Fr Paul Chetcuti, Author at Universe of Faith

Fr Paul Chetcuti

Fr Paul Chetcuti SJ is a Maltese Jesuit who has accompanied persons from different sectors of society mainly young people, families, children, the poor, the sick and the excluded. He was a close friend of Mother Teresa for many years. In the year 2000, he was appointed member of the National Order Of Merit in Malta for his outstanding work with young people.

Corona Virus Poem – Doing Things Differently

Fr Paul Chetcuti March 25, 2020

CORONA VIRUS POEM – DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY In this Corona virus poem, the poet gives alternatives of what one can do, keeping in mind the many things that we used to do in our normal life and which we can’t do now during the Corona virus period of lockdown. “It’s time to do things […]Read More

Letter From St Paul to the People of Malta

Fr Paul Chetcuti February 7, 2018

St Paul wrote many letters to Churches he founded or visited which we can find in the Bible. Jokingly it is said that to the Church in Malta which he founded after being shipwrecked in Malta (Acts 28: 1-10) he did not even send a card. In this imaginary letter compiled from St Paul’s own […]Read More

Spiritual Thirst – A Reflection on the Samaritan Woman

Fr Paul Chetcuti March 22, 2017

Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink? Jn: 4, 7. A reflection on the spiritual thirst we experience in our life based on the Bible story of the Samaritan woman. Fr Paul Chetcuti shares his reflection… A love-thirsty life We thirst for so many things; a better life, more peace and greater serenity. But […]Read More

What Happens When You Die?

Fr Paul Chetcuti February 29, 2016

Fr Paul Chetcuti SJ explains the meaning and the Catholic vision of afterlife and heaven, of what happens when you die. “Afterlife is pure relationship without the brokenness we experience in this world..” When I die, I will be liberated from my bodily needs because relationship itself becomes the beginning and the end of all that I am. In […]Read More

Religious Arguments Against Euthanasia

Fr Paul Chetcuti February 29, 2016

In this article Fr Paul Chetcuti presents religious arguments against euthanasia emphasising that life is a gift, and that one can live for others not only for oneself. The euthanasia debate is not only about mercy and love. It is also about one’s concept of life. You can look at life in a way to say I […]Read More

Can A Marriage Survive Infidelity?

Fr Paul Chetcuti February 25, 2016

In this article, Fr Paul Chetcuti explains how love and pain can live together, how marriage can survive infidelity. I’ve met a woman with two children whose husband had an affair with another woman. She forgave him. She had the capacity to say my husband’s betrayal won’t cancel my love for him. We call that […]Read More