Monthly Archives: November 2019

Recognition and appreciation for those who worked for the kingdom of God

Mass by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi in suffrage of bishops, priests and religious people

05/11/2019   The Cathedral of St Paul, Mdina

L-Omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi

Jekk għoddejt sew il-lista li nqrat fil-bidu tal-quddiesa, huma 40 is-saċerdoti u r-reliġjużi li mill-aħħar ċelebrazzjoni f’Novembru tas-sena li għaddiet, għaddew għall-ħajja ta’ dejjem.
Nixtieq nagħmel dawn it-tliet riflessjonijiet qosra.

Rikonoxxenza

Illum nirringrazzjaw lil Alla b’rikonoxxenza u apprezzament għal kull wieħed u waħda minn dawn is-saċerdoti u r-reliġjużi. Niftakru wkoll f’dawk li għaddew għall-ħajja ta’ dejjem fis-snin ta’ qabel, imma nitolbu speċjalment għal dawn tal-aħħar sena… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: We are called to prepare for Eternal life with our choices

11/11/2019

Before the recitation of the Marian prayer, Pope Francis focuses his attention on Sunday’s Gospel reading in which Jesus is provoked by a question by the Sadducees and in turn offers a wonderful teaching on the resurrection of the dead.

The Pope remarked that the Lord does not fall into the trap set by the Sadducees who ask him when a woman dies who has been married to 7 brothers, one after the another, whose wife will she be? … Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 11th November

11/11/2019

Readings of the day

First Reading: Wis 1, 1-7
Psalm: 138 (139), 1-3.4-6.7-8.9-10

Gospel: Lk 17, 1-6

Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur. It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin… Read more »

European Conference on Catholic Education in Malta

50 delegates from 27 European countries representing 8.5 million students

08/11/2019   The Archbishop’s Curia, Floriana

Madwar 50 rappreżentat tal-iskejjel Kattoliċi fl-Ewropa attendew konferenza li saret fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof u li ġiet organizzata mis-Segretarjat għall-Edukazzjoni Kattolika tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. Il-konferenza nfetħet b’Quddiesa li tmexxiet mill-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi.

Id-delegati minn 27 pajjiż li jirrappreżentaw 8.5 miljun student fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja fl-Ewropa ddiskuttew diversi temi, inizjattivi u prattiċi pożittivi relatati mal-edukazzjoni Kattolika. Huma ddiskutew ukoll il-formazzjoni tal-kapijiet edukattivi u tal-edukaturi f’soċjetà pluralista u post-sekulari… Read more »

Make me a channel of your peace – Remembrance Day 2019

Pontifical Mass by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

10/11/2019   St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta

Homily by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

‘Lord, make me a channel of your peace.’ This prayer comes to our heart and mind on Remembrance Sunday – a day that was established a century ago, one year after the end of the First World War, to remember the fallen. We are commemorating this day on the morrow of the thirtieth anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall – an important event that changed the course of history… Read more »

The Catholic Action: 90 years on

The General Assembly of the Catholic Action

08/11/2019   The Catholic Institute, Floriana

Nhar il-Ġimgħa 8 ta’ Novembru ġiet organizzata l-Assemblea Ġenerali tal-Azzjoni Kattolika Maltija. Din is-sena kienet waħda speċjali għall-membri tal-għaqda għax kienet attività parti miċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet tad-90 Anniversarju. L-Assemblea Ġenerali bdiet billi disa’ persuni li kellhom bejn l-10 u d-90 sena, qasmu l-esperjenzi tagħhom fl-Azzjoni Kattolika, tul dawn id-90 sena li ilha mwaqqfa f’Malta.

Josef DeBono, il-President Ġenerali tal-Azzjoni Kattolika Maltija tenna li dawn l-aħħar 90 sena mhux biss jirrakkontaw storja iżda juru wkoll ħeġġa għal dak li ġej, għax huwa iktar importanti minn dak li diġà għadda… Read more »

The Sunday Gospel: 10th November

10/11/2019

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Macc 7, 1-2. 9-14
Psalm: 16 (17), 1.5-6.8b & 15
Second Reading: 2 Thess 2, 16 – 3, 5

Gospel: Lk 20, 27-38

Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, 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 but died childless… Read more »

Breathing with two lungs – the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Statement by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi and 26 other representatives of all European Episcopal Conferences (COMECE)

09/11/2019

The fall of the Berlin Wall on the 9th of November 1989 was one of the most important events in European history in the last decades. It was a moment full of emotion. After having been separated by a concrete wall for more than 28 years, people – relatives, friends and neighbours – living in the same city were able to meet each other, to celebrate and to express their joy and hopes… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 9th November

09/11/2019

Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 47, 1-2. 8-9. 12
Psalm: 45, 2-3. 5-6. 8-9

Gospel: Jn 2, 13-23

Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there… Read more »

The importance of sound planning in Malta – Environment Commission

Message on the occasion of World Town Planning Day 2019

08/11/2019

Every year, the Interdiocesan Environment Commission (KA) issues a statement on this day to highlight the importance of sound planning for Malta, one of the most densely populated countries in the world. For such a small country, a planning process which is not hijacked by vested interests is of paramount importance, if the country is to pursue the route to sustainable development for the benefit of both current and future generations… Read more »