Comments on: Oh honey, do you think he means me?

By: Richard Borg

Richard Borg — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:10:21 +0000

Unless you believe that He is the Son of God you will never understand the cross nor why believers find gratitude and consolation in their reverence to it. May you one day use your freedom to accept this gift of faith.

By: clarissa maffei

clarissa maffei — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:18:19 +0000

In reply to Carmel Scicluna.

Mr. Scicluna, this is what the Maltese (Kattolici ferventi) wanted when they voted YES for EU.

The EU has no borders. Our country doesn’t belong only to us. Malta has become also someone else’s homeland. We have to accept what we voted for. “Trid tispicca l-mentalita’ ta’ min ma joghgbux jitlaq minn fejn gie”.

In our Catholic Malta there is no abortion and divorce. Maltese woman abort in Sicily, just 30 minutes flight away from Malta, and separated couples who are starting another family outside their marriage have become the order of the day.

We all knew what could happen before we voted YES.

[Daphne – And we all know it has nothing to do with EU membership. Maltese women have been aborting in London and Catania ever since London and Catania have had abortion clinics. Indeed, several of the (illegal) abortion clinics were run by Maltese in London, who needed the serve to sort out their ‘girls’ who got into trouble. In the novel I’m currently reading (Tony Parsons, The Family Way, a retired actress reminisces about how all the girls used to get ‘fixed’ by a Maltese man. And you don’t break up your marriage and start another family thanks to your EU passport.]

By: clarissa maffei

clarissa maffei — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:06:18 +0000

Uff xi dwejjaq!!! But why do certain religious images look so scary and sad? Iconography is a clear example.

By: Carmel Scicluna

Carmel Scicluna — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:34:43 +0000

Thellmu hafna nies. Issa irriflettu ftit. Araw x’tahseb Omm dak ta’ fuq il-kurcifiss.

Messaġġ tal-25 ta’ Novembru, 2009. Borġ in-Nadur

Għeżież uliedi u wliedi ta’ qalbi! Dan il-messaġġ għal Fr Hayden biex jgħaddih lin-nies.

Bħalissa, uliedi, fuq l-Ewropa għaddejja mewġa kbira. Ix-xitan qed jirbaħ fuq l-Ewropa – il-mewġa favur l-abort, favur id-divorzju, favur is-separazzjonijiet, kontra l-kurċifiss. Għaddejjin ħafna affarijiet, uliedi. Qegħdin jiltaqgħu f’ħafna laqgħat f’pajjiżi differenti biex jippruvaw jirranġaw jew itejbu s-sitwazzjonijiet li mingħalihom jagħmluhom tajbin. Jiddiskutu f’laqgħa kontra laqgħa u jagħmlu liġijiet ġodda. Jivvutaw bejniethom biex jaraw fejn hi l-maġġoranza.
Uliedi, pero dak li huwa essenzjali qatt ma ħaduh magħhom: l-Evanġelju, uliedi! Li kellhom jimxu biss fuq l-Evanġelju ta’ Ibni Ġesù, biżżejjed. Hu jurikom id-dawl, il-ħajja u l-fidi. Imma, le, dawn mhux hekk. Dawn mingħalihom kapaċi jimxu mingħajr Alla fil-ħajja tagħhom. Dejjem mingħalihom li se jagħmlu triqat fil-baħar mingħajr problemi ta’ xejn.

Laqgħa kontra laqgħa u dejjem fl-istess nasba jerġgħu jaqgħu. Fl-Ewropa hemm bżonn li terġgħu ddaħħlu lil Ibni Ġesù. Ġie mwarrab. Qed jiġi mwarrab. Igħidulek: “Dak kien żmien li għadda. Illum żmien ieħor.”

Uliedi, kunu eżempju intom għall-Ewropa. Agħtu x-xhieda tagħkom u dejjem ibqgħu sodi fit-twemmin tagħkom.

By: Tal-Muzew

Tal-Muzew — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:44:56 +0000

In reply to Leonard. Are you referring to Vince Farrugia?

By: Tal-Muzew

Tal-Muzew — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:37:55 +0000

In reply to Steve,. Who cares what the constitution say? Mintoff wrote all that bloody nonsense. It says we should not be aligned to any country, but we are in the EU thank God. Nobody gives a damn about it anymore.

By: Tal-Muzew

Tal-Muzew — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:32:05 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter. Agatha Barbara is dead!

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:50:16 +0000

Right on topic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-WJO0YQLOs

By: Manuel

Manuel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:30:19 +0000

In reply to Pat. It's no oxymoron. Dictatorships do not just impose. They also prohibit.

By: Leonard

Leonard — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:57:58 +0000

I’m with those who feel that a crucifix in the classroom is no big deal as far as children are concerned. I would have my doubts whether there were any crucifixes at all if I didn’t know this for a fact. But there are other things. When I was a small boy, my parents took me with them to the cinema to see Spartacus. Someday I have to ask them whether they did this as a treat, as a deterrent or simply because they couldn’t find someone to look after me – we were living in England at the time – but anyway, that scene towards the end with all those real men crucified and dying did impress and scare me.

Fast forward a couple of years and it was Christian doctrine lessons at tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. Here we were a bunch of kids being shown movies of prisoners going through a horrible time in a Nazi concentration camp and a priest who offers himself to be killed by starvation in place of another. Then there was this French girl who ends up getting burnt alive by the English. I’m not belittling what these persons did, but is this the stuff you show to nine year-olds?

Then there were these two framed pictures at some relatives; one showed a dying man who had lived a good life surrounded by smiling angels and the other a wicked man being dragged off his bed by ugly devils. Now that one did scare the sh*t out of me. If you’re going to have any Christian images in a classroom, put up a picture of a smiling Jesus playing with children, and try and move away from a faith that’s based on fear.