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Welcome to the Millennium Chapel On-Line  Welcome to the Millennium Chapel On-Line 

The Millennium Chapel is essentially a place of quiet prayer in the midst of a busy area in Malta. It is also a place where people in need of help and counselling can find refuge and assistance at any time.


 

It has also given birth to a companion centre called WOW (Wishing Others Well) which is the social assistance arm of the Millennium Chapel.


 

Verse for this Week
Jesus came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this?” Mark 6:1-6


 

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Book of the Month
The foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury: 'The unobserved drama is in the core of our humanity': this striking phrase occurs early on in Timothy Radcliffe's engaging and penetrating book. And it tells us that the answer to the question in his title is going to be about how 'church' allows us to be human in ways we shan't find anywhere else.

He draws on an exceptionally wide experience of ministry. When he writes about what it is like to give voice to gratitude and praise in the middle of conditions of the most extreme danger and poverty, he knows what he is talking about; and one of the moving and distinctive things in the book is the way in which he brings in the insights of his Dominican brothers and sisters across the globe in their diverse and often very costly ministries.

As he leads us through one of the two most important events that ever occur in church—the celebration of Holy Communion—he shows us how the journey into the heart of Jesus' self-giving is also a discovery of who we are and who we might become in Jesus. The drama at the core of our humanity is about our reluctance to be human; and the gift that the Church offers is the resource and courage to step into Jesus' world and begin the business of being human afresh – again and again, because our reluctance keeps coming back. But if we do take such a step, the look of the country changes: strangers are less threatening, it becomes possible to live more with our own failure and humiliation, and we may even be able to have a faint idea of what it means to claim that human life is created for joyful sharing in God's life. And more – we become ambassadors for this new world, seeking wherever we are to let men and women know that violence and death do not have the last word where humanity is concerned.

It is a great delight to be able to introduce the work of one of the most lively and creative preachers of the gospel in the Roman Catholic Church today; and I hope that these pages will remind us all that, whatever tensions and unfinished business still lie between the historic churches, the basic commitment is one and the same. It is to let God the Holy Trinity, through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, touch the core of our humanity and, as Timothy writes at the very end of the book, 'free us to be sent' in God's name, to announce healing and joy to all creation. Only a vision like this can get us out of bed on Sunday mornings, as he rightly reminds us! 'Our duty and our joy' need to be held together, so that we come to worship in the confidence that this is where we are most completely at home with our Maker and Redeemer – and so with ourselves as well. + Rowan Cantuar:

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SPEAK THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF LOVE AT THE MILLENNIUM CHAPEL
The Millennium Chapel is run by a Foundation of lay people and Augustinian Fathers. It was instituted by the Augustinian Fathers who have been in Paceville since 1934. It was built by donations from people from all parts of Malta in response to an appeal for a place of quiet prayer set amidst the busiest night-life area of Malta. It is a pitstop of inner peace and it is open from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 a.m.

THE AIMS OF THE MILLENNIUM CHAPEL ARE...
• To be an oasis of peace in the heart of Paceville to all visitors of all creeds and religions; • to be a place of perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for Christians; • to offer care and understanding as well as counselling to people who seek it; • to offer assistance to all those needing support in a moment of crisis; • to be a meeting place for youths and local residents; • to welcome foreign visitors and tourists in the spirit of faith.

‘PIT STOP FOR INNER PEACE'
The human person is not a racing car. However, it also needs refuelling and tuning. The entrance passage leading to the chapel needs to be seen in terms of a preparatory pathway for arrival whenever man allows his heart to start tuning in to the presence of God and out of the everyday world. The entrance to the chapel is marked by a threshold, which is to be interpreted as a meditative bridge between the world and the sacred space.

'YOU HAVE CREATED US FOR YOU 0 LORD, AND OUR HEART IS RESTLESS UNTIL IT RESTS IN YOU'
The human heart is restless and thirsty for peace, love, truth and fulfilment. The sacred space of the Chapel with the inner ambience seeks to fill the inner void and to respond to an innate constant yearning of the soul. As one enters the chapel, one immediately notices the big wooden cross and, on its side, the tabernacle that holds a specially designed Mdina Glass ostensory (monstrance). These stand behind a wooden cage-like structure symbolising man's limitations. Nevertheless, man is allowed to capture a sense of splendour of heavens through the evanescent dark blue background radiant with star-like lights.

  Speaking on Ascension Day, Fr. Hilary in his homily of the 11.30 Mass on Sunday... 

By virtue of being Christians we are called to be optimistic! 


When someone leaves you it does not always mean sorrow and pain, but it can bring joy and hope.


A son or a daughter who is blessed by his parents for leaving home to join his beloved and build a new family, brings joy and hope to that family although he is also sad to separate himself from his parents.


A Son or a daughter who is leaving his Christian parents to join the religious life or to go to the missions is a separation of joy and hope although a streak of sadness remains.


However, this is a separation that brings joy and hope of new life. 


So was the separation of Christ from his disciples.


While we are called to be the disciples of Christ, we are also left with the responsibility of passing this message of good news, hope and joy to others.

 

Often enough we feel inadequate to this task and might be discouraged to announce joy and hope in the midst of injustice, violence and addictions.


I suggest the humble Decalogue for Daily Living that Pope John XXIII wrote for himself, his own Commandments for daily life.


They reflect his depth, his simplicity, and his humility:


1          Only for today,

I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing to solve the problems of my life all at once.


2          Only for today,

I will take the greatest care of my appearance: I will dress modestly; I will not raise my voice; I will be courteous in my behaviour; I will not criticize anyone; I will not claim to improve or to discipline anyone except myself.


3          Only for today,

I will be happy in the certainty that I was created to be happy, not only in the other world buy also in this one.


4          Only for today,

I will adapt to circumstances, without requiring all circumstances to be adapted to my own wishes.


5          Only for today,

I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.


6          Only for today,

I will do one good deed and not tell anyone about it.


7          Only for today,

I will do at least one thing I do not like doing; and if my feelings are hurt, I will make sure that no one notices.


8          Only for today,

I will make a plan for myself: I may not follow it to the letter, but I will make it. And I will be on guard against two evils: hastiness and indecision.


9          Only for today,

I will firmly believe, despite appearances, that the good Providence of God cares for me as no one else who exists in this world.


10         Only for today,

I will have no fears. In particular, I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe in goodness.  Indeed, for 12 hours, I can certainly do what might cause me consternation were I to believe I had to do it.

 


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