No excuses not to pray! There is no prayer like the prayer of the Church. That thick black book which priests often have in their hands as they walk up and down the sacristy is enough to send shivers down ones’ spine! When I was a little altarboy I used to wonder why these old priests never manage to finish reading this unappealing book – which had no pictures! Although I have struggled with the breviary for the first…
Mulej, inti lil kull wieħed u waħda minna qed issejħilna għal xi ħaga. Qed issejħilna biex fil-hajja tagħna nagħmlu xi ħaga sabiħa ħafna. Imma biex inkunu nafu xi trid minna, Mulej urina kemm hu importanti li nkunu kapaci nisimgħu l-leħen tiegħek. Samwel kien qiegħed rieqed fit-tempju, vicin tiegħek. Aħna għandna x-xorti li nistgħu niġu quddiemek, Ġesu` Ewkaristija, kull meta trid. Għinna nindunaw kemm hu importanti li ngħixu fil-preżenza tiegħek, Ġesu`, biex meta tkun trid tgħidilna xi ħaga aħna nkunu nistgħu…
Mela x’inhu dan il‑faqar li bih Ġesù jeħlisna u jagħmilna għonja? Hu sewwa sew il‑mod tiegħu ta’ kif iħobbna, ta’ kif isir proxxmu tagħna bħas‑Samaritan it‑Tajjeb li jersaq lejn dak ir‑raġel li ħallew għal mejjet fuq il‑ġenb tat‑triq (ara Lq 10:25ss). Dak li jagħtina l‑veru ħelsien, il‑vera salvazzjoni u l‑veru ferħ hu l‑imħabba tiegħu kollha ħniena u ħlewwa, dejjem lesta li taqsam mal‑oħrajn. Il‑faqar ta’ Kristu li bih nistagħnew hu sewwa sew li sar ġisem, li ħa fuqu d‑dgħufijiet…
Il-Colloquium of European Parishes (CEP) jiltaqa’ kull sentejn biex jiddiskuti tema li tkun tinteressa l-ħajja Nisranija fil-pajjiżi differenti li aħna ġejjin minnhom. Għal dan iċ-CEP jattendu rappreżentanti minn kważi kull pajjiż Ewropew: Franza, l-Italja, il-Ġermanja, il-Belġju, Spanja, il-Portugall, ir-Rumanija, l-Ungerija, l-Ukrajna, l-Awstrija, il-Litwanja, l-Ingilterra u oħrajn. Fiċ-CEP jieħdu sehem kemm saċerdoti kif ukoll lajċi impenjati fil-parroċċi minn fejn ġejjin. Il-ħidma tiegħi bdiet b’laqgħa f’Liege, il-Belġju f’Marzu li għadda fejn id-delegazzjoni Maltija, ippreżentajna il-programm taċ-CEP f’Malta lill-presidenza u l-koordinaturi tal-pajjiżi rispettivi.
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For this year’s World Mission Sunday, at the Seminary, we presented some information about the contribution that seminarians gave in the Church’s missionary work around the world during the past 10 years. The word mission itself means “to be sent,” and many of us, at some point, have heard this invitation to leave everything behind us and go transmit the good news of God’s mercy and hope, and most of all, of God’s love. We are invited to…
Few things were as countercultural as The First Modern Pope’s bold statement in 1967. Then, amid the sexual revolution that was gaining momentum across the western world, Paul VI reaffirmed the practice of priestly celibacy in his encyclical letter On Priestly Celibacy. Needless to say, the instruction met strong opposition from all camps.
Despite frequent calls for revision of this stance, the Church’s position remains unequivocal: prior to being ordained deacon, the candidate is to publically assume before God and…
It’s strange that we can be tempted to flirt with emptiness. Normally it’s not our first option. While working in a construction company I became aware that at the end of the day, everyone tries to shed off the dust caught in order to return back home in one’s true colours. We value dignity.
And yet we can be tempted to flirt with emptiness:
Empty words and empty promises;
Focusing on image at the expense of substance;
Seeking to impress rather than to…
L-Espark tax-xahar ta’ Ottubru ħareġ, u tista’ issibu hawn: E-Spark Ottubru 2014.
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Ta’min ngħidu wkoll li bħalissa, fuq facebook hemm il-paġna uffiċċjali taċ-Ċentru Vokazzjonijiet Djoċesani. Meta tagħmlu “Like” tibdew tkunu aġġornati bl-attivitajiet li jkunu għaddejjin fiċ-Ċentru kif ukoll informazzjoni oħra relatata mal-vokazzjonijiet.
Issa għal ħafna snin, iċ-Ċentru tal-Vokazzjonijiet tas-Seminarju ilu joħroġ l-Ispark kull xhar b’diversi artikli interessanti b’tema vokazzjonali. Dan l-aħħar qiegħed jintbagħat f’forma elettronika u tista’ ssibha hawnekk: Espark Settembru Matul il-ħarġiet li jmiss ser ikollna artikli minn diversi saċerdoti djoċesani u li jistgħu ikunu ta’ għajnuna għaż-żgħażagħ li qed jiddixxernu s-sejħa tagħhom. Jekk ma lħaqtx il-ħarġa ta’ Awwissu, tista’ taqraha hawn: Espark Awwissu Għal aktar informazzjoni tista tikkuntatta lil: Fr Charlon (Direttur Ċentru Tal-Vokazzjonijiet) mob: +356 9901 7000 e-mail: [email protected] I calm down as I settle down to pray. I breathe in and out gently. As I breathe in I become aware of the presence of God who is all around. As I breathe out, I let go of any thoughts and preoccupations, thus emptying my mind and heart in order to focus on the Lord. Kidane, a geography teacher from Eritrea, fled from his country because he was being forced to become a soldier instead of teaching….E-Spark Settembru 2014
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