News from the Church in Malta
The Coronavirus pandemic has triggered all sorts of emotions: anger, deep sadness, frustration, resentment, anxiety, fear of the uncertainty… Understandably so. It is terrible to witness so many deaths all over the world amidst the rapid spread of the virus.
This particular moment in time could also serve as a learning experience, one that helps us read the signs of the times. Allow me to share a few points for reflection… Read more »
Easter Sunday – The Resurrection of the Lord – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 10, 34a.37-43
Psalm: 117 (118), 1-2.16ab-17. 22-23
Second Reading: Col 3, 1-4 or 1 Cor 5, 6b-8
Gospel: Jn 20, 1-9
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place… Read more »
Segwi l-progamm għat-tfal li ħejjiet l-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta għall-Għid il-Kbir, għada 12 ta’ April fil-12:30pm fuq knisja.mt u TVM2. Read more »
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Fik nara l-glorja ta’ kull xemx qed titla’,
treġġa’ għall-ħajja l-ħolqien mir-raqda.
Fik nara n-nar ta’ ħġejjeġ ġuf id-dinja:
Demmek bħal-lava – kulma jmiss jinħall!
Idek imsammra ma’ dik l-għuda msewsa
tqattar il-maħfra għal dnubieti fiergħa.
Ġismek imtertaq jgħajjat biss il-ħniena:
Inti tal-għaġeb, u ma titwemminx!
Int bniedem magħsur mid-demm, Bin Alla l-ħaj;
taħfer u tagħder lil min sammrek, sallbek;
U x-xemx dallamt fis b’mewtek u l-blat triegħed! … Read more »
Holy Saturday – Vigil Mass
Readings of the day
First Reading: Gen 1, 1 – 2, 2
Psalm: 103 (104), 1-2a.5-6.10.12.13-14.24.35c
Second Reading: Gen 22,1-18
Psalm: 15 (16), 5.8.9-10.11
Third Reading: Ez 14, 15 – 15,1
Psalm: Ez 15, 1-2.3-4.5-6.17-18
Fourth Reading: Is 54, 5-14
Psalm: 29 (30), 2.4.5-6.11.12a.13b
Fifth Reading: Is 55, 1-11
Psalm: Is 12, 2-3.4bcd… Read more »
L-Omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
Ir-rakkont tal-Passjoni skont San Ġwann jibda bi ġnien u jispiċċa bi ġnien.
Fil-fatt, proprju fil-bidu nett, meta Ġesù kien mad-dixxipli tiegħu, ir-rakkont jgħid li kien hemm ġnien fejn ġieli kien imur Ġesù, u hemm mar flimkien mad-dixxipli. Kien hemmhekk li ġew is-suldati u l-għases tal-Lhud, flimkien ma’ Ġuda. Kien f’dan il-ġnien li seħħ it-tradiment, li Ġuda ttradih u Ġesù ġie arrestat… Read more »
