News from the Church in Malta
Il-Ħamis, 29 ta’ Marzu, Ħamis ix-Xirka, fis-6:15pm, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, ser issir it‑Tifkira Solenni tal‑Ikla tal‑Mulej. Matul din il‑Quddiesa, fuq l‑eżempju ta’ Ġesù, l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jaħsel riġlejn numru ta’ persuni. Fi tmiem il‑Quddiesa, l-Arċisqof iwassal is‑Sagrament Imqaddes fil‑Kappella tar‑Ripożizzjoni, għall‑qima tal‑Insara.
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A “Notification” from the Church’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has clarified that the new Obligatory Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, must be celebrated in the Ordinary form of the Roman Rite beginning this year.
The new feast is to be observed on the Monday following Pentecost.
New feast to be preferred
The notification, signed by Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Prefect of the Congregation, notes that an exception still exists, in accordance with the rubrics in the Roman Missal: “Where the Monday or Tuesday after Pentecost are days on which the faithful are obliged or accustomed to attend Mass, the Mass of Pentecost Sunday may be repeated, or a Mass of the Holy Spirit may be said.”
Nevertheless, the document insists, “all else being equal, the Obligatory Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church is to be preferred.”
Because Pentecost is a movable feast, tied to the celebration of Easter, it is possible that the new Memorial could coincide with another Memorial of a Saint or Blessed; and when this happens, the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, will take precedence…
Il-Ħamis, 29 ta’ Marzu, Ħamis ix-Xirka, fid-9am, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra l‑Quddiesa taż-Żjut, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann. Matul din il‑Quddiesa, flimkien mal‑Arċisqof, jikkonċelebraw saċerdoti djoċesani u reliġjużi li jġeddu l‑wegħdiet li għamlu dakinhar tal‑ordinazzjoni tagħhom.
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Fir-Randan, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna żar lill-priġunieri żgħażagħ fil-Faċilità Korrettiva tal-CoRRS (Centre of Residential Restorative Services), fl-Imtaħleb. Din iż-żjara saret bħala parti mil-laqgħat li l-Arċisqof qed jagħmel ma’ żgħażagħ minn realtajiet differenti, bi tħejjija għas‑Sinodu tal‑Isqfijiet dwar iż‑żgħażagħ imsejjaħ mill‑Papa Frangisku. Is-Sinodu ser isir f’Ottubru li ġej fil‑Vatikan.
Matul iż-żjara tiegħu fil-CoRRS, l-Arċisqof kellu wkoll djalogu mar-residenti żgħażagħ, tfajliet u ġuvintur, u baqa’ magħhom ghall-ikel…
Minn għada l‑Ħamis, 29 ta’ Marzu, il‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, l‑Uffiċċji tal‑Caritas u l-Uffiċċju Żwiġijiet, il‑Furjana, u t-Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku, il-Belt Valletta, ser ikunu magħluqa għall‑festi tal‑Għid.
Il-Kurja tal-Arċisqof u l-Uffiċċju tal-Caritas jerġgħu jiftħu nhar l-Erbgħa, 4 ta’ April. L‑Uffiċċju Żwiġijiet u t‑Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku jiftħu nhar il-Ġimgħa, 6 ta’ April 2018.
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Pope Francis Tuesday afternoon met Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his Mater Ecclesiae Monastery residence in the Vatican and wished him for Easter, the Holy See’s Press Office said in a communique.
Earlier Tuesday morning, the Pope visited the Vatican Secretariat of State where some 300 persons are employed. Accompanied by the Assessor, Monsignor Paolo Borgia, he visited and blessed the offices of the Third Section, which was set up in November for the diplomatic personnel of the Holy See. The Holy Father then personally greeted all the officials and employees, wishing them for Easter and thanking them for their work…
Pope Francis joined leaders praising a French police officer who “gave his life out a desire to protect people” during a terrorist attack.
Lt Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 44, had convinced the gunman, identified as Redouane Lakdim, to allow him to take the place of a woman Lakdim was holding hostage on March 23 in a grocery store in Trebes, a small town in southern France…
Hekk kif ninsabu fil-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa, l-Insara kollha huma mistiedena jattendu għall-Via Sacra Djoċesana, li ser issir għada l-Erbgħa, 28 ta’ Marzu 2018, lejlet it‑Tridu tal‑Għid, li matulu l‑Knisja Universali tfakkar il‑passjoni, il‑mewt u l‑qawmien ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu.
Il-Via Sacra, immexxija mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, ser tibda fis-7:30pm minn ħdejn l‑istatwa ta’ Kristu Re (quddiem il‑lukanda Phoenicia) u tintemm quddiem il‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta…
Reflecting on the Liturgy of Palm Sunday, Pope Francis contrasted the joy of the people who celebrated Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem with the cries of those who want to silence him.
Pope Francis invites us all to see ourselves in the Palm Sunday liturgy. He says that the liturgy “expresses the contradictory feelings that we too, … experience”: love and hatred, self-sacrifice and “washing our hands”, loyalty and betrayal…
Pope Francis, accompanied by youths, passes through the Door of Mercy ahead of a prayer vigil on the occasion of the World Youth Day, in Campus Misericordiae in Brzegi, near Krakow, Poland, Saturday, July 30, 2016.
Dear young people,
World Youth Day 2018 represents another step in preparation for the international WYD due to take place in Panama in January 2019…
