Monthly Archives: January 2018

“San Gejtanu jagħżel it-triq tal-ubbidjenza, tal-umiltà, tal-eżempju: jagħżel it-triq tax-xhieda” – L-Arċisqof

L-Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-anniversarju tat-tieni dehra mistika ta’ San Gejtanu

09/01/2018
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Parroċċa ta’ San Gejtanu, il-Ħamrun

    6 ta’ Jannar 2018      

    “Wasal il-waqt li nqum u naqtagħha, jew inbaxxi rasi u nerġa’ lura minn dak li qed nagħmel għaliex xejn ma jistħoqqli, jew ngħożż bl-umiltà kollha u nħaddem ir-rebħa t-teżor li ħalla f’idejja u hekk inkun il-qaddej tas-sid umli tiegħi.” Dan il-kliem San Gejtanu kitbu lill-omm spiritwali tiegħu li kien isejħilha ommu, is-Soru Laura Mignani, soru Agostinjana fi Brescia, f’ittra tat-28 ta’ Jannar 1518…

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The Gospel of the day: 9th January

09/01/2018

  • Saint Mark 1:21b-28 

    Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. 

    In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? …

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Pope tells Christians to celebrate the date of their Baptism

08/01/2018

  • Pope Francis has invited all Christians to mark the date of their Baptism and to celebrate it as the day when the Lord gave them the Holy Spirit to guide them in their lives.

    The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

    The Pope was addressing the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus immediately after having baptized 34 babies in the Sistine Chapel, an annual event that marks the feast day of Jesus’ Baptism in the River Jordan…

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The Gospel of the day: 8th January

08/01/2018

  • Baptism of the Lord

    Saint Mark 1:7-11 

    This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptised you with water; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.”

    It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John. On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him…

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“In the priesthood, the star that leads you to Jesus is the star of obedience, and let me assure you, obedience compels you to go to so many different places” – The Archbishop

On the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the Archbishop welcomes four seminarians as candidates for the priesthood: Osmar Baldacchino (Siġġiewi), David Borg (Ħaż-Żabbar), Christopher Bugeja (Rabat) and Jonathan Debattista (Ħal Tarxien).

07/01/2018
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
    7 ta’ Jannar 2018 

    Il-Papa Franġisku lbieraħ offra meditazzjoni sabiħa fuq l-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna (Mt 2, 1-12). Jiena nixtieq nissuġġerixxi li naqraw ftit x’qal il-Papa. Hemm xi ħsibijiet li verament laqtuni u li nixtieq naqsamhom magħkom f’din il-festa solenni tal-Epifanija…

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10 people who gave their lives for others in 2017

07/01/2018

  • Who are the Mother Teresa of Calcuttas of our time? Who are the witnesses of charity and unconditional love for others, particularly for the most needy?

    In this year, 2017, as in the last two millennia, men and women of different Christian confessions have given their lives unto death for others, or have dedicated themselves to spreading God’s love with their selfless daily giving to the most needy…

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The Sunday Gospel: 7th January

07/01/2018

  • Epiphany of the Lord

    Saint Matthew 2:1-12 

    When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.”

    When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born…

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The Archbishop during the funeral of Bishop Adeodato Micallef: “Arise, shine; for your light has come!” (Is 60,1)

06/01/2018

  • Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
    6 ta’ Jannar 2018

    “Qum! Ħa jiddi wiċċek! Id-dawl tiegħek wasal! Jiddi fuqek sebħ il-Mulej” (Is 60, 1). Dan il-kliem ta’ faraġ minn kapitlu 60 tal-Ktieb tal-Profeta Isaija, jitħabbar ta’ kull sena fil-festa solenni tal-Epifanija tal-Mulej. Tħabbar ukoll fl-Epifanija tal-1982, meta San Ġwanni Pawlu II ordna lill-Isqof Francis Adeodato bħala Isqof…

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What does the name “Jesus” mean?

06/01/2018
  • A brief history behind the name that forever changed the world.

    St Paul writes in his letter to the Philippians, “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth” (2:10). Christians have always believed that the name of Jesus is a powerful one, but many are not familiar with the meaning behind it…

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