Live: Ballots for Church School Entries – 17 April, 9:30am & 12:00pm
17/04/2020Polza ta’ Parteċipazzjoni: Primarja 1 Subien, 9:30am
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Yearly Archives: 2020
Holy Mass & Rosary from the Archbishop’s Curia – 16 April, 9:30am
16/04/2020 The Archbishop's Curia, FlorianaThe Gospel of the day: 16th April
16/04/2020Thursday of Easter Week
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 3, 11-26
Psalm: 8, 2a & 5.6-7.8-9
Gospel: Lk 24, 35-48
The disciples of Jesus recounted what had taken place along the way, and how Jesus was made known to them in the breaking of bread. While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost… Read more »
A request by the Maltese Bishops to the Vatican to intervene in the resettlement of migrants rescued at sea
15/04/2020Il-Konferenza Episkopali Maltija bagħtet ittra lill-Vatikan indirizzata lill-Kardinal Pietro Parolin, is-Segretarju tas-Sanata Sede, sabiex jintervjeni mal-istati l-oħra membri tal-Unjoni Ewropea u jitlobhom jappoġġjaw lil Malta billi jaċċettaw rilokament tal-migranti kollha abbord jew uħud minnhom.
Waħda mir-raġunijiet li ssemmiet kienet li l-pajjiż għadu kif daħħal 64 migrant minn fuq il-baħar bit-total għal din is-sena jitla’ għal 1,200 ruħ. Minkejja li matul is-snin sar rilokament ta’ migranti li jiddaħħlu f’Malta mill-baħar, xorta l-biċċa l-kbir jibqgħu f’pajjiżna… Read more »
Private pilgrimage of St Gregory by the Archbishop
15/04/2020 Iż-ŻejtunIllum, 15 ta’ April 2020 l-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna għamel b’mod privat il-pellegrinaġġ ta’ San Girgor, mill-Kappella ta’ San Klement fejn għamel mument ta’ talb, sal-Knisja ta’ San Girgor, iż-Żejtun, fejn l-Arċisqof ta wkoll il-barka.
Dan il-pellegrinaġġ is-soltu jsir ta’ kull sena l-Erbgħa fuq l-Għid il-Kbir tal-Mulej u f’ċirkustanzi normali jattendu għadd kbir ta’ nies, fosthom il-Kapitlu tal-Katidral u l-fratellanzi. Il-purċissjoni kienet bdiet issir fl-1543, ftit snin qabel l-Assedju l-Kbir, bħala talba lil Alla biex issaltan il-paċi fost in-nazzjonijiet Ewropej fi żmien ta’ periklu kbir… Read more »
Pope at Audience: True peacemakers always seek reconciliation
15/04/2020 The VaticanPope Francis during the weekly General Audience (Vatican Media)
Pope Francis dedicates his catechesis during his Wednesday General Audience to the seventh beatitude, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God”.
True inner tranquility flows from “the peace of Christ that comes from His Cross and generates humanity anew.”
Thosewere the Pope’s words on Wednesday during his Weekly General Audience livestreamed from the Vatican Library… Read more »
In every Mass we allow the Lord to open our hearts to the Scriptures – The Archbishop
Mass on the feast of St Gregory
15/04/2020 The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, the Archbishop's Curia, FlorianaL-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Dan ir-rakkont sabiħ, aħna nafuh bħala r-rakkont tad-dixxipli ta’ Għemmaws, jagħti l-istruttura ta’ dak kollu li aħna niċċelebraw meta nfakkru bil-qima l-mewt u l-qawmien ta’ Ġesù mill-imwiet.
Jekk aħna nħarsu lejn dan ir-rakkont, nirrealizzaw li bħalna d-dixxipli ta’ Għemmaws għalkemm kienu semgħu r-rakkont kollu tal-passjoni ta’ Ġesù u anke l-qawmien tiegħu għax semgħu wkoll dak li qalu n-nisa, xorta jgħaddu għal għonq it-triq b’sens ta’ dieqa f’qalbhom… Read more »
The test we face as a nation – The Archbishop
15/04/2020The Archbishop with Peace Lab residents
We have been called upon to make many sacrifices in recent weeks to halt the spread of the insidious and deadly COVID-19 virus that poses great risk to everyone and everything we hold dear.
New terms have come into being, such as social-distancing and self-isolation; while we have had to adopt practices that seemed unthinkable just a few weeks ago, the cruellest being not being able to see in the flesh members of our own families… Read more »
Live: Holy Mass & Rosary from the Archbishop’s Curia – 15 April 2020, 9:30am
15/04/2020 The Archbishop's Curia, FlorianaThe Gospel of the day: 15th April
15/04/2020Wednesday of Easter Week
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 3, 1-10
Psalm: 104 (105), 1-2.3-4.6-7.8-9
Gospel: Lk 24, 13-35
That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognising him… Read more »