How does the resurrection speak to “all human beings”? In what way is Christ’s rising an event that touches our deepest hopes and fears? Micheal Cilia Debono reflects upon all of this below. If you have had the opportunity to read or instead watch the film Dune (i.e., which if you haven’t yet, you […]Read More
How should we react toward Christ’s Passion? Should we feel “pity” or “fear”, or something more – perhaps something like “freedom”, “gratitude”, and even “joy”? In what follows, Carla Borg reflects upon the Passion of Christ, subtly showing us that the Spirit of the Resurrection is concretely present even in the most horrific and painful […]Read More
Heaven has always played a crucial role in my life. Not because I always understood its significance, but mostly because the concept of heaven always set me thinking. It got me to ask questions, making me curious to know more. I had just learnt to say my evening prayers by heart, when my aunt told […]Read More
Top Pope Francis’ Quotes On Death 1. The question of death is a question of life “The question of death is the question of life, and keeping the question of death open, perhaps, is the greatest human responsibility so as to keep the question of life open…But the oblivion of death is also its beginning, […]Read More
Peter Farrugia is a PhD candidate lecturing at the University of Malta in the Department of Youth and Community Studies. Peter’s main interest is in youth work and how it relates to youth psychotherapy and existential loss. Peter also studied theology and spirituality at the University of Malta and the University of Cambridge. Here, he […]Read More
This experience, “the death of my brother” is a true story related by a supportive sister who says “it was a privilege” to have helped her younger brother die well as she accompanied him during a terminal illness. It must have been late October or early November when I braced myself: “How long does he […]Read More
DEATH AND FAITH QUOTES BY THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH 1. “We understand what shall be through the Gospels” – St Ambrose Of Milan “Though Christ has not touched the bier, yet He has received the spirit commended to Him, and if He has not called the dead by the bodily voice, yet He has […]Read More
POPE QUOTE ABOUT DEATH “Not only man is tormented by pain and by the advancing deterioration of his body, but even more so by a dread of perpetual extinction. He rightly follows the intuition of his heart when he abhors and repudiates the utter ruin and total disappearance of his own person. He rebels against […]Read More
Does Time Heal Grief? In this article, bereavement specialist Ms Bernardette Briffa says that giving yourself the permission and the time to grieve is imperative to heal from grief and loss. She gives six helpful tips to deal with unfinished grief. Goodbye means “ouch!” Saying goodbye is always stressful. If you’ve ever had to say it, […]Read More
In this article “The Death of My Old Mother”, her daughter recounts how she has experienced the death of her mother and its aftermath. Two days after Christmas, she had not woken at half-past six, as usual, to recite the rosary with the radio, and then, hear mass through the same medium. “Mother . . […]Read More
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