News from the Church in Malta
Appartamenti ta’ Puttinu Cares f’Sutton, Londra
10 ta’ Settembru 2017
“Fejn tnejn jew tlieta jkunu miġbura f’ismi, hemm inkun jien f’nofshom” (Mt 18, 20). Ħa nibdew minn din l-aħħar kelma ta’ Ġesù fl-Evanġelju tal-lum, meħud mill-Evanġelju ta’ San Mattew kapitlu 18.
Aħna miġbura f’isem Ġesù…
Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, Valletta
14 ta’ Settembru 2017
“Tinsewx l-għemejjel kbar ta’ Alla” (S 77, 7). Hekk kantajna fis-Salm Responsorjali li huwa parti mil-Liturġija tal-kelma f’din il-festa għażiża tal-Eżaltazzjoni tas-Salib Imqaddes, “tinsewx l-għemejjel kbar ta’ Alla”.
Il-Provinċjal, Fr Ray Francalanza, lejn it-tmiem tal-introduzzjoni tiegħu, tkellem dwar id-dilemma li kellu u li kellha l-Provinċja Agostinjana dwar jekk għandhiex tiċċelebra dan il-200 anniversarju mit-twaqqif tagħha…
Waqt laqgħa mal-kapijiet tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna rringrazzjahom tad-dedikazzjoni tagħhom u ħeġġiġhom biex minkejja d-diffikultajiet kollha, ma jaqtgħux qalbhom u jkomplu bil-missjoni Nisranija li huma msejħa għaliha.
Waqt il-laqgħa, l-Arċisqof bierek lil dawn il-kapijiet il-ġodda: Melanie Ungaro, Kap tal-iskola sekondarja tal-Kulleġġ St Jeanne Antide, Elaine Siegler, Kap tal-iskola primarja tal-Kulleġġ tal-Qalb Mqaddsa, Fr Jeremy Vella sdb, Kap tal-Kulleġġ ta’ San Domenico Savio u lil Edwin Ungaro, Kap tal-iskola sekondarja tal-Kulleġġ San Alwiġi…
Parroċċa Madonna ta’ Lourdes, Raħal Ġdid
12 ta’ Awwissu 2017
Aħna u nisimgħu t-Tieni Qari mit-Tieni Ittra ta’ San Pawl Appostlu lil Timotju, smajna parir li l-appostlu Missierna jagħti lil wieħed mid-dixxipli żgħażagħ tiegħu, Timotju. Hu jgħidlu: “Nitolbok bil-ħerqa quddiem Alla u Ġesù Kristu … xandar il-Kelma, insisti f’waqtu u barra minn waqtu … oqgħod dejjem b’għajnejk miftuħa, stabar fit-tiġrib, agħmel ħidma ta’ evanġelista, aqdi sewwa l-ministeru tiegħek” (2 Tim 4, 1.2.5)…
Westminster Cathedral, London
9th September 2017
On the 7th of September 1565 the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Rhodes realised that the horrible Great Siege had finally been lifted. The Ottoman galleons were on their way back to say that they didn’t manage to find the islands of Malta…
St John’s Co-Cathedral
8th September 2017
“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose” (cf. Rom 8,28). In this first verse from the Reading just proclaimed from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans, chapter 8, we find several important verbs that underline the significance of today’s feast, the nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that is, love, work for the common good, and the call for the providence of the Lord.
We are rejoicing today because at dawn, the aurora broke into the darkness of the history of humanity…
Collegiate Basilica of Our Lady of Victories, Senglea
7th September 2017
We are today commemorating the birth of a woman. It was a pleasure for me to listen to the report of the speech delivered by Carmen Sammut, the Pro-Rector of the University, to mark the 8th September commemoration of Victory Day, of the Bambina…
Archipretal Church of Naxxar
6th September 2017
Above the titular painting of the old, archipretal parish, we find this inscription in Latin: quasi aurora consurgens. These words remind us of one of the earliest hymns that celebrate the nativity of the Mother of our Saviour…
Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
2 ta’ Settembru 2017
“Xi jkun jiswielu l-bniedem jekk jikseb id-dinja kollha imbagħad jitlef ħajtu? Jew xi prezz se jagħti l-bniedem biex isalva ħajtu?” (Mt 16, 26). Din id-domanda li għamel Ġesù nistgħu nifhmuha u ngħixuha fuq diversi livelli. Ħafna drabi, l-ewwel interpretazzjoni li tingħatalha hi li t-telfien tal-ħajja huwa dak li jwassal għat-telfien ta’ dejjem…
Knisja Arċipretali ta’ Ħad-Dingli
20 ta’ Awwissu 2017
Nixtieq nirringrazzja lill-Arċipriet tal-istedina biex inkun magħkom illum f’dan il-jum sabiħ tal-festa. Nixtieq ukoll nirringrazzja lil kull wieħed u waħda minnkom talli ġejtu dalgħodu. Hija ħaġa sabiħa li bħalma qegħdin nagħmlu, l-festa nibdewha billi niċċelebraw flimkien l-Ewkaristija. Insellem b’mod speċjali l-Onor…
