IL-VERĠNI MQADDSA MARIJA MTELLGĦA FIS-SEMA Apok 11: 19a, 12: 1-6a. 10ab 1 Kor 15: 20-26 Lq 1:39-56 Fl-ewwel ta’ Novemru 1950, il-Papa Piju XII iddikjara li hi verita’ rrivelata lilna minn Alla li meta l-Vergni Mqaddsa Marija għalqilha ż-żmien tagħha f’din id-dinja, ġiet bi-qawwa ta’ Alla mtellgħa s-sema bir-ruħ u bil-ġisem. Din hi d-domma ta’ […]

Din is-sena qegħdin niċċelebraw l-ewwel ċentenarju mid-dehriet tal-Madonna ġewwa Fatima. Kulħadd jaf bir-relazzjoni li teżisti bejn id-devozzjoni Marjana-Karmelitana u d-dehriet ta’ Fatima. Luċija, li aktar tard saret soru Karmelitana Tereżjana, kemm-il darba stqarret li waqt l-aħħar dehra, fit-13 ta’ Ottubru 1917, wara li rat lill-Madonna kif kienet tarha s-soltu, ratha wkoll flimkien ma’ San Ġużepp […]

Mary Magdalene bore the surname of the noble family of Pazzi in Florence. Already by the 15th century, the Pazzi family exercised great political power. She was born on 2nd April 1566, given a good education and, from her childhood, she had a deep sense of the presence of God, a great love for the […]

  The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Reflections for the Feastday Christopher O’Donnell, O.Carm. 2003 In the Church before Vatican II (1962-1965) it was very difficult to have a chalice blessed. It required a bishop who consecrated the chalice and the paten by use of the most sacred of the holy oils, chrism – […]

An article by Patrick McMahon, O.Carm. “Mary was profoundly important to the hermits. The chapel on Mount Carmel was dedicated to her; she was the Lady of the Place, to whom the hermits had a particular loyalty. (Of course, Mary was the most common object of dedication and titling of Churches in this period.) The […]

San Xmun Stock: 850 mit-twelid, 750 Sena mill-mewt 16 ta’ Mejju 2015 Is-snin 2014-2016 nistgħu tassew insejħulhom “Snin Karmelitani” għax matulhom jaħbat għeluq l-400 sena mill-mewt ta’ P. Jeronimo Gracian (1614-2014) il-500 sena mit-twelid ta’ Santa Tereża ta’ Ġesù (1515-2015), 750 sena mill-mewt ta’ San Xmun Stock (1265-2015), u l-450 sena mit-twelid ta’ Santa Marija […]

8 ta’ Diċembru 2014 Festa tal-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni (Ġen 3:9-15.20; S 97; Ef 1:3-6.11-12; Lq 1:28:38) Hekk kif il-Knisja tiftaħ is-sena liturġika tagħha fl-Avvent, is-Solennità tal-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni hija l-ewwel festa solenni li niċċelebraw. Fiż-żmien li fih il-fidili Nsara jkunu jirrifflettu dwar it-tieni miġja ta’ Sidna Ġesù, il-Knisja ddawrilna l-ħarsa tagħna lejn il-Verġni Marija li, imħarsa minn […]

One of the great admirers of Therese was Pope Piux X, the pope of simplicity, who kicked off her process of beatification and canonization. Some of his statements on Thérèse have become famous. To a priest who protested that in Thérèse there was nothing extraordinary to recognise her as saint he answered bluntly: “What is […]

6th August is a great feastday in the Church’s liturgical calendar. Both East and West celebrate the Transfiguration of Our Lord before chosen witnesses: Peter, John and James the three solid columns of the Church: Peter the Rock of Faith and Pastor, John the Eagle of Contemplative Love, James the Pragmatic preserver of Tradition through […]

Innijiet noffrilek, sebħ tal-verġni, o safja Paraskevi, martri ta’ Kristu għax inti tqabadt qalbiena u tiddi u ddawwal bir-raġġi tal-għeġubijiet lil dawk li jgħannulek, għalhekk aħna noffrulek innijiet imħeġġa: Ifraħ, bint il-qaddejja devoti ta’ Alla Ifraħ, tron għażiż ta’ Alla l-Għoli Ifraħ, tromba tal-imħabba, leħnek ħlejju Ifraħ, qaddejja safja tas-Sultana tal-Verġni Ifraħ, int li mill-għoli […]