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The debate on cannabis for ‘recreational’ use

Statement by Caritas Malta, Sedqa, Fondazzjoni Oasi and the Maltese Association of Psychiatry

28/04/2020

Dibattitu dwar il-kannabis għall-użu ‘rikreattiv’

Caritas Malta, l-Aġenzija Sedqa, il-Fondazzjoni Oasi u l-Assoċjazzjoni tal-Psikjatrija f’Malta jinsabu fi qbil li:

  1. Hemm bżonn iktar sensibilità lejn persuni li jużaw il-kannabis.
  2. Il-liġi tal-2015 – Rijabilitazzjoni u mhux Priġunerija – kienet liġi effettiva u pass ’il quddiem biex persuni li jinqabdu bi kwantitajiet żgħar għall-użu personali jiġu dekriminalizzati u depenalizzati.
  3. Liġi dwar il-kannabis mediċinali kellha passi ’l quddiem peress li l-kannabis għandha propjetajiet mediċi u li meta jiġu użati abbażi ta’ riċerka, ikunu ta’ benefiċċju għall-pazjent…

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Pope at Mass prays for artists and for the grace of creativity

27/04/2020

Pope Francis introduced morning Mass on Monday of the Third Week of Easter, with special thoughts for artists.

“Let us pray today for artists, for those who have this great capacity for creativity,” and for showing us the way to beauty. He continued: “May the Lord give us all the grace of creativity at this time.”

He then reflected on the Gospel reading of the day (Jn 6:22-29) in which Jesus redirects the crowd for seeking Him after the multiplication of the loaves and fishes only because their stomachs had been filled by exhorting them “not to work for food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life.”

Being good people, the Pope said, they asked him how to accomplish this and Jesus replied: “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”

Pope Francis explained that the crowd listened to Jesus “without getting tired.” Once sated, they thought they would make Him king, “but they had forgotten their first enthusiasm for His Word.”

Remembering the first encounter with Jesus

So, he continued, the Lord reminded the crowd of their first encounter with the Word, and “He corrected the path of the people who had taken a more worldly, rather than evangelical path.”

This happens to us too, the Pope warned, when we move away from the path of the Gospel and we lose the memory of our first enthusiasm for the Word of the Lord… Read more »

Nobody was injured in an accident at Dar Saura

26/04/2020   Dar Saura, Rabat

L-amministrazzjoni tad-Djar tal-Knisja għall-anzjani tikkonferma li ħadd ma weġġa’ wara li llejla żviluppa nar żgħir f’kamra f’Dar Saura, ir-Rabat. Filwaqt li ġew imsejħa l-membri tal-protezzjoni ċivili, in-nar kien laħaq intefa minn ħaddiema tal-istess dar. Fuq il-post ġew imsejħa wkoll il-pulizija u team mediku mill-isptar Mater Dei li taw l-għajnuna meħtieġa u ċċertifikaw li ħadd ma weġġa’. Żewġ residenti, nurse u carer kellhom jingħataw l-ossiġnu minħabba d-dħaħen li belgħu.  

F’Dar Saura bħalissa hemm 61 resident… Read more »

The Lord will not abandon us – The Archbishop

Mass on the Third Sunday of Easter

26/04/2020   The Church of St Francis of Assisi, Ħamrun

Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

In this extraordinary reading from the Gospel of St Luke we meet Jesus Christ who ‘breaks’ the Scriptures open for us, and he also breaks the bread. In fact the narrative that Luke gives us in Chapter 24 corresponds to the structure of our meeting every Sunday. The Lord finds us wherever we are on our way. He joins us and we join him… Read more »

Letter by Pope Francis for the Month of May

Letter to all the faithful

25/04/2020   The Vatican

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The month of May is approaching, a time when the People of God express with particular intensity their love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary.  It is traditional in this month to pray the Rosary at home within the family.  The restrictions of the pandemic have made us come to appreciate all the more this “family” aspect, also from a spiritual point of view… Read more »

Mass for Youth – 25th April, 7pm

The Third Sunday of Easter

25/04/2020   The Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

Mass readings and songs

Celebrant: Fr Brendan Gatt
Music: The New Victorians

♫ Great Things – Phil Wickham ♫

Come let us worship our King
Come let us bow at His feet
He has done great things
See what our Saviour has done
See how His love overcomes
He has done great things
He has done great things

Oh, hero of Heaven, You conquered the grave
You free every captive and break every chain
Oh God, You have done great things

We dance in Your freedom, awakened to life
Oh Jesus, our Saviour, Your name lifted high
Oh God, You have done great things

You’ve been faithful through every storm
You’ll be faithful forevermore
You have done great things
And I know You will do it again
For Your promise is “Yes and amen”
You will do great things
God, You do great things

Oh, hero of Heaven, You conquered the grave
You free every captive and break every chain
Oh God, You have done great things

We dance in Your freedom, awakened to life
Oh Jesus, our Saviour, Your name lifted high
Oh God, You have done great things

Hallelujah God, above it all
Hallelujah God, unshakable
Hallelujah, You have done great things

Qari I

Ma setax ikun li Ġesù jinżamm fl-irbit tal-mewt… Read more »

The pandemic should not be an excuse to let human beings die in the Mediterranean Sea – COMECE

COMECE calls the EU and its Member States for a common response to forced migration

24/04/2020

Fr Manuel Barrios Preto, COMECE Genereal Secretary

“The pandemic should not be an excuse to let human beings die in the Mediterranean Sea”, states COMECE General Secretary, Fr Manuel Barrios Prieto. Referring to the many migrants who were not promptly and safely disembarked at the closest EU port over the last days, COMECE calls for “a predictable solidarity mechanism agreed among EU member states”… Read more »