News from the Church in Malta
Religious and civil leaders have responded with condolences, prayer, and calls for justice after several explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds more on Easter Sunday.
Calling it “a very, very sad day for all of us,” Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, cancelled all remaining Easter Masses for the day in the Colombo district…
In the run-up to the European Parliament elections, the Justice and Peace Commission is organising a dialogue event about a proposal document issued by the commission. The discussion of these proposals aims at fostering a spirit of healthy political dialogue in preparation for this political appointment.
The four main political parties will be represented in this event, together with leaders of Church movements and organisations.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday 23rd April at Dar il-Ħanin Samaritan, Santa Venera at 18:30. Following the meeting, the discussion may continue in the garden were some refreshments will be served…
“Christ is alive and he remains with us.”
With those words of hope, Pope Francis addressed the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday for the Urbi et Orbi (“to the City and to the World”) message and blessing.
He said the morning of Easter represents “the perennial youth of the Church and of humanity as a whole”…
At least 100 people were killed in explosions Easter morning, detonated in churches and hotels across Sri Lanka. Hundreds more are reportedly injured.
At 8:45 a.m., explosions were detonated during Easter Mass at churches in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, and in Negombo, a city 20 miles to its north. At the same time, a bomb exploded at a service at the Evangelical Zion Church in Batticaloa, on Sri Lanka’s east coast…
1. The women bring spices to the tomb, but they fear that their journey is in vain, since a large stone bars the entrance to the sepulchre. The journey of those women is also our own journey; it resembles the journey of salvation that we have made this evening. At times, it seems that everything comes up against a stone: the beauty of creation against the tragedy of sin; liberation from slavery against infidelity to the covenant; the promises of the prophets against the listless indifference of the people. So too, in the history of the Church and in our own personal history. It seems that the steps we take never take us to the goal. We can be tempted to think that dashed hope is the bleak law of life…
Il‑Ħadd, 21 ta’ April, Ħadd il‑Għid, fl-10:30 a.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa Stazzjonali tal‑Għid il‑Kbir tal‑Mulej, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann. Fi tmiem il‑Quddiesa, l‑Arċisqof jagħti l‑Barka Appostolika bl‑Indulġenza Plenarja.
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Illejla, waqt il‑Vġili Solenni tal‑Qawmien tal‑Mulej mill‑Imwiet fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra s‑Sagramenti tad‑Dħul fil‑Ħajja Nisranija (Magħmudija, Griżma u Tqarbin) lil tmien katekumeni, jiġifieri persuni li f’età adulta jagħżlu l‑ħajja Nisranija.
It‑tmien adulti, li llejla b’dawn is‑sagramenti ser isiru wlied Alla u membri ġodda tal‑Knisja Kattolika, huma minn seba’ pajjiżi differenti: Malta, iċ‑Ċina, l‑Ungerija, Spanja, ir‑Repubblika Ċeka, ir‑Russja u t‑Turkija… Read more »
Is‑Sibt, 20 ta’ April, Sibt il‑Għid, fit‑8:00 p.m., l-Arċisqof imexxi l‑liturġija tal‑Vġili tal‑Għid, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann. Iċ‑ċelebrazzjoni tibda bit‑Tberik tan‑Nar ġdid fuq iz‑zuntier tal‑Konkatidral, u tkompli bil-liturġija tal‑Kelma, il‑liturġija tal‑Magħmudija, u l‑liturġija tal‑Ewkaristija.
Matul din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni ser jiġu amministrati s-Sagramenti tal-Bidu tal-Ħajja Nisranija (Magħmudija, Griżma u Tqarbin) lill-adulti.
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Il‑Ġimgħa, 19 ta’ April, il‑Ġimgħa l‑Kbira, fit‑3:30 p.m., l-Arċisqof imexxi l‑Azzjoni Liturġika tal‑Passjoni u l‑Mewt tal‑Mulej, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann. Din il‑liturġija tinkludi r‑Rakkont tal‑Passjoni skont San Ġwann, l‑Adorazzjoni tas‑Salib u t‑Tqarbin.
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