Aħbarijiet mill-Knisja f'Malta
L-Ewwel Qari: Eż 32, 7-11. 13-14
Salm: 50 (51), 3-4.12-13. 17 u 19
It-Tieni Qari: 1 Tim 1, 12-17
L-Evanġelju: Lq 15, 1-32
F’dak iż-żmien, il-pubblikani u l-midinbin kienu jersqu lejn Ġesù bi ħġarhom biex jisimgħuh. U kemm il-fariżej u kemm il-kittieba kienu jgemgmu u jgħidu: “Nies midinba jilqa’ għandu dan u jiekol magħhom”…
The Mdina Cathedral Museum is a unique and eclectic museum dealing with Maltese identity over the ages. Housed in the magnificent baroque palace on the right hand side of the Mdina Cathedral, it used to serve as the first purpose-built seminary. Amongst the museum’s priceless collections one finds a complete collection of original Albrecht Dürer prints; a fine picture gallery; ecclesiastical and household silver, including the Apostolato of 15 silver statues, once at risk of being lost to plunder during French occupation; furniture found in period Maltese households; a reconstruction of the 1486 choir stalls; the late medieval retable of St Paul, once the main altarpiece of Mdina’s medieval cathedral; and a numismatic hall, which includes a particularly stout collection of coins of antiquity…
Hurricane Dorian, a devastating category-5 storm, left a trail of death and destruction in the Bahamas, after battering the north-western islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco for more than 24 hours on 1 September.
According to official estimates, at least 50 people have died and around 70,000 have been affected. Thousands of hurricane survivors are being evacuated to New Providence, which includes the capital, Nassau. Most of them have little or no idea of how or where to begin to rebuild their lives.
Archbishop Patrick Pinder of Nassau on Monday visited some of the affected areas in Grand Bahama and Abaco…
L-Ewwel Qari: Numri 21:4b-9
Salm: 77, 1-2, 34-38
L-Evanġelju: Ġw 3:14-17
F’dak iż-żmien, Ġesù qal lil Nikodemu: «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…
Nixtieq nirringrazzja lill-Gvern ta’ Malta għall-appoġġ li dejjem wera u għadu juri b’ħafna modi konkreti għall-edukazzjoni tat-tfal u taż-żgħażagħ li tant ġenituri Maltin jafdaw fi Skejjel tal-Knisja biex minnhom jirċievu servizz effettiv u ħolistiku.
Nixtieq nieħu din l-opportunità biex nirringrazzja lill-ħafna reliġjużi u saċerdoti u staff lajkali għas-servizz ddedikat li qed jagħtu fl-edukazzjoni ta’ dawn iż-żgħażagħ u lill-pajjiżna.
✠ Charles J…
The Pope’s next Apostolic Journey will see him visiting two Asian countries: the Kingdom of Thailand, from 20 to 23 November, and then Japan from 23 to 26 November, where he will visit Tokyo, Nagasaki and Hiroshima…
L-Ewwel Qari: 1 Tim 1, 1-2.12-14
Salm: 15 (16), 1-2a u 15. 7-8.11
L-Evanġelju: Lq 6, 39-42
F’dak iż-żmien, Ġesù qal parabbola lid-dixxipli tiegħu: “Jista’ agħma jmexxi agħma ieħor? Mhux it-tnejn jaqgħu fil-ħofra? Id-dixxiplu mhuwiex aqwa mill-imgħallem tiegħu; imma kull min itemm it-taħriġ tiegħu jsir bħall-imgħallem tiegħu.
Għax tara t-tibna f’għajn ħuk, u ma tarax it-travu li għandek f’għajnek int? …
Il-Bażilika Minuri ta’ Santa Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema, il-Mosta
12 ta’ Settembru 2019
“B’radd il-ħajr kantaw f’qalbkom innijiet lil Alla” (Kol 3:16). F’din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni sabiħa tal-lum b’tant anzjani miġburin flimkien, nixtieq li l-ewwel nett nirringrazzja lil Alla ta’ kull wieħed u waħda minnkom u nurikom l-apprezzament tal-Knisja għall-kontribut li tajtu tul is-snin u għadkom tagħtu llum għall-ġid tas-soċjetà Maltija…
By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp
Eighteen years to the day that the twin towers were attacked in New York City, the 7 member Higher Committee established for the purpose of acheiving the goals of the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together met together for the first time on Monday…
Il-Kunsill il-ġdid tal-Fondazzjoni tal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann għas-sena bejn l-2019 u l-2020 jilqa’ fih lis-Sur Wilfrid Buttigieg, President tal-Fondazzjoni (ċentru), u (mix-xellug) lil Dr Philip Farrugia Randon, Monsinjur Louis Camilleri, Dr Ray Bondin, u Monsinjur Victor Zammit McKeon, li magħhom ingħaqad ukoll Monsinjur Prof. Emanuel Agius, bħala membru ġdid tal-Kunsill. Is-Sur Joe Gerada (fuq il-Lemin) huwa s-Segretarju tal-Kunsill.
Il-membri tal-Fondazzjoni tal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann huma responsabbli ta’ dan it-teżor internazzjonali…
