Yearly Archives: 2018

The Gospel of the day: 6th June

  • Saint Mark 12:18-27 

    Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and put this question to him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’ Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants. So the second married her and died, leaving no descendants, and the third likewise. And the seven left no descendants…

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Chilean priests say they felt welcomed and listened to by the Pope

  • Chilean clerical sex abuse survivors Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Jose Andres Murillo prepare to speak to the media in Rome in early May.

     

  • After meeting with Pope Francis for more than four hours, a Chilean priest who suffered abuse and a priest who ministers to survivors said they felt comforted and hopeful for the church’s future in their country…

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The saints next door

  • Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna said that although our culture teaches us that only those who died for Christ are saints, in his latest exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), Pope Francis has managed to bring down holiness from its pedestal. In the five chapters of the exhortation, the Pope explains how in today’s world, holiness can be achieved in the family, in the workplace and in consecrated life, and other places…

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“Holiness can be achieved by everyone through daily small gestures of love”

The presentation of the Maltese version of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation 'Rejoice and Be Glad'

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  • Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna says that although our culture teaches us that only those who died for Christ are saints, in the new Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), Pope Francis has managed to bring down holiness from its pedestal. In the five chapters of the Exhortation, the Pope explains how in today’s world, holiness can be achieved in the family, in the workplace and in consecrated life, and other places…

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The Gospel of the day: 5th June

  • Saint Mark 12:13-17 

    Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech. They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion. You do not regard a person’s status but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth…

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“The Holy Spirit will strengthen you; in fear he will give you hope, in darkness he will be your light” – The Archbishop

The Archbishop administers the Sacrament of Confirmation to adolescents from Ibraġ Parish

  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

     

  • Ibraġ Parish Church
    19th May 2018

    I have just pronounced you grown-ups as Christians. You have to wait in order to be able to drive a car and I suggest you do that, and you have to wait to do so many other things in life, but the Church today is asking you to do something very important in front of all the community, your sponsors and your parents…

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18 priests celebrating significant anniversaries of their presbyteral ordination

  • Il-Ħadd, fil-festa ta’ Corpus Christi, 18-il saċerdot attendew għal Quddiesa mmexxija mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna fil-Katidral tal-Imdina, fejn fakkru għeluq il-25, il-50 u s-60 sena mill-ordinazzjoni tagħhom. Patri Rikkardu Attard OSA, Patri Damjan Cachia O Carm, Patri Lawrence Caruana SJ, Patri Noe Schiavone OSA, Dun Ġużepp Sultana minn Ħal Balzan (jinsab fid-Dar tal-Kleru) u Patri Hilary Tagliaferro OSA ġew ordnati saċerdoti fl-1958 u qed ifakkru s-60 anniversarju…
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The Gospel of the day: 4th June

  • Saint Mark 12:1-12 

    Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 

    Again he sent them another servant…

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