Monthly Archives: July 2019

The Gospel of the day: 16th July

16/07/2019
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Readings of the day

  • First Reading: 1 Kings 18: 42b-45a
    Psalm: 14, 1-4

    Gospel: Jn 19:25-27

  • Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

    When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. 

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“Let us be neighbours to each other” – The Archbishop

Quddiesa fil-bidu tal-Viżta Pastorali f'Raħal Ġdid

15/07/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna


  • Il-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Kristu Re, Raħal Ġdid
    14 ta’ Lulju 2019

    Meta l-kappillan Fr Marc André staqsa lil Timothy x’inhu jitlob mill-Knisja, Timothy rrispondieh: il-fidi. Il-kappillan, waqt li jirrepeti r-ritwal tal-Knisja, qallu, “Imma x’tagħtik il-fidi?” “Il-fidi tagħtik il-ħajja ta’ dejjem,” wieġbu Timothy. I don’t know whether you remember, Timothy, but when Fr Marc asked you what you were asking of the Church, you said: faith…

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The Gospel of the day: 15th July

15/07/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Exodus 1, 8-14. 22
    Psalm: 123 (124): 1-3.4-6.7-8

    Gospel: Mt 10, 34 – 11, 1

  • Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man ‘against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s enemies will be those of his household.’

    Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me…

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Being disciples and servants of God – The Archbishop

Mass marking the closure of the Chapter of the Congregation Daughters of the Sacred Heart

14/07/2019
  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • St Theresa Convent, Mellieħa
    13 July 2019

    I will offer a short reflection inspired by this very beautiful Gospel from Matthew. First of all there are two titles that Jesus uses for us: disciple and servant. This translation has slave. In the Greek doulos or doula manservant or female servant, is also slave…

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The Sunday Gospel: 14th July

14/07/2019
  • The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Deut 30, 10-14
    Psalm: 68 (69), 14 & 17. 30-31. 33-34. 36ab & 37
    Second Reading: Col 1, 15-20

    Gospel: Lk 10, 25-37

  • There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? …

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The Gospel of the day: 13th July

13/07/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Gen 49, 29-33; 50, 15-26a
    Psalm: 104 (105), 1-2.3-4.6-7

    Gospel: Mt 10, 24-33

  • Jesus said to his Apostles: “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. But beware of men, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans…

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Emanuela Orlandi: No human remains found in Vatican graves

12/07/2019

  • There are no human remains, no coffins, no urns and no bones in the two 19th century graves in the Teutonic Cemetery inside the Vatican where forensic experts were searching for the remains of Emanuela Orlandi.

    The 15 year-old-daughter of a Vatican bank employee, whose family lived inside Vatican City, disappeared on June 22, 1983. 

    A statement by the Holy See Press Office on Thursday confirmed that the operations at the Teutonic Cemetery to verify the hypothesis of the presence of human remains attributable to Emanuela Orlandi ended at 11.15 a.m…

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“Society must help the police for there to be justice” – The Archbishop on Police Day

Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-205 anniversarju mit-twaqqif tal-Korp tal-Pulizija

12/07/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna


  • Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
    12 ta’ Lulju 2019

    Il-kelma li Ġesù uża llum propju fl-Evanġelju ta’ din il-ġurnata, jista’ jgħidha l-Kummissarju kull meta jibgħat lil xi ħadd fuq xi missjoni partikulari: “Qiegħed nibgħatkom bħal ngħaġ qalb l-ilpup. Kunu mela għaqlin bħas-sriep u safjin bħall-ħamiem” (Mt 10:16)…

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Do not put anything before God

Quddiesa fil-festa ta' San Benedittu

12/07/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi


  • Il-Monasteru ta’ San Pietru, l-Imdina
    11 ta’ Lulju 2019

  • “Soli Deo placere desiderans” hi frażi meħuda mill-kitbiet tal-Papa San Girgor il-Kbir fuq San Benedittu, li twieled Norcia fl-Italja madwar is-sena 480. Tfisser li Benedittu fittex li jogħġob lil Alla waħdu…

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