2015 Archives

Il-Papa lill-Forum dwar il-bidla fil-klima: “segwu prassi t’ekoloġija integra u ġusta”

13/10/2015

Pope Francis has urged participants at an international Climate Change Conference to be guided by the “principles of a fair and integral ecology” that takes people into account. In a message signed on his behalf by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope expressed his encouragement for the initiative and sent greetings to the organizers and participants of the Second World Conference on Climate Change taking place in the Bolivian city of Tiquipaya. The 3-day conference ends on Monday, October 12. It was convened by Bolivian President Evo Morales to collect the contributions of social movements on the issue of climate change, and it will make known its findings at the XXI World Summit of the United Nations on Climate Change (cop21), to be held in Paris in December. The World Conference sees the participation of some 6,000 people from 5 continents…

13/10/2015

San Luqa 11: 37-41 Huwa u jitkellem, wieħed Fariżew stiednu għandu għall-ikel. Daħal għandu u qagħad bilqiegħda. Imma l-Fariżew stagħġeb meta ra li qabel xejn ma nħasilx skond ir-riti ta’ qabel l-ikel. U l-Mulej qallu: “U issa intom il-Fariżej! Intom tnaddfu t-tazza u l-platt minn barra, iżda minn ġewwa intom mimlija bis-serq u l-ħażen. Kemm intom bla moħħ! Min għamel in-naħa ta’ barra, ma għamilx ukoll in-naħa ta’ ġewwa? …

12/10/2015

Iċ-Ċentru ta’ Spiritwalità Injazjana kull sena jorganiżża numru ta’ rtiri, seminars u attivitajiet ta’ formazzjoni spiritwali, il-programm dettaljat jinstab hawn.

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12/10/2015

Before the recitation of the Marian Prayer, Pope Francis focused his attention on Sunday’s Gospel reading from Mark, which recounts Jesus’ encounter with the “rich young man”.

The Holy Father explained that this text was built around the “three gazes of Jesus.”

The first is his “intense gaze full of tenderness and affection,” when the young man expressed that “for him observance of the precepts is not enough, since it does not meet with his desire for wholeness…

12/10/2015

San Luqa 11:29-32

Meta l-folla tan-nies żdiedet, Ġesù qabad u qal: “Nisel ħażin huwa dan in-nisel! Irid sinjal! Imma ebda sinjal ma jingħatalu ħlief is-sinjal ta’ Ġona. Għax bħalma Ġona sar sinjal għan-nies ta’ Ninwè, hekk isir Bin il-bniedem għal dan in-nisel. F’jum il-ħaqq, is-sultana tan-nofsinhar għad tqum man-nies ta’ dan in-nisel u tikkundannahom, għax hi ġiet mit-truf ta’ l-art biex tisma’ l-għerf ta’ Salamun; u araw li hawnhekk hawn min hu aqwa minn Salamun! F’jum il-ħaqq, in-nies ta’ Ninwè għad iqumu ma’ dan in-nisel u jikkundannawh, għax huma nidmu wara l-predikazzjoni ta’ Ġona; u araw li hawnhekk hawn min hu aqwa minn Ġona! …

11/10/2015

San Mark 10:17-30

Kien se jaqbad it-triq, meta mar fuqu wieħed jgħaġġel, niżel għarkubbtejh quddiemu u qallu: “Mgħallem tajjeb, x’għandi nagħmel biex nikseb il-ħajja ta’ dejjem?” “Għaliex qiegħed issejjaħli ‘tajjeb’?” qallu Ġesù, “ħadd ma hu tajjeb ħlief Alla biss. Inti l-kmandamenti tafhom: la toqtolx, la tiżnix, la tisraqx, la tixhidx fil-falz, la tiħux bil-qerq dak li hu ta’ ħaddieħor; weġġaħ lil missierek u ‘l ommok.” U dak wieġbu u qallu: “Mgħallem, jiena dan kollu ili nħarsu minn żgħożiti.” Mbagħad Ġesù xeħet fuqu ħarsa ta’ mħabba u qallu: “Ħaġa waħda tonqsok: mur bigħ li għandek, agħtih lill-fqar, u jkollok teżor fis-sema; mbagħad ejja u imxi warajja.” Imma għal dan il-kliem ir-raġel qarras wiċċu u telaq b’qalbu sewda, għaliex kellu bosta ġid…

10/10/2015

L-intervent li l-Isqof Mario Grech għamel nhar is-Sibt 10 ta’ Ottubru 2015, kmieni wara nofsinhar, fil-preżenza tal-Papa Franġisku u tal-Isqfijiet, waqt l-Erbatax-il Assemblea Ġenerali Ordinarja tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet, li qed tiltaqa’ fl-Awla Sinodali, fil-Vatikan. It-tema ta’ dan is-Sinodu hi “Il-vokazzjoni u l-missjoni tal-familja fil-Knisja u fid-dinja tal-lum”…

10/10/2015

At the Synod of Bishops on the Family on Friday morning, participants presented the results of their small language group work that has been going on behind closed doors for the past couple of days. Each group has been discussing the first section of the Synod’s working document, orInstrumentum Laboris, focused on the challenges facing family life today.

Who exactly are those rows of men with their red and purple hats, sitting in the Synod Hall for three whole weeks? …

10/10/2015

San Luqa 11:27-28

Huwa u jgħid dan, kien hemm waħda mara li għolliet leħinha minn qalb il-folla u qaltlu: “Hieni l-ġuf li ġiebek u s-sider li rdajt!” Iżda hu qalilha: “Imma tassew ngħidlek, aktar hienja dawk li jisimgħu l-kelma ta’ Alla u jħarsuha!”

Qaddis tal-jum: San Franġisku Borgia, Presbiteru

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09/10/2015

God does not abandon the righteous, while those who sow evil are like strangers, whose names heaven remembers not. This is the lesson Pope Francis drew from the readings of the day at Mass Thursday morning in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican.

A courageous young mother with a husband and three children – and a tumor – “one of the ugly ones” – that keeps her nailed to her bed…