News from the Church in Malta
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4
Psalm: 95(94):1-2,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Timothy 1:6-8,13-14
Gospel: Luke 17:5-10
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to (this) mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you… Read more »
The Archbishop’s Palace in Valletta will be opening its doors again for Notte Bianca on Saturday 1st October 2022. On the day, visitors will be able to visit various halls in the palace, including the Throne Room on the piano nobile, as well as the Tribunal Chancery with its historic cabinets and ceiling painting. The garden with citrus trees, as well as the historic vault with freshwater springs, will also be open to the public… Read more »
Matul dawn il‑jiem ’il fuq minn 16,000 student u iktar minn 3,000 edukatur qed jerġgħu lura fl‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja għal sena skolastika b’tamiet imġedda. Wara sentejn u nofs ta’ miżuri imposti biex nilqgħu għall‑pandemija, il‑55 skola tal‑Knisja f’Malta u Għawdex fetħu l‑bibien tagħhom biex jilqgħu fiżikament lill‑komunitajiet tagħhom. Minn dawn, 1,973 huma studenti li qed jingħaqdu fl‑iskola tal‑Knisja, wara li ħadu sehem fil‑proċess tad‑dħul permezz tal‑kriterji u l‑poloz immexxi mis‑Segretarjat għall‑Edukazzjoni Nisranija matul is‑sena li għaddiet… Read more »
The Archdiocese of Malta has established a fund of €30,000 to promote hospitality initiatives within parishes and other communities. The Church will be using the fund – set up to mark 2022 World Day of Migrants and Refugees themed ‘Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees’ – to encourage collaborative initiatives within the community between citizens and migrants.
A spokesperson said that this fund is being set up as a follow-up to Pope Francis’s message during his visit to Malta, which recalled how St Paul had been received with ‘unusual kindness’… Read more »
More than 200 families are seeking assistance from the Millennium Chapel, Fr Hilary Tagliaferro told Newsbook.com.mt.
This newsroom sat down with Fr Hilary and discussed the services offered by the Millennium Chapel, including WOW – Wishing Others Well.
The coronavirus pandemic followed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have left their impact on the global economy. The latter has had an outsized impact on the global supply chain, impeding the flow of goods, fueling dramatic cost increases and product shortages, and creating catastrophic food shortages around the world… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Qamet kwistjoni bejn id-dixxipli dwar min kien l-akbar fosthom” (Lq 9:46). Dan hu li jgħid San Luqa fl-Evanġelju tiegħu llum, u mal-ewwel nintebhu kemm dawn id-dixxipli ma kinux fehmu tassew, sa dak il-mument, min kien Ġesù, u x’kien qed jgħallimhom Ġesù. Ftit qabel din is-silta, Ġesù kien qed iħabbrilhom, għat-tieni darba, li se jgħaddi mill-mewt li twassal għall-qawmien, li se jgħaddi mis-sofferenza… Read more »
Il-Mulej qed jiġborna madwar il-mejda tiegħu u jsir għalina ħobż: “Huwa l-ħobż tal-festa fuq il-mejda tal-ulied, […] joħloq il-qsim ma’ xulxin, isaħħaħ ir-rabtiet, għandu togħma ta’ komunjoni” (Innu għas-XXVII Kungress Ewkaristiku Nazzjonali, Matera 2022). Imma l-Vanġelu li għadna kemm smajna jgħidilna li mhux dejjem fuq il-mejda l-ħobż hu maqsum: dan hu minnu; mhux dejjem iħalli l-fwieħa tal-komunjoni; mhux dejjem hu miksur fil-ġustizzja… Read more »
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Amos 6:1a,4-7
Psalm: 145 (146):7,8-9a,9bc-10
Second Reading: 1 Timothy 6:11-16
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Ġesù jpoġġilna għażla diffiċli llum quddiemna: il-flus jew hu. Diffiċli ħafna anke għax aħna nifhmu li l-flus għandna bżonnhom. Imma li taħli ħajtek – ħa nuża din il-frażi ‘taħli ħajtek’ – li tiġri wara l-flus, mingħajr ma tgawdiha, hi bluha kbira. Għax donnu taħseb li l-ħajja mhu se tispiċċa qatt, ma jasal qatt il-mument meta trid tagħti kont tal-amministrazzjoni tiegħek… Read more »
The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Amos 8:4-7
Psalm: 112 (113):1-2,4-6,7-8
Second Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-8
Gospel: Luke 16:1-13
Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’ The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? … Read more »
