WELCOME TO MALTA DEAR HOLY FATHER

WELCOME TO MALTA POPE BENEDICT..WE WELCOME YOU IN THE ISLAND OF ST PAUL. INTERCEDE FOR US, PRAY FOR US...SO THAT THE MALTESE PEOPLE WILL CHERISH THE FAITH THAT ST PAUL ROOTED IN US, AND THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN OUR VALUES , VALUES OF STRONG MARRIAGES AND FAMILIES. MAY WE ALL BE UNITED AS ONE FAMILY WITH ONE CRY ,NO TO ABORTION AND NO TO DIVORCE

RESURRECTION

HE IS RISEN....ALLELUIA. Mary Magdalene followed Jesus to the cross, and it was to her that Jesus appeared first. she loved Jesus a lot, she belived in him, and she let Jesus transform her life through perfect love.


The more we open our hearts to christ the more christ abides in us. when christ lives in us we can give unconditonal love to others.



It is from our sufferings and sorrows that we can really meet Christ. we are Easter people, death is not the last word for the christian but life everlasting and in abundance.


Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.


prayer: Dear heavenly father, help our unbelieve. In the above scriptural reading we read that you lord worked with the apostles and confirmed word with signs. you never change lord as you are the alpha and the omega, the begining and the end. you are working with us today just the same, with the plan of salvation for many souls that you entrusted to your mother and our mother. many messages and signs are taken place in malta,with the help of our lady of borg-in-nadur. open each person's eyes so that one will realize the importance of these , so that we will have the culture of life, and not of death.........help each person to be strong and say no to abortion and yes to life. no to divorce and yes to a lifelong marriage. This I prayed in Jesus' name Amen

ON CALVARY.......

I asked myself yesterday being good Friday, what kind of person I want to be on Calvary? the answer was that I can either be a spectator or participator. participation is ideal but in what?, the Romans also participated but in hurting and hitting Jesus constantly. the christian must participate with the suffering of Christ in order to heal the world and himself form the gravest epidemic there is in our society....egoism, this leads to sin and sin separates us from God and from each other. Christ is the ultimate model of love, there were three other persons on Calvary that one can reflect on: his mother Mary that represents innocence, the blessed among women as with her obedience she cooperated with the plan of salvation. the teachings of her son (god) were becoming more and more alive in her, a living example for us in our suffering, c f the beatitudes in the Gospel of st Matthew (5:3-10).

another person was john, john represents the priests, therefore the church. 'woman .behold your son' the church is made of human beings thus subject to sin, Mother Mary the immaculate conception still accepted to be the mother of the church and our mother. when we suffer we are never in isolation we suffer with, through, and in CHRIST and his mother. how beautiful it is to offer for one another! yes since we the church are all subject to sin, (including the clergy yes) we need to love the church in spite of mistakes and sins, loving the church is to love Christ. this leads us to another person on Calvary, Mary Magdalene, somehow we can all associated ourselves with, as we are all penitent sinners. But Jesus did not condemn Mary Magdalene or any other sinner he Loved them in spite of......he died for you and me and the world. if only (me first) we can understand the beauty of offering our suffering for the conversion of souls surly our world will become a better place, will reflect the love that bonds the communion of persons in the trinity.

prayer : Dear mother Mary, help me, open my eyes, so that I come to know Christ more and more through my suffering, it is in this shaking off our pride and self love that we can come to see and know Christ, like the disciples of emmaws they recognised Christ in the breaking of the bread. thank you for your love and for giving your son Jesus.