News from the Church in Malta
The Apostolic Journey in France and visit to UNESCO
Address by Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Today I would like to talk to you about the Apostolic Journey I made to France in recent days. It was a great gift for me and for the people of God in that country, and I give thanks to the Lord for it… Read more »
Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
L-antifona għall-quddiesa tal-festa ta’ San Franġisk fil-missal Ruman tgħid hekk: Franġisku raġel ta’ Alla, telaq daru u ċaħad għall-wirt tiegħu, u sar fqir u nieqes minn kollox iżda ħadu miegħu l-Mulej.
Inġbarna hawnhekk bħala familja Franġiskana biex niċċelebraw dan il-mument meta l-Mulej jieħu miegħu lill-qaddej tiegħu Franġisku. Kien it-3 ta’ Ottubru 1226, tmien mitt sena ilu, u Franġisku li ltaqa’ mal-Mulej hu u jikkontempla l-kurċifiss ta’ San Damiano u jisma’ l-vuċi “Ibni l-knisja tiegħi”; fl-aħħar mumenti ta’ ħajtu, reġa’ lura għall-vokazzjoni primordjali, oriġinali tiegħu… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
In today’s liturgy, through the words of the prophet Isaiah, the Lord gives us great cause for hope, telling us that his thoughts are not our thoughts, that his ways are not our ways (cf. Is 55:8). Yes, God’s plans are infinitely greater — and, let us say, more “human”— than those that we men and women, marked by sin, can conceive or bring to fruition… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
L-Ewwel Qari jippreparana ftit għas-sorpriża ta’ din il-parabbola ta’ Ġesù: “Il-fehmiet tiegħi m’humiex fehmietkom, u t-triqat tiegħi m’humiex triqatkom” (Is 55:8). Donnu l-Mulej qiegħed jgħidilna, nifhem li intom tħobbu tkejlu, b’mod speċjali meta tqabblu lilkom infuskom mal-oħrajn, hija tendenza fina. Imma l-Profeta Isaija, jgħinna nifhmu s-sorpriża tal-istorja tal-Parabbola ta’ Ġesù, billi jinsisti: “daqskemm huma ogħla s-smewwiet mill-art, daqshekk ieħor huma triqati ‘l fuq minn triqatkom, u l-fehmiet tiegħi mill-fehmiet tagħkom” (Is 55:9)… Read more »
Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS, 23-32). 3. The human community -Dokumenti tal-Konċilju Vatikan II. IV. Kostituzzjoni pastorali Gaudium et spes (GS 1-10). 3. Il-komunità tal-bnedmin (GS, 23-32)
Brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!
By dedicating the second chapter to the “human community”, the Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS) invites us to consider “the growing interdependence of men” as “one of the salient features of the modern world” (no… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Sunday!
Today’s Gospel speaks to us of forgiveness, which is a fundamental feature of the Christian life. Jesus taught and exemplified forgiveness even on the cross, where he prayed to the Father for his persecutors with the familiar words: “Forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Lk 23:34).
In today’s passage, Peter asks the Master precisely about this question: “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? … Read more »
Catechesis.The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS12-22). 2. Human dignity: gift and responsibility.
Brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!
The Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS), by dedicating the first chapter to the dignity of the human person, emphasizes that it is the foundation and condition for “those values which are most highly prized today”, but these must not lose sight of their “divine source”, in order to avoid possible distortions arising from the “taint in man’s human heart” (GS, 11)… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
The word of God proclaimed in this Sunday’s liturgy offers us some fundamental criteria for thought and action. In the Letter to the Romans, we read that every commandment is “summed up in this word, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” (Rom 13:9). Saint Paul insists on this point with a very powerful image, one that also appears in the Lord’s Prayer. He writes: “Owe no one anything, except to love one another” (v… Read more »
Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS 1–10) 1. The Church: Listening to and Serving the World
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!
With today’s meeting, we will begin to reflect on the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, with which the Second Vatican Council intended to focus on a fundamental theme, namely the relationship between the Church and the contemporary world… Read more »
Homily by Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters,
On this World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the readings chosen for today’s liturgy offer us two invitations to contemplate the works of the Lord — a task that is certainly not difficult in the setting of these beautiful gardens.
The Book of Wisdom encourages us to contemplate the beauty and power of creation, in order to appreciate its Creator (cf. Wis 13:1–9)… Read more »
