“Jien emozzjonat ħafna bil-ġenerożità u s-solidarjetà tal-Maltin u Għawdxin li minkejja kollox taw rigal mill-isbaħ ta’ €2,531,540 lid-Dar tal-Providenza.” Dan qalu Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar, mill-uffiċċju tiegħu fis-Siġġiewi minn fejn kien qed isegwi l-maratona u jwieġeb it-telefonati. Huwa żied jgħid li minkejja l-mard u l-inċertezzi li ġabet magħha l-pandemija Covid-19, il-poplu Malti reġa’ għamel ħwejjeġ kbar mad-Dar tal-Providenza li f’dawn l-aħħar xhur rat tnaqqis kbir fid-dħul tagħha l-aktar billi kellha tħassar attivitajiet ta’ ġbir ta’ flus bħall-maratona tal-volleyball… Kompli aqra »

Holy Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, the Most Holy Mother of God, was celebrated on the morning of New Year’s Day by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, standing in for Pope Francis, who is suffering a painful attack of sciatica.

In his homily, which was read by Cardinal Parolin, Pope Francis focused on three words from the day’s readings: to bless, to be born, and to find, which he said “find their fulfillment in the Mother of God.”

To bless

Beginning with the first Reading, where God commands Moses to bless the people, Pope Francis writes, “This is no pious exhortation: it is a specific request.” We need to be blessed, the Pope said; and at Christmas, we receive “not only the words of blessing, but the blessing itself: Jesus is Himself the blessing of the Father.”

Whereas Jesus is the blessing, Mary is blessed through grace, and “in this way, brings us God’s blessing… Kompli aqra »