BIBLE SUNDAY will be celebrated in the Archdiocese of Malta and the Diocese of Gozo on Sunday, 31 October 2010. The theme chosen for this year is taken from the Book of Numbers in the Bible, chapter 6:
May the Lord bless you and take care of you;
May the Lord be kind and gracious to you;
May the Lord look on you with favour
and give you peace.
This is the Word of God that the Malta Bible Society is proposing to the people of Malta and Gozo. It is a Word of God that fills the heart with comfort, peace and love.
In messages that the Malta Bible Society printed and distributed in homes, schools and parishes, it explained that this is an invitation to all Christians to let the Word of God in the Bible act in their lives. We can only do this by regular and faithful reading of the Bible to benefit from the message it reveals to us.
On this occasion the Bible Society printed, among other things, a booklet called “Alla Jwieghdek” – God Promises You – which brings together a number of promises which God makes to us in the Bible. Copies may be obtained from the Malta Bible Society.
In the world there are 6,000 languages of which 3,000 still do not have one word of the Bible translated in the language they speak. There are also 6 billion people in the world and 3 billion of them have never seen a Bible. Malta is a small country with its own language and with a translation of the Bible in Maltese for many decades.
The Malta Bible Society calls all Christians in Malta and Gozo to engage in evangelization as each Christian is called to do. This can be done first and foremost in prayer offered for the work being done worldwide in the camp of the Bible world and also by helping the Bible Society financially so that more people that do not own a Bible may be able to have one.
On Saturday, 31 October 2010 between 6 and 7.15 p.m. the Bible Society is organizing a celebration of the Word of God at St Andrew’s Scots Church, South Street, Valletta – all are welcome to join.
Those requiring more information may contact the Malta Bible Society, Dar il-Bibbja, 62 Triq il-Miratur, Floriana, telephone 21220318 between Monday and Friday from 0900 to 1300 and 1400 to 1700; email: [email protected] – www.maltabible.com
