News from the Church in Malta
He who does not know the tenderness of God does not know the Christian doctrine. This was the concept at the core of Pope Francis’ homily at morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, a homily focused largely on the figure of Judas.
Judas, an evangelical image of the lost sheep
Taking his cue from the Gospel reading of the day which recounts the Parable of the lost sheep, Pope Francis spoke of how the Lord never stops looking for us…
Nhar it‑Tlieta 6 ta’ Diċembru 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa tal‑Milied mal‑istudenti tal‑Iskejjel tal‑Knisja, tal-Istat u Indipendenti, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta. Il-prietka tal-Milied saret minn Carla Cutajar u l-pageant saret mit-tfal tal-iskola primajra St Joan Antide, Gudja.
Click here to see all photos of the Celebration of Mass.
Celebration of Mass on YouTube Homily by Archbishop Charles J…
Nhar il-Ħamis 1 ta’ Diċembru 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ippresieda kunċert mill-Banda tal-Forzi Armati, organizzat mid-Dar tal-Providenza.
Fil-kunċert, il-Premju ‘Dun Mikiel Azzopardi’ għas-sena 2016 ingħata lil Dar il-Kaptan bħala turija ta’ rikonoxximent u apprezzament tad-Dar tal-Providenza għall-25 sena ta’ ħidma u impenn fil-komunità mit-twaqqif tagħha fl-10 ta’ Novembru 1991. Is-Sur Marcel Pisani irċieva l-premju f’isem Dar il-Kaptan…
Knisja Arċipretali tal-Mosta
3 ta’ Diċembru 2016
“Jiena ngħidilkom li Kristu sar qaddej minħabba l-fedeltà ta’ Alla”. L-Appostlu Missierna hu u jikteb lir-Rumani jgħid li Kristu sar qaddej tal-Lhud ċirkonċiżi, u jsemmi wkoll il-pagani…
Let us allow ourselves to be transformed by Christ; let us allow ourselves to be able to be re-created, freeing us from our sins. That was the message of Pope Francis at the morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, centred on the theme of the renewal that the Lord brings. The Pope put us on guard about painting over our sins without truly being ashamed in our hearts…
Dar Porzjunkola
2 ta’ Diċembru 2016
L-Evanġelji mill-ewwel parti tal-Avvent jintgħażlu bħala konferma mill-profeżija ta’ Isaija u jkun tajjeb għall-meditazzjoni f’dawn il-ġranet qabel is-17 ta’ Diċembru, imbagħad nibdew ir-rakkonti li jippreparawna mill-qrib għat-twelid ta’ Ġesù…
“The Kingdom of God is at hand and is indeed in the middle of us, this is the central message of all Christian mission.” Those were the words of Pope Francis during his Angelus address in St Peter’s Square on the Second Sunday of Advent.
He was referring to the Gospel reading of the day in which John the Baptist issues the invitation to “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”…
Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt, Valletta
2 ta’ Diċembru 2016
Kemm hi attwali l-figura tal-Beatu Charles…
The Church Environment Commission (KA) sadly notes that the proposed Paceville Masterplan seems to imply that the appalling conditions of the locality it is supposedly addressing are standalones and not the various related symptoms of a common cause: unsustainable development. Therefore, one would have imagined that the PA and Government would be wise enough to identify the real cause of the problems, learn from past experiences and ultimately avoid repeating the same mistakes…
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for December is for the End to Child-Soldiers: That the scandal of child-soldiers may be eliminated the world over.
The Apostleship of Prayer has produced the Pope’s Video on this prayer intention.
The full text of the Pope’s Video is below:
In this world, which has developed the most sophisticated technologies, weapons are sold that end up in the hands of child soldiers.
We must do everything possible so that the dignity of children may be respected, and end this form of slavery…
