Yearly Archives: 2019

The Gospel of the day: 25th March

  • Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Is 7, 10-14; 8, 10
    Psalm: 39, 7-11
    Second Reading: Heb 10, 4-10

    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…

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Live: Mass for the 50th anniversary of the Presbyteral Ordination of Mgr Paul Cremona and Mgr George Frendo

  • Illum, il-Ħadd, 24 ta’ Marzu 2019, l-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa ta’ Radd il‑Ħajr lil Alla f’għeluq il‑50 sena mill‑Ordinazzjoni Presbiterali tiegħu. Din ser issir fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta, u tibda fil‑5:30 p.m.

    F’din il‑Quddiesa ser jikkonċelebra Mons. George Frendo O.P., l‑Arċisqof ta’ Tirana fl‑Albanija, li wkoll qed jiċċelebra l‑50 anniversarju tal‑Ordinazzjoni Presbiterali.

     

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The Sunday Gospel: 24th March

  • Third Sunday of Lent
    Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Ez 3, 1-8a.13-15
    Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.3-4.6-7.8 & 11
    Second Reading: 1 Cor 10, 1-6.10-12

    Gospel: Lk 13, 1-9

  • Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. He said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? …

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Catholic newlyweds choose meal for poor children over a wedding banquet

  • Everything was beautiful. The details came out just the way the bride and groom had dreamed they would. Ana Paula Meriguete and Victor Ribeiro got married in the Catholic Church and received the congratulations of their guests at a brief reception afterwards. But the real celebration was yet to come, and it was not a traditional one: Instead of a typical wedding banquet, the young couple decided to offer a meal for poor children and their families in the coastal city of Guarapari, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo…

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The Gospel of the day: 23rd March

  • Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Mic 7, 14-15.18-20
    Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.3-4.9-10.11-12

    Gospel: Lk 15, 1-3.11-32

     

  • Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them, he addressed this parable…

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We must be bridges of humility and forgiveness just like Mgr Ġużeppi Mercieca – The Archbishop

Quddiesa fit-tielet anniversarju mill-mewt tal-Arċisqof Emeritu Ġużeppi Mercieca

  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

     


  • Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina

    21 ta’ Marzu 2019

    L-għani, matul ħajtu, ħoloq abbiss, fondoq, bejnu u bejn il-fqir li kien jismu Lazzru. Meta Ġesù għażel li jagħmel u jgħid din il-parabbola, lill-għani ma semmiex ismu imma lill-fqir tah l-isem ta’ ħabib kbir tiegħu, ta’ Lazzru ta’ Betanja, li mbagħad kellu jqajmu lura mill-imwiet…

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World Water Day: How to leave no one behind

  • “One of the biggest problems in terms of governance over water is the lack of participation by those in need. We need to find ways to give these people a voice. They are aware of their needs, and they need to be able to express them… they can help in choosing the best fit solution for their situation”.  

    This is the message Richard Connor, Editor in Chief on the United Nations’ World Water Development Report, has for those of us who have the power to help make change in the water crisis…

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Ben is Back

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    Direttur:          Peter Hedges

    Atturi:             Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton, David Zaldivar, Michael Esper, Rachael Bay Jones u Alexandra Park

    Ħin tal-Film:    103 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                  15

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                       15       

    Holly Burns-Beeby ħadet sorpriża kbira meta tasal lura d-dar u ssib lil binha Ben jistenna wara l-bieb…

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President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca meets Pope Francis

  • On Thursday, 21st March 2019, the Holy Father Francis received in audience Her Excellency Mrs Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, president of Malta, who subsequently met with His Eminence Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by the Rev. Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, under-secretary for Relations with States.

    During the cordial discussions, the parties evoked the constructive relations that unite the Holy See and the Republic of Malta, and the collaboration between Church and State in favour of the human, social, cultural and spiritual progress of the population, in particular, the young, in the light of the centuries-long contribution that Catholicism has offered the country…

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