Yearly Archives: 2019

The Gospel of the day: 29th June

  • Saint Peter and Saint Paul – Solemnity
    Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Acts 12:1-11
    Psalm: 33, 2-9
    Second Reading: Tim 4:6-8. 17-18

    Gospel: Mt 16:13-19

  • 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…

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Orthodox and Catholics joining forces to meet present challenges

  • Ahead of the feast of Sts Peter and Paul, Pope Francis greets a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, urging Orthodox and Catholic faithful to work together on issues such as welcoming migrants, combating modern slavery, and protecting creation.

  • As per tradition, an ecumenical delegation sent by the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, is in Rome to celebrate the feast of the patrons of the Eternal City, Sts Peter and Paul…

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The Gospel of the day: 28th June

  • Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity
    Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Ezek 34, 11-16
    Psalm: 22 (23), 1-3a. 3b-4. 5. 6

    Gospel: Lk 15, 3-7

  • Jesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes: “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? …

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Love helps youth accept the consequences of their choices – The Archbishop

Ċerimonja ta’ Gradwazzjoni organizzata minn Caritas Malta bit-tema ‘Wirt ta’ Mħabba’

  • Il-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Ċentru Terapewtiku ta’ San Blas, Ħaż-Żebbuġ
    26 ta’ Ġunju 2019

    L-ewwelnett nixtieq ngħid kelma ta’ grazzi għall-ħafna affarijiet u nixtieq nirringrazzja lil tant nies personalment.

    Eċċellenza President tar-Repubblika, fuq kollox nixtieq nirringrazzjak tal-preżenza tiegħek fostna. Nixtieq li nagħtu ċapċipa kbira lill-President tar-Repubblika u lis-Sinjura Vella…

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Pope: Church of Acts a paradigm for every Christian community

  • In his catechesis at the General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis said that St Luke shows us the Church in Jerusalem “as the paradigm of every Christian community”. His reflection was based on a passage from the book of Acts: “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (2:42).

    In the Acts of the Apostles, we see the early Christians listening to the apostolic preaching, practicing “a high quality of interpersonal relationships through communion of spiritual and material goods”, remembering the Lord in the celebration of the Eucharist, and dialoguing with God in prayer…

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Brightburn

  • BRIGHTBURN                        ***

    Direttur:          David Yarovesky

    Atturi:              Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, Meredith Hagner, Gregory Alan Williams, Steve Agee u Becky Wahistrom

    Ħin tal-Film:    90 min.

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                             15

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                                  18

    Tori u Kyle, koppja żgħażugħa li tgħix  f’razzett qrib Brightburn, f’Kansas, qegħdin isibuha diffiċli biex ikollhom tfal…

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The Gospel of the day: 27th June

  • Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Gen 16, 1-12.15-16
    Psalm: 105 (106), 1-2.3-4a.4b-5

    Gospel: Mt 7, 21-29

  • Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? …

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Pope saddened by death of migrant father, baby at US-Mexico border

  • The bodies of a father and his daughter are seen in the Rio Grande River 

  • “With immense sadness, the Holy Father has seen the images of the father and his baby daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande River while trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States.”

    Alessandro Gisotti, the ad interim Director of the Holy See Press Office, gave that statement Wednesday in response to journalists’ questions…

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Christians from different Churches sing hymns of praise translated into Maltese

  • Il-Ġimgħa, 14 ta’ Ġunju 2019, saret laqgħa ekumenika organizzata minn Christians Together in Malta, il-Kummissjoni Ekumenika Djoċesana u l-MaltaPraise Project. Din saret fit-Teatru tal-Kulleġġ San Alwiġi, f’Birkirkara.

    L-għan tal-laqgħa kien li Nsara minn Knejjes u Tradizzjonijiet differenti jinġabru flimkien biex ikantaw innijiet reliġjużi. Ħafna minn dawn l-innijiet kienu mit-Tradizzjoni Riformata, u nqalbu għall-Malti minn Joe C. Aquilina. Ma kienx hemm korijiet, imma l-assemblea kollha kantat flimkien fl-istil ta’ congregational singing…

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