News from the Church in Malta
First Reading: Rev 11, 19a; 12, 1-6a. 10ab
Psalm: 44, 10bc.11-12ab.16
Second Reading: 1 Cor 15, 20-26
Gospel: Lk 1, 39-56
Mary set out in those days and travelled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth…
A delegation of the International Pontifical Foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be meeting with the Holy Father Pope Francis on Thursday, 15th August 2019, in a gesture to pray for peace in solidarity with the Syrian people, console families who mourn the loss of their dearest ones and commemorate the victims of war.
During the audience, the Holy Father will bless 6,000 Rosaries for the families of the war victims in Syria, expressing his support and personal engagement for the upcoming celebration which Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be organizing together with the local Christian leaders in Syria on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15th) under the theme: “Console my people” (cf…
Il-Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina
14 ta’ Awwissu, 2019
“Fejn hi, ja mewt, in-niggieża tiegħek?” (1 Kor 15:55). Il-mistoqsija li għamel l-Appostlu Missierna San Pawl fl-Ittra lill-Korintin għandha diversi tweġibiet, li jagħtihomlna l-istess Pawlu: “in-niggieża tal-mewt hi d-dnub” (1 Kor 15:56). Aħna ħafna drabi niġu affaċċjati bid-dnub tagħna, bid-difetti tagħna, bin-nuqqasijiet tagħna, bil-mard tagħna u meta nkunu weħidna quddiem il-mera tal-verità, dawn l-affarijiet iniggżuna u jumiljawna…
First Reading: Deut 34, 1-12
Psalm: 65 (66), 1-3a.5 & 16-17
Gospel: Mt 18, 15-20
Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother…
Almost a year has passed since the collapse of the Morandi Bridge, which caused the death of 43 people. Pope Francis remembers that tragic day in a letter sent to the Genoese newspaper “Il Secolo XIX”, also published in other newspapers of the group Gedi News Network.
A wound inflicted on the heart of Genoa, “a tragedy for those who have lost their relatives”, “a shocking event for those who have been forced to leave their homes living as displaced persons”…
First Reading: Deut 31, 1-8
Psalm: Deut 32, 3-4a.7.8.9 & 12
Gospel: Mt 18, 1-5.10.12-14
The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven…
Jesus came into this world to open the gates of Heaven and show us the way to enter. He didn’t promise that following this path would be “all roses and sunshine,” but instead warned us that we would have to carry our own crosses in order to follow him.
Yet, even in the midst of our struggle, Jesus promised to bless us and teach us the secret to happiness in this life and the life to come…
Il-Bażilka ta’ Santa Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema, il-Mosta
10 ta’ Awwissu 2019
Għadni niftakar il-ġurnata 44 sena ilu bħal-lum – jien kelli ħdax-il sena – meta missieri ġabni l-Mosta għall-ġrajja tal-inkurunazzjoni. Kont fi Triq il-Kungress Ewkaristiku u nistqarr li ftit li xejn irnexxieli nara dak inhar…
Fi stqarrija, Caritas Malta sostniet li kulħadd għandu dritt għal dħul adekwat biex jgħix ħajja diċenti.
Skont l-aħħar ċifri li ħareġ l-Uffiċċju Nazzjonali tal-Istatistika:
First Reading: Deut 10, 12-22
Psalm: 147, 12-13.14-15.19-20
Gospel: Mt 17, 22-27
As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were overwhelmed with grief…
