4th Sunday of Easter Acts 4: 8-12; Psalm 117; 1 St. John 3: 1-2; John 10: 11-18 Read: I am the good shepherd, I know my sheep, and my sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know Him, and I give my life for my sheep. Reflect: What the good shepherd is for his sheep, Jesus is the same for us. When he said that he […]
On Wednesday 14th April 2021, the Augustinian Friars organised another online session as part of their Permanent Formation. This was the second meeting in a series delivered by Fr Philip Cutajar OFM Cap on the theme: Building an Evangelical Community. Fr Philip shared his experience of being infected with Covid-19. He explained that this experience helped him appreciate life and his community, particularly in the way they interacted with him
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3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 3: 13-15,17-19; Psalm 4; 1 St. John 2: 1-5a; Luke 24: 35-48 Read: As they were still talking, Jesus himself stood in their midst and told them: “Peace be with you!”. They were terrified because they thought they were seeing a ghost. However, he said: “Why are you so confused? Why do you have such thoughts in your hearts? See my hands and feet. I
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During Holy Week 2021, a group of Augustinian youths along with the Tagaste Youths organised a number of sessions together in preparation for this year’s Easter. In spite of the restrictions and other constraints that were in force because of the COVID-19, these did not deter the two groups from holding virtual meetings and from entering into the spirit of that sublime time in this particular year. The sessions were
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2nd Sunday of Easter – Year B Acts 4: 32-35; Psalm 117;1 St. John 5: 1-6; John 20: 19-31 Read: Thomas responded: “My God and my Lord!” Jesus said to him: ”You believe because you can see me! Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe .” Reflect: The Evangelist St. John presents to us St. Thomas as a symbol of every disciple who has difficulty in believing. St. John
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For the second successive year we will be celebrating the mystery of the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ subject to the limitations that have been brought upon us by the pandemic of the Covid-19 virus. We would have wished that this did not extend for so long, or if we could have found a solution in a shorter time; however, every day we have come to
The Lord’s Resurrection from the Dead Acts 10:3, 37-43; Psalm 117; Colossians. 3:1-4; John 20:1 -10 Read: Peter and the other disciple went near the tomb. They both ran together but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and was the first to get to the tomb. He bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but he did not enter. Then Peter arrived after him, entered
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Palm Sunday Isa. 50: 4-7; Psalm 21; Phil. 2: 6-11; Mark 14:1 -15:47 Read: And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull. And they gave him to drink wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it. Then they crucified him. Reflect: During Holy Week, we are called to contemplate the figure of Jesus hung on the Cross. To contemplate the Cross does
On Friday, 19 March, the Augustinian Friars gathered together virtually for an online moment of reflection during this Lenten period by Rev. Dr. Paul Sciberras, Head of the Department of Sacred Scripture of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Malta. The meeting commenced with reflections and prayers led by Fr. Mario Abela OSA, a member of the Province’s Permanent Formation Team. Fr. Mario spoke on the importance of the need
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As we Celebrate the solemnity of Saint Joseph, the Church around the world is this year particularly celebrating the 150th Anniversary from the declaration as patron of the universal Church. Our Augustinian Order has for many years venerated Saint Joseph as protector of the Augustinian Order. In the last Ordinary General Chapter held in September 2019, the Chapter members voted for an amendment in the Constitutions of the Order adding
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