A few days ago I was given a copy of a recently published book by the MSSP Publications and written by the well-known local liturgist, Fr Martin Cilia MSSP. It is a nationally known fact that the small church at the MSSP Oratory in Birkirkara, in...
Their feast days follow each other. On October 4 we celebrate the feast of St Francis whereas on October 5, the very subsequent day, we jubilantly celebrate the liturgical feast of St Faustina. What do these two great saints have in common? To...
On Wednesday 23 September 2020, we jubilantly celebrated the feast of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. This great humble saint as well as my dear Capuchin brother (without personally meriting such an awesome grace!) gives us a practical yet profound...
On September 29 as well as on October 2 we celebrate two liturgical feasts which are linked with angels. In fact, in the September feast we celebrate the feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael whereas in the October feast we...
On Tuesday 8 September 2020 we celebrated the Nativity of Mary. In this feast day the Holy Spirit, the Giver of life, gave me the grace to understand, or at least to start a process of understanding, a very important aspect regarding the Mother of...
Many bishops around the world, during the prevalent coronavirus pandemic, have consecrated their countries to the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God and Our Mother. Pope Francis himself offered heaps of prayers to Mary in order that COVID-19 will be...
The term your Father (Πατρί σου in Greek) in the Matthean Gospel is replete with deep wisdom on who is Our Father in Heaven. Thus, in Matthew 5:16 Our Father receives His glory from you and me whenever we commit good works in front of...
I recently completed a formative course entitled The Jewish Roots of Christianity. The course rested mainly on four pillars: first, an introduction to Judaism. Second, the Jewish prayer and the festivals and how they influenced our Christian...
