Aħbarijiet mill-Knisja f'Malta
Pope Francis has asked people to accompany his visit to Albania this Sunday with prayer. Speaking at the end of his General Audience in St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father said:
“Next Sunday, with God’s help, I will go in Albania. I decided to visit this country because it has suffered so much because of a terrible atheist regime and is now realizing peaceful coexistence among its various religious components”…
Luqa 7, 31-35
“Ma’ min, mela, se nxebbahhom in-nies ta’ dan iż-żmien? Lil min jixbhu? Jixbhu lil qabda tfal bilqiegħda fil-pjazza, jgħajjtu lil xulxin u jgħidu, ‘Daqqejnielkom il-flawt u ma żfintux, għannejnielkom għanja ta’ niket u ma ħabbattux fuq sidirkom!’ Għax tassew, ġie Ġwanni l-Battista, la jiekol ħobż u lanqas jixrob inbid, u intom tgħidu li ‘għandu fih xitan’…
At a briefing today, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, announced details of Pope Francis’ first Apostolic Voyage in Europe.
Pope Francis’ journey to Albania will be his fourth international voyage, and the first to European country outside of Italy.
Father Lombardi said one of the main reasons for the Pope’s visit was to honour the martyrs for the faith who lived in Albania, the victims of atheistic Communism…
Luqa 7, 11-17
Wara dan imbagħad mar f’belt jisimha Najn, u marru miegħu d-dixxipli tiegħu u kotra kbira ta’ nies. Kif wasal qrib il-bieb tal-belt, kienu qegħdin iġorru wieħed mejjet li ommu, mara armla, ma kellhiex ħliefu; u magħha kien hemm għadd ġmielu ta’ nies mill-belt. Kif raha l-Mulej tħassarha.”Tibkix” qalilha. Resaq, u mess it-tebut. Dawk li kienu qegħdin jerfgħuh waqfu…
The European Conference of Justice & Peace Commissions will meet from the 3rd to the 7th of October in Athens and Corinth for their annual International Workshop and General Assembly. The general theme of the meeting is “Human Dignity and Economic Crisis”. During the General Assembly, Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich from Luxemburg will take over from Bishop William Kenney, auxiliary bishop from Birmingham, as President of Justice and Peace Europe. 22 of the 30 European JP commissions will be represented in Athens…
The Church Schools Spiritual Development Unit within the Secretariat for Catholic Education, in conjunction with the Secretariat for the Clergy and the Spiritual Counselors Coordinator of the Church in Malta are inviting teachers, youth workers, social workers, counselors, psychologists, therapists and the general public for a series of two-hour seminars on the need to heal deep wounds inflicted by abuse…
To the simple strains of a harp, twenty grooms made their way up the central nave of St Peter’s Basilica with their mothers, followed by twenty brides dressed in white accompanied by their fathers.
All of the couples were from the diocese of Rome and had come to be married, on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, by the Pope himself…
Luke 2,33-35
Missieru u ommu baqgħu mistagħġba b’dak li kien qiegħed jingħad fuqu. Xmun berikhom, u qal lil ommu Marija: “Ara, dan se jġib il-waqgħa u l-qawmien ta’ ħafna f’Iżrael; se jkun sinjal li jmeruh, – u inti wkoll, sejf jinfidlek ruħek! – biex jinkixfu l-ħsibijiet moħbija fil-qlub ta’ ħafna.”
Il-Qaddisa tal-jum: Id-Duluri tal-Madonna
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It-Tnejn
9.15 a.m. L-Arċisqof jippresiedi laqgħa tal-uffiċċjali prinċipali tal-Kurja,
fir-residenza tiegħu, Ħ’Attard.
6.30 pm L-Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa f’San Pawl il-Baħar, f’għeluq l-ewwel ċentinarju mill-wasla tal-istatwa titulari.
It-Tlieta
7.00 p.m. L-Arċisqof jikkonċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-150 anniversarju mit-twaqqif tad-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex, fil-Katridral tar-Rabat, Għawdex.
L-Erbgħa
9.00 a.m. L-Arċisqof jindirizza laqgħa għall-għalliema u l-LSAs ġodda fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja, fl-okkażjoni tal-bidu tas-sena skolastika, fil-Kulleġġ Sant’Agata, ir-Rabat…
L-Eżaltazzjoni tas-Salib Imqaddes
John 3,13-17
Ħadd ma tela’ s-sema ħlief Bin il-bniedem, li niżel mis-sema. U kif Mosè rafa’ s-serp fid-deżert, hekk jeħtieġ li jkun merfugħ Bin il-bniedem, biex kull min jemmen fih ikollu l-ħajja ta’ dejjem. Għax Alla hekk ħabb lid-dinja li ta lil Ibnu l-waħdieni, biex kull min jemmen fih ma jintilifx, iżda jkollu l-ħajja ta’ dejjem…
