Monthly Archives: November 2020

Live: Pope Francis creates 13 new cardinals

28/11/2020   St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Today, Saturday, 28th November 2020, at 4pm, the Church will have 13 new cardinals. Nine of them are younger than 80 and therefore, have the right to participate in a future conclave.

Two of the new Cardinals work in the Roman Curia: the Secretary-General of the Synod of Bishops, Maltese Mario Grech, and the Italian Marcello Semeraro, former Bishop of Albano and the new Prefect for the Congregation of the Causes of Saints… Read more »

His words will not pass away – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

27/11/2020   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Is-sema u l-art jgħaddu imma kliemi ma jgħaddix”. Dan hu l-messġġ li Ġesù jwasslilna llum fl-Evanġelju li jfakkarna li kollox jgħaddi: id-dinja tispiċċa, aħna nispiċċaw il-ħajja tagħna hawnhekk f’din id-dinja; imma l-kelma tiegħu tibqa’ għal dejjem. Dal-kliem ta’ Ġesù jfakkarna f’dak li qal il-Profeta Iżaija: “Il-ħaxix jinxef, il-ward jidbiel, iżda l-kelma tal-Mulej tibqa’ għal dejjem (Iż 40:8)

Dan il-messaġġ ta’ Ġesù jgħinna napprezzaw il-Kelma ta’ Alla, li aħna niċċelebraw fil-quddiesa imma li wkoll imsejħin biex ngħixuha f’ħajjitna… Read more »

Holy Mass & Rosary – 28 November, 9:30am

28/11/2020   Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 28th November

28/11/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rev 22, 1-7
Psalm: 94 (95), 1-2.3-5.6-7

Gospel: Lk 21, 34-36

Jesus said to his disciples: “Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap. For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth… Read more »

Cardinals-designate gear up for unusual consistory

27/11/2020

Red hats await new heads  (Vatican Media)

Pope Francis announced just over a month ago that he would create 13 new Cardinals at a Consistory on 28 November.

The news came as a surprise, not least to those men called to serve the Church and the Successor of Peter in a special way, to the point of giving their own blood.

For that is what the color red in their distinctive dress symbolizes: their willingness to sacrifice themselves usque ad sanguinis effusionem, “to the point of shedding their own blood”… Read more »

113 persons graduate from the Pastoral Formation Institute

27/11/2020

113 persuna temmew b’suċċess wieħed mit‑13‑il kors li ġew offruti matul l‑aħħar sena akkademika mill‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali flimkien ma’ entitajiet oħra tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. Fil-kuntest tal-pandemija COVID-19, l-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali ddeċieda li ċ‑ċerimonja annwali tal‑gradwazzjoni, li kienet maħsuba ssir illum il‑Ġimgħa, ma ssirx. L-Istitut jixtieq jieħu l-opportunità jawgura lill-partiċipanti kollha li ser ikunu qed jirċievu ċ-ċertifikat b’mod personali.

Il‑korsijiet li temmew il‑parteċipanti kienu: fl‑oqsma tal‑familja, it-teoloġija, il‑kura pastorali fl‑iskejjel, id‑dimensjoni spiritwali fil‑kura tas‑saħħa, l‑għeruq tal‑fidi Nisranija fil‑Ġudaiżmu, il‑ħidma mal‑adolexxenti u ż‑żgħażagħ, l‑istudji fl‑ispiritwalità Karmelitana, Injazjana u l‑akkumpanjament spiritwali, l‑iskopertà tal‑fidi permezz tal‑arti, l‑iżvilupp tar‑responsabbilità ambjentali, u l-formazzjoni għall-fratelli adolexxenti… Read more »

Holy Mass & Rosary – 27 November, 9:30am

27/11/2020   Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 27th November

27/11/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rev 20, 1-4.11 – 21, 2
Psalm: 83 (84), 3.4.5-6a & 8a

Gospel: Lk 21, 29-33

Jesus told his disciples a parable. “Consider the fig tree and all the other trees. When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near; in the same way, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near… Read more »

“Worthless are my prayers and sighing, yet, good Lord, in grace complying, rescue me from fires undying”

26/11/2020   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-Evanġelju jqabbel żewġ mumenti drammatiċi ħafna: il-qerda ta’ Ġerusalemm li Ġesù jħabbar u li seħħet fis-sena 70 taħt l-imperatur Titu. Fil-fatt, fl-ark trijonfali ta’ Titu qrib il-Kolossew ġewwa Ruma, hemm imfakkra propju l-qerda ta’ Ġerusalemm u hemm din l-iskultura impressjonanti ta’ żewġ suldati jġorru l-menorah ta’ fidda mastizz li kien hemm fit-tempju ta’ Ġerusalemm. Ġesù jħabbar il-qerda ta’ Ġerusalemm imma wkoll iħabbar tmiem id-dinja… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Love is a mystical root of a believer’s life

26/11/2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Good morning!

The Church’s first steps in the world were interspersed with prayer. The apostolic writings and the great narration of the Acts of the Apostles give us the image of an active Church, a Church on the move, yet which, gathered in prayer, finds the basis and impulse for missionary action. The image of the early Community of Jerusalem is the point of reference for every other Christian experience… Read more »