Arkivji mensili: Awwissu 2019

Il-festa ta’ Santa Marija madwar id-dinja

16/08/2019

  • From a forest in China to the streets of Manhattan, China’s underground church is underground no more.

    Around the world there are many ways that the Solemnity of the Assumption is celebrated. In Paris, a silver statue of the Blessed Mother is transported by boat along the Seine River. In Madrid the locals don colourful attire and dance through the streets, but in New York, there is a celebration that tops them all, and amazingly, it began only 25 short years ago in Chinatown…

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L-Evanġelju tal-jum: 16 ta’ Awwissu

16/08/2019
  • Qari tal-jum

  • L-Ewwel Qari: Ġożwè 24, 1-13
    Salm: 135 (136), 1-3.16-18.21-22 u 24

    L-Evanġelju: Mt 19, 3-12

  • F’dak iż-żmien, resqu fuq Ġesù xi Fariżej biex iġarrbuh, u qalulu: “Jista’ wieħed jitlaq lil martu fuq xi ħaġa, tkun xi tkun?”. Iżda hu qalilhom: “Ma qrajtux li sa mill-bidu l-Ħallieq għamilhom raġel u mara, u qal: “Minħabba f’hekk raġel iħalli lil missieru u ’l ommu u jingħaqad ma’ martu u t-tnejn isiru ġisem wieħed?”…

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“It-tama tagħna hi li nintrefgħu minn dnubietna u li bħal Marija ngħaddu mill-mewt għall-ħajja” – L-Arċisqof fil-festa ta’ Santa Marija

Quddiesa fil-Bażilika Minuri tal-Mosta

15/08/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna


  • Il-Bażilika Minuri ta’ Santa Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema, il-Mosta
    15 ta’ Awwissu 2019

    Din is-sena ppermettuli naqsam magħkom ħsieb li f’dawn il-jiem qiegħed iberren f’moħħi u f’qalbi u nixtieq nisselfu biex niċċelebra magħkom b’sinifikat u b’sentiment profond l-Għid tal-Assunta.

    Meta nħares lejn il-gżejjer tagħna, lejn iż-żewġ djoċesijiet għeżież tagħna ta’ Malta u t’Għawdex, nifhem kemm missirijietna kellhom għal qalbhom din il-festa għażiża…

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L-Evanġelju tal-jum: 15 ta’ Awwissu

15/08/2019
  • L-Imqaddsa Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema – Solennita’
    Qari tal-jum

  • L-Ewwel Qari: Apok 11, 19a; 12, 1-6a. 10ab
    Salm: 44, 10bċ.11-12ab.16
    It-Tieni Qari: 1 Kor 15, 20-26

    L-Evanġelju: Lq 1, 39-56

  • F’dawk il-ġranet Marija qamet u marret tħaffef lejn il-għoljiet, f’belt tal-Lhudija. Daħlet għand Żakkarija u sellmet lil Eliżabetta…

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Il-Papa se jiltaqa’ ma’ delegati ta’ Aid to the Church in Need

15/08/2019

  • A delegation of the International Pontifical Foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be meeting with the Holy Father Pope Francis on Thursday,  15th August 2019, in a gesture to pray for peace in solidarity with the Syrian people, console families who mourn the loss of their dearest ones and commemorate the victims of war. 

    During the audience, the Holy Father will bless 6,000 Rosaries for the families of the war victims in Syria, expressing his support and personal engagement for the upcoming celebration which Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be organizing together with the local Christian leaders in Syria on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15th) under the theme: “Console my people” (cf…

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“Il-Madonna li tiftħilna tieqa fuq l-eternità” – L-Arċisqof

L-investitura tal-kanonċi l-ġodda tal-Kapitlu Metropolitan lejlet il-festa ta' Santa Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema

14/08/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Il-Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina
    14 ta’ Awwissu, 2019

    “Fejn hi, ja mewt, in-niggieża tiegħek?” (1 Kor 15:55). Il-mistoqsija li għamel l-Appostlu Missierna San Pawl fl-Ittra lill-Korintin għandha diversi tweġibiet, li jagħtihomlna l-istess Pawlu: “in-niggieża tal-mewt hi d-dnub” (1 Kor 15:56)…

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L-Evanġelju tal-jum: 14 ta’ Awwissu

14/08/2019
  • Qari tal-jum

  • L-Ewwel Qari: Dewt 34, 1-12
    Salm: 65 (66), 1-3a.5 u 16-17

    L-Evanġelju: Mt 18, 15-20

  • F’dak iż-żmien, Ġesù qal lid-dixxipli tiegħu: “Jekk ħuk jaqa’ f’xi dnub, mur sibu waħdu u widdbu. Jekk jisma’ minnek, tkun irbaħt lura lil ħuk. Jekk ma jismax, erġa’ mur u ħu miegħek wieħed jew tnejn oħra, biex kulma jingħad jissaħħaħ bil-kelma ta’ żewġ xhieda jew tlieta…

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Il-Papa jikteb lin-nies ta’ Genova sena wara l-waqgħa tal-Pont Morandi

13/08/2019

  • Almost a year has passed since the collapse of the Morandi Bridge, which caused the death of 43 people. Pope Francis remembers that tragic day in a letter sent to the Genoese newspaper “Il Secolo XIX”, also published in other newspapers of the group Gedi News Network.

  • A wound inflicted on the heart of Genoa, “a tragedy for those who have lost their relatives”, “a shocking event for those who have been forced to leave their homes living as displaced persons”…

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L-Evanġelju tal-jum: 13 ta’ Awwissu

13/08/2019
  • Qari tal-jum

  • L-Ewwel Qari: Dewt 31, 1-8
    Salm: Dewt 32, 3-4a.7.8.9 u 12

    L-Evanġelju: Mt 18, 1-5.10.12-14

  • F’dak il-waqt resqu d-dixxipli lejn Ġesù u staqsewh: “Mela min hu l-akbar fis-Saltna tas-Smewwiet?”. Hu sejjaħ lejh tfajjel ċkejken, qiegħdu f’nofshom u qalilhom: “Tassew ngħidilkom, li jekk intom ma terġgħux issiru bħat-tfal iż-żgħar, żgur li ma tidħlux fis-Saltna tas-Smewwiet…

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Is-sigriet għall-ferħ ta’ dejjem, skont Ġesù

12/08/2019

  • Jesus came into this world to open the gates of Heaven and show us the way to enter. He didn’t promise that following this path would be “all roses and sunshine,” but instead warned us that we would have to carry our own crosses in order to follow him.

    Yet, even in the midst of our struggle, Jesus promised to bless us and teach us the secret to happiness in this life and the life to come…

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