar organizzat mis‑Segretarjat għall‑Edukazzjoni Nisranija. L‑Isqof rringrazzja lill‑għalliema u wera l‑apprezzament tal‑Knisja f’Malta għall‑ħidma tagħhom. Hu stedinhom biex fis‑servizz li jagħtu jgħaqqdu flimkien żewġ aspetti importanti: il‑professjonalità u x‑xhieda ta’ ħajja Nisranija. Hu qal li l‑edukazzjoni fl‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja għandha tkun sostnuta bil‑valuri tal‑Evanġelju u tgħin lill‑istudenti biex ikollhom l‑għeruq tagħhom f’dawn il‑valuri…
Għada, is-Sibt, 21 ta’ Settembru 2019, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa f’Jum l-Indipendenza. Il-Quddiesa ser issir fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann u tibda fid-9:00am.
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First Reading: 1 Tim 6, 2c-12
Psalm: 48 (49), 6-7.8-10.17-18.19-20
Gospel: Lk 8, 1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources…
Fid-dawl taċ-ċirkostanzi preżenti, ġie deċiż li ċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet esterni marbuta mal-festa ta’ Santu Wistin fil-Belt Valletta fil-jiem li ġejjin, jitħassru.
Il-funzjonijiet liturġiċi fil-knisja ser ikomplu kif ippjanat jiġifieri llum u għada, 19 u 20 ta’ Settembru, ikunu jiem tat-tridu bil-funzjoni tibda fis-6.30pm. Is-Sibt 21 ta’ Settembru, filgħaxija ssir il-Quddiesa Solenni fis-6.30pm. Nhar il-Ħadd il-Quddiesa tkun bħal ta’ nhar ta’ Ħadd jiġifieri fis-7am, fid-9.30am, fil-10.45am u fis-7.15pm…
