Aħbarijiet mill-Knisja f'Malta
San Luqa 7:11-17
F’dak iż-żmien, Ġesù 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 u qalilha: “Tibkix!”. Resaq, u mess it-tebut…
Nhar il-Ġimgħa, 14 ta’ Settembru 2018, festa tal-Eżaltazzjoni tas-Salib Imqaddes, ġiet inawgurata xbieha fil-mużajk tal-Madonna Ta’ Pinu, fis-Santwarju tat-Tħabbira tal-Mulej, f’Nazaret.
Din ġiet inawgurata mill-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Mario Grech fit-tieni jum ta’ pellegrinaġġ djoċesan ta’ għaxart ijiem fl-Art Imqaddsa flimkien mal-Patrijiet Franġiskani Minuri, li fih qed jieħdu sehem fuq mija u ħamsin pellegrin mill-gżejjer Maltin.
Ix-xbieha tal-Madonna Ta’ Pinu nħadmet riċentement minn Dun Roberto Gauci u Joseph Borg miċ-Ċentru tal-Arti Liturġika Eikon…
Il-Knisja Parrokkjali, Ħal Balzan
16 ta’ Settembru 2018
Hemm diversi punti li l-Kelma ta’ Alla tgħidilna f’din il-Quddiesa u li jgħoddu ħafna għal ħajjitna llum, kemm individwalment kif ukoll bħala komunità f’din il-lokalità ta’ Ħal Balzan. Nixtieq nitkellem fuq tlieta minnhom…
San Luqa 7:1-10
F’dak iż-żmien, Ġesù, meta spiċċa jgħid lin-nies kulma kellu jgħidilhom, daħal Kafarnahum. U jkun hemm ċenturjun li kellu qaddej għażiż ħafna għalih, li kien marid u wasal fl-aħħar. Iċ-ċenturjun sama’ b’Ġesù u bagħatlu xi wħud mix-xjuħ tal-Lhud biex jitolbuh jiġi jfejjaqlu l-qaddej. Dawk marru quddiem Ġesù u bdew jitolbuh b’ħerqa kbira u jgħidulu: “Jixraqlu li tagħmillu dan, għax hu jgħożż il-ġens tagħna, u kien hu li bnielna s-sinagoga”…
Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Saturday during his pastoral visit in the Italian city of Palermo, saying Christians must choose either love or selfishness, victory or defeat.
“You cannot believe in God and be a member of the mafia,” the Pope declared. “Those belonging to the mafia are not living as Christians, because with their life they blaspheme the name of God who is love.”
Don Puglisi: victory in defeat
Pope Francis’ visit to the Sicilian city coincided with the liturgical memorial of Blessed Pino Puglisi, a local priest killed by the mafia 25 years ago…
L-Erbgħa u Għoxrin Ħadd taż-Żmien ta’ Matul is-Sena
San Mark 8:27-35
F’dak iż-żmien, telaq Ġesù flimkien mad-dixxipli tiegħu lejn l-irħula ta’ Ċesarija ta’ Filippu. Huma u mexjin, lid-dixxipli tiegħu għamlilhom din il-mistoqsija: “Min jgħidu n-nies li jien?” Weġbuh u qalulu: “Ġwanni l-Battista; oħrajn, Elija; u oħrajn, wieħed mill-profeti”.
Staqsiehom: “Imma intom, min tgħidu li jien?”…
Il-Verġni Mqaddsa Marija tad-Duluri – Tifkira
San Ġwann 19:25-27
Kien hemm wieqfa ħdejn is-salib ta’ Ġesù, ommu, oħt ommu, Marija ta’ Kleofa u Marija ta’ Magdala.
Mela kif Ġesù lemaħ lil ommu u lid-dixxiplu li kien iħobb wieqaf ħdejha, qal lil ommu: “Mara, hemm hu ibnek”. Imbagħad qal lid-dixxiplu: “Hemm hi ommok.”
U minn dak il-ħin id-dixxiplu ħadha għandu…
Fr Martin Michalíček is the new Secretary General of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). Friday morning the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, gathered Poznań for their annual Plenary Assembly (13-16 September), elected him for a five-year term (with immediate effect).
Fr Martin Michalíček succeeds Duarte da Cunha, who concluded a second five-year term. The CCEE President, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, along with the Vice-presidents, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, his Grace Mgr Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznań, and the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, thanked Fr Duarte da Cunha for his dedication to leading the CCEE Secretariat and Fr Martin Michalíček for his readiness to serve the Church in Europe…
The British Home Secretary has rejected proposals for buffer zones around abortion clinics throughout England and Wales as disproportionate, after finding that most abortion protests are peaceful and passive.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid said in his Sept. 13 decision that after reviewing the evidence, which included “upsetting examples of harassment … what is clear from the evidence we gathered is that these activities are not the norm, and predominantly, anti-abortion activities are more passive in nature.”
The typical activities of those protesting outside of abortion clinics “include praying, displaying banners and handing out leaflets,” Javid noted…
Following a private audience with Pope Francis on Thursday morning in Vatican City, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement regarding the recent moral crisis in the American Catholic Church.
“We are grateful to the Holy Father for receiving us in an audience. We shared with Pope Francis our situation in the United States – how the Body of Christ is lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse…
