Fr Terence Spiteri

Intermediate Provincial Assembly cancelled

24/10/2020 / News

By means of a message to the Province, the Provincial advised that the Prior General had given the Malta Augustinian Province dispensation from holding its Intermediate Provincial Assembly for 2020. This was scheduled to be held on 27, 28 & 29 October at the St. Nicholas hall, Tarxien, always subject to the limitations imposed by the pandemic Covid 19. This after the Assembly had been postponed from the original date […]

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Online Mass for deceased benefactors of the Augustinians

22/10/2020 / News

Normally, during the month of October, the Provincial Commission for Lay Augustinians holds its first meeting after summer. Unfortunately, this year, due to the pandemic, it is not possible for us to meet as we usually do. So as to keep contact with you, we thought of organising a Mass online. This was transmitted on the Facebook page of the Malta Augustinians. We thank Fr. Terence Spiteri osa and Mr

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Augustinian Secular Fraternity in Malta

21/10/2020 / News

It has been the wish of the Augustinian Laity Commission to establish in Malta an Augustinian Secular Fraternity. To this end, a commission was set up to look into this possibility; to formulate a statute and to prepare a programme for the formation of those lay persons interested in forming part of this Fraternity. Lay Augustinian Fraternities within the Augustinian order comprise Catholics, men and women worldwide, and in the

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Love and justice should be the hallmark of all our actions

20/10/2020 / Franco Grech osa

30th Sunday of the Year (A) Ex. 22: 20-26; Psalm 17; 1 Tess. 1: 5c-10; Mt. 22: 34-40 Read: The religious authorities in Jesus’ time used to try their utmost to lay a trap for Jesus so as to get rid of him. This time they asked him a religious question concerning the law but with political implications which they could then use against him. But his answer was valid

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Let us pray that justice prevails in our land by starting to sow this wherever we may be.

12/10/2020 / Franco Grech osa

29th Sunday of the Year (A) Is. 45: 1, 4-6; Psalm 95; 1 Tess. 1: 1-5b; Mt. 22: 15-21 Read: The hostility between Jesus and the religious authorities was growing day by day. Because of this, the Pharisees worked out between them and the Herodians how to trap Jesus and get rid of him. They tried to corner him with a question that would implicate either a question of religion

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Today could be an opportune day for us to say a prayer of thanksgiving to God

06/10/2020 / Franco Grech osa

28th Sunday of the Year (A) Is. 25: 6-10a; Psalm 22; Fil. 4: 12-14, 19-20; Mt. 22: 1-14 Read: Jesus presents salvation in the form of a wedding feast. Those invited to this wedding did not attend this feast and preferred to carry on with their life. Some even acted violently against the servants sent by the king and even killed them. In a rage the king sent his soldiers,

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If Jesus, the son of the owner of the vineyard, had to come now seeking these fruits, what will he find?

30/09/2020 / Franco Grech osa

27th Sunday of the Year (A) Is. 5: 1-7; Psalm 79; Fil. 4,6-9; Mt. 21: 33-43 Read: “There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug a winepress in it and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants”. God says: “What else was there for me to attend to my vineyard which I did not do?” Reflect: You and I are one

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The Friars of the Maltese Augustinian Province meet to pray together

24/09/2020 / News

The Friars of the Malta Province meet to pray together On Thursday 24 September 2020, the Augustinian friars got together at the St. Augustine Parish Church, Valletta. This was a prayer meeting in preparation for the Provincial Intermediary Assembly which will be celebrated in October. The meeting was led by Auxiliary Bishop Mgr. Joe Galea Curmi who, apart from praying with the friars, expressed a message of home and encouragement,

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In the quiet of your heart, accept that you are a sinner and that you need God’s mercy

24/09/2020 / Franco Grech osa

26th Sunday of the Year (A) Ez. 18: 25-28; Psalm 24; Fil. 2,1-11; Mt. 21: 28-32 Read: What do you think? – Jesus asked – Which of the two carried out God’s will? The son who told his father that he was going to work in the vineyards and did not go, or the other son who told him that he did not want to go, but then relented and

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Why do you find it difficult to rejoice at the good fortune of others?

16/09/2020 / Franco Grech osa

25th Sunday of the Year (A) Is. 55: 6-9; Psalm 144; Fil. 1,20c-24,27a; Mt. 20: 1-16a Read: “Are you being envious because I am generous?”. Take note of the characters and the reactions of those in the parable of the workers in the vineyard. Reflect: Why do you find it difficult to rejoice at the good fortune of others? People are jealous when they think that somebody else has possession

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Author name: Fr Terence Spiteri