News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Eccl 11, 9 – 12, 8
Psalm: 89 (90), 3-4.5-6.12-13.14 & 17
Gospel: Lk 9, 43b-45
While they were all amazed at his every deed, he said to his disciples, “Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.”
But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying… Read more »
The Ministry for Education and Employment today announced that in State Schools, educators will be returning on the 28th of September and compulsory school-aged students, that is students attending primary and secondary schools, will return from the 7th till the 14th October. The Secretariat for Catholic Education also received a request from the Malta Union of Teachers to follow the same direction.
Therefore, it has been decided that educators working in Church Schools are to return at their respective school on the dates previously established by each school… Read more »
F’għeluq is-sena pastorali taċ-Ċentru Vokazzjonijiet tas-Seminarju, is-seminaristi organizzaw attivitajiet differenti għall-adolexxenti u ż-żgħażagħ, li saru fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù.
L-attivitajiet intemmu b’laqgħa ta’ diskussjoni mal-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna li matulha ż-żgħażagħ iddiskutew temi attwali li jolqtuhom fil-ħajja ta’ kuljum, fosthom il-fidi llum, il-valur tal-ħajja u kif nagħrfu s-sejħa ta’ Alla.
Wara din id-diskussjoni l-Arċisqof iċċelebra quddiesa fil-ġonna tas-Seminarju li fiha ħadu sehem il-ġenituri taż-żgħażagħ u l-adolexxenti… Read more »
The Professional Ethics Platform within the Department of Moral Theology at the Faculty of Theology (UM) is organising an International Bioethics Conference on ‘Bioethics and the five senses: between clinical practice and metaphors’ (La Bioetica ed i Cinque Sensi: tra Clinica Pratica e Metafore), which will be held online between Thursday 1 and Sunday 4 October 2020… Read more »
Erodi t-Tetrarka, dan li jsemmi l-Evanġelista San Luqa f’kaptilu 9, mhuwiex l-Erodi li ħafna drabi nisimgħu fir-rakkont tat-twelid ta’ Ġesù. Anke għaliex mit-twelid ta’ Ġesù ormaj għaddew mill-inqas 30 sena. Dan hu wieħed mill-ulied ta’ Erodi u li nisimgħu dwaru lejn l-aħħar tal-Evanġelju jew inkella propju waqt il-ħidma pubblika ta’ Ġesù.
Erodi jisma’ dak li qed jiġri fit-territorju tiegħu tal-Galilija. Nistgħu ngħidu li jisma’ dak li l-istess dixxipli jirrakuntaw lil Ġesù meta Ġesù jgħidilhom: “In-nies min jgħidu li jien?” U d-dixxipli rrisponduh: “Hawn min jgħid li inti Ġwanni l-Battista, hemm min jgħid li inti Elija jew wieħed mill-profeti” (Lq 9:18-19)… Read more »
L‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna inawgura r‑residenza Blessed Gerard li bdiet tilqa’ ommijiet refuġjati li qed irabbu weħidhom lil uliedhom. Il‑proġett twettaq mill‑Maltese Cross Corps u l-Malteser International tal-Ġermanja b’ħidma mal‑Kummissjoni Emigranti.
Ir‑residenza, li tinsab fi Gwardamanġa, tilqa’ fiha tliet familji li għandhom kmamar individwali u faċilitajiet oħra komuni fosthom kamra tal‑ikel, kċina u play area. L‑għan tal‑proġett hu li jipprovdi akkomodazzjoni u ħtiġijiet bażiċi oħra, u jgħinhom jintegraw u jkunu indipendenti… Read more »
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Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Eccl 3, 1-11
Psalm: 42 (43), 1.2.3.4
Gospel: Lk 9, 18-22
Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Messiah of God.” He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone… Read more »
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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Eccl 1, 2-11
Psalm: 89 (90), 3-4.5-6.12-13. 14 & 17
Gospel: Lk 9, 7-9
Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
But Herod said, “John I beheaded… Read more »
