Monthly Archives: August 2020

The merits of humility and forgiveness – The Archbishop

Mass for the memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus

13/08/2020   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Ġesù jinsisti diversi drabi fuq il-maħfra ta’ bejnietna u jagħmilha kważi kundizzjoni biex nidħlu fis-saltna. Il-parabbola li smajna tikkonkludi b’din it-tagħlima importanti ta’ Ġesù: “Hekk jagħmel lilkom Missieri li hu fis-smewwiet jekk ma taħfrux lil xulxin minn qalbkom” (Mt 18:35). Minn qalbkom, mhux taparsi, minn qalbkom!

Aħna nafu kemm hu diffiċli taħfer, forsi iżjed diffiċli tinsa milli taħfer… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 13th August

13/08/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 12, 1-12
Psalm: 77 (78), 56-57.58-59.61-62

Gospel: Mt 18, 21 – 19, 1

Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Recognise human dignity in every person

12/08/2020

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

The pandemic has highlighted how vulnerable and interconnected everyone is. If we do not take care of one another, starting with the least, with those who are most impacted, including creation, we cannot heal the world.

Commendable is the effort of so many people who have been offering evidence of human and Christian love for neighbour, dedicating themselves to the sick even at the risk of their own health… Read more »

APS Bank launches new loan product for Church Schools

12/08/2020

APS Bank, in conjunction with the Foundation for Church Schools, has launched a new product targeted at supporting schools falling within the scope of the Foundation. It consists of a financing package to assist with refurbishments or upgrades of facilities, such as gyms, technology and science laboratories, libraries, canteens, classrooms, and playgrounds. The ‘APS Church School Loan’ offers multiple competitive features including an improved interest rate, repayment terms, and fees, available for the next five years… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 12th August

12/08/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 9, 1-7; 10, 18-22
Psalm: 112 (113), 1-2.3-4.5-6

Gospel: Mt 18, 15-20

Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church… Read more »

Pope baptizes Siamese twins, mother thanks him

11/08/2020

Hermine Nzotto, the mother of conjoined baby girls who were successfully separated in an extraordinary surgery at Rome’s Bambino Gesù hospital in June, writes to Pope Francis, thanking him for baptizing her daughters a few days ago.

In her letter, Hermine Nzotto, a native of the Central African Republic (CAR), recounts her life as a “peasant girl from the forest” in the town of  Mbaiki, some 100 km from the capital Bangui, where her Siamese twins were born with fused skulls on June 29, 2018… Read more »

“Let us welcome children as a true gift” – The Archbishop

Mass on the feast of St Chiara, foundress of the Order of Poor Claire Sisters

11/08/2020   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Huwa ta’ pjaċir għalija li llum nintroduċi wieħed mill-għaxar saċerdoti l-ġodda tagħna, is-Salesjan Dun Damian Formosa, li għandu esperjenza ta’ missjunarju fil-Kenja. Bħalissa qiegħed hawn għaliex il-vjaġġi huma diffiċli ħafna. Insellmulu u nawgurawlu ħafna, u b’mod speċjali, permezz tiegħu, insellmu lill-familja mwaqqfa minn Don Bosco.

Ġesù llum isejjaħ tfajjel ċkejken u jqiegħdu f’nofs id-dixxipli tiegħu biex jgħallimhom min hu l-akbar fis-saltna tas-smewwiet… Read more »