News from the Church in Malta
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 20:10-13
Psalm: 68 (69):8-10,14,17,33-35
Second Reading: Romans 5:12-15
Gospel: Matthew 10:26-33
Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops… Read more »
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 19:2-6a
Psalm: 99 (100):2,3,5
Second Reading: Romans 5:6-11
Gospel: Matthew 9:36 – 10:8
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness… Read more »
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14b-16a
Psalm: 146(147):12-13,14-15,19-20
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Gospel: John 6:51-58
Jesus said to the crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
The Jews quarrelled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you… Read more »
The Most Holy Trinity – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 34:4b-6,8-9
Psalm: Daniel 3:52,53,54,55,56
Second Reading: 2 Cor 13:11-13
Gospel: John 3:16-18
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him… Read more »
Għeżież żgħażagħ intom u tirċievu dan is-sagrament għażiż, aħna nitolbu ħafna għalikom biex id-don tal-Ispirtu s-Santu li se tirċievu bit-tqegħid tal-idejn, bid-dilka biż-żejt tal-griżma, bit-talba tal-Knisja jkun għalikom sinjal sabiħ ta’ kemm Alla jħobbkom. L-Ispirtu s-Santu hu l-ispirtu ta’ Alla li hu mħabba.
Ejjew nifhmuha din. Fejn hemm l-ispirtu ta’ Alla se jkun hemm dejjem l-imħabba. Allura meta nħarsu madwarna u fina nfusna u naraw dak kollu li mhuwiex imħabba, nistaqsu lilna nfusna: Imma dan ġej minn Alla jew le? … Read more »
Pentecost Sunday – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 2:1-11
Psalm: 103 (104):1ab,24ac,29bc-30,31,34
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7,12-13
Gospel: John 20:19-23
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side… Read more »
‘Towards a liturgy that draws us and changes us’ is the theme chosen for the in-service course for the Clergy 2023 in order for diocesan priests and religious to understand more clearly how the liturgy, that is all the Church’s celebrations by which Christians worship God, nurtures within them and God’s people a spirit of prayer, and particularly that the Liturgy leads to an encounter with the Risen Christ… Read more »
Is‑Sibt 27 ta’ Mejju, fil‑5:30pm, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jikkonsagra l‑Knisja Madonna Għajnuna tal‑Insara u San Bartilmew Appostlu fil‑kumpless residenzjali Rużar Briffa fir-Residenza San Vinċenz de Paule.
Għin lill‑Arċidjoċesi twettaq il‑missjoni tagħha Agħti Donazzjoni »
Segwi l-qari tal-Quddiesa tal-lum hawnhekk.
Talba għat-Tqarbina tax-Xewqa
Ġesù, jiena nemmen li Inti tinsab tabilħaqq fis-Sagrament tal-Ewkaristija.
Irrid inħobbok fuq kollox u fuq kulħadd… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Kif indunajtu f’dawn il-jiem qegħdin naqraw siltiet mid-diskors ta’ Ġesù fl-aħħar ċena li nsibu fl-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann. Illum għandna dan il-kliem u din is-silta mill-kapitlu 17. Innutaw li f’din is-silta, għax f’siltiet oħra jissemma b’ismu, l-Ispirtu s-Santu ma jissemiex b’ismu imma nixtieq li nagħrfu l-ismijiet differenti tal-Ispirtu s-Santu f’din is-silta.
Ħin minnhom Ġesù jitkellem dwar il-glorja; il-glorja hi isem ieħor tal-Ispirtu s-Santu… Read more »
Ftit tal-jiem ilu saret it-tnedija tal-ktieb il-ġdid tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, fil-Palazz tal-Arċisqof, l-Imdina. ‘L-Għanja ta’ Ħabib’ hu ġabra ta’ aktar minn 120 poeżija, b’analiżi ta’ Prof. Charles Briffa u ritratti ta’ Daniel Cilia.
Il-poeżiji jitfgħu raġġ dawl fuq il-ħajja tal-Arċisqof bl-ewwel poeżija tmur lura għall-1975 filwaqt li l-iktar poeżija reċenti nkitbet fl-2022. Kif jispjega l-Arċisqof stess fid-daħla tiegħu għall-ktieb, fil-poeżiji hu qed jaqsam mal-qarrejja l-lehma ta’ żgħożitu, il-ħolm, ix-xewqat, it-turufnament u l-faraġ tal-adolexxenza… Read more »
