News from the Church in Malta
The SDC candidates, together with their curators, gathered at St Michael School on Saturday, 4 January 2025, for their annual get-together held at the beginning of each year. The candidates took the initiative to organise this event themselves.
In the school chapel, they reflected on the boundless love God has for humanity, a love that they are called to mirror in love towards themselves, and ultimately, in acts of love towards others… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Għadna kemm smajna x-xandira tad-data tal-Għid, li se jaħbat fl-20 ta’ April li ġej. Din hija tradizzjoni antika ħafna li f’din il-festa tal-Epifanija jitħabbar jum kbir fil-kalendarju tal-qima tal-Knisja, jum Ħadd il-Għid il-Kbir.
Marbuta miegħu hemm il-bidu tar-Randan, il-festa l-kbira tal-Għid il-Ħamsin, ħamsin jum wara l-Għid, u festi oħra kbar marbutin magħhom. Imma fuq kollox hemm ukoll it-tħabbira li kull nhar ta’ Ħadd, aħna qed niċċelebraw il-Misteru tal-Mewt u l-Qawmien ta’ Ġesù mill-imwiet, wara kollox kif nagħmlu f’kull quddiesa li niċċelebraw… Read more »
On Saturday, 4th January, the residents of Id-Dar tal-Providenza in Siġġiewi enjoyed a special visit from the Three Wise Men as they made their way to the Bethlehem f’Għajnsielem nativity village. The residents also posed for a photo with the Magi at the chapel. They also visited the President of Malta at San Anton Palace, residents of Korradino Correctional Facility in Paola and St George and St Sebastian Parishes in Ħal Qormi… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
“Qum! Ħa jiddi wiċċek! Id-dawl tiegħek wasal! Jiddi fuqek sebħ il-Mulej!” (Iż 60:1). Din il-festa tal-Epifanija hi wieħed mill-mumenti importanti fil-festi tal-Milied, li jikkonkludu bil-festa tal-magħmudija tal-Mulej. Imma hi festa ta’ dawl. Il-Mulej jiddi bħala dawl mhux biss fil-ħolqien fis-sinjal tal-kewkba; imma jiġi preżentat lilna lkoll il-ġnus, bħala dawl ta’ ħajjitna. Il-profeta Iżaija, meta jitkellem fuq id-dawl, qed jitkellem fuq l-esperjenza tal-imħabba ta’ Alla u tal-ħniena tiegħu.
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The Cana Movement is inviting couples who got married last year and couples who will be getting married in 2025 to join in the celebration of the Mass.
The Mass for couples who entered into the sacrament of marriage last year will be led by Archbishop Charles Scicluna and will be held tomorrow, Saturday, 4 January 2025, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, at 5:45pm… Read more »
For the people of Malta and Gozo, the first day of the year was again a show of generosity towards Id-Dar tal-Providenza, an expression of solidarity by donating €1,540,278 during Festa ta’ Ġenerożità.
This marathon also ushered in a special year for the Home because it happens to be the 60th anniversary of its founding. During all these years the Home offered permanent residency to 270 persons with disability as well as many others who needed respite services… Read more »
Archbishop Charles Scicluna has announced the list of sacred churches in Malta linked to the granting of the plenary indulgence during this Jubilee Year dedicated to the virtue of hope.
In the words of Pope Francis, plenary indulgence offer the faithful the opportunity to rediscover “the unlimited nature of God’s mercy.” Also through visits to these sacred places, “we allow the Lord to erase our sins, to heal our hearts, to raise us up, to embrace us and to reveal to us his tender and compassionate (Spes Non Confundit, 23)… Read more »
Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace
I. Listening to the plea of an endangered humanity
1. At the dawn of this New Year given to us by our heavenly Father, a year of Jubilee in the spirit of hope, I offer heartfelt good wishes of peace to every man and woman. I think especially of those who feel downtrodden, burdened by their past mistakes, oppressed by the judgment of others and incapable of perceiving even a glimmer of hope for their own lives… Read more »
Bishops worldwide celebrated the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year on December 29 with Masses in their cathedrals and co-cathedrals focused on hope, the central theme of the Holy Year which Pope Francis inaugurated on Christmas Eve with the solemn opening of the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica.
Holy Land
In the Holy Land Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa presided over the celebratory Mass for his diocese at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth… Read more »
In support of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, 108 stunning works of art, generously donated by local and foreign artists, will be auctioned off online on www.belgraviaauctions.com during Festa ta’ Ġenerożità on New Year’s Day, 1st January 2025.
For those who wish to view the works of art in person, the pieces will be exhibited on the same day at the hall of Id-Dar tal-Providenza in Siġġiewi… Read more »
