Yearly Archives: 2020

The Archbishop blesses our Country

12/04/2020   Floriana

Illum l-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna ħareġ fuq it-taraġ tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana b’Ġesù Ekwaristija biex ibierek lill-Pajjiż. Dan seħħ dalgħodu fi tmiem il-Quddiesa tal-Għid tal-Qawmien tal-Mulej mill-Imwiet, 12 ta’ April 2020.

Il-barka

Nitolbuk Mulej tbierek ‘il pajjiżna,
il-morda tagħna u ‘l kull min qed jieħu ħsiebhom,
u lilna tagħtina d-dehen u s-saħħa u l-qalb kbira
biex nagħmlu dak kollu li nistgħu biex din il-burraxka tgħaddi minn fuqna kemm jista’ jkun malajr… Read more »

Easter is a journey from death to life, from a heart of stone to a heart of flesh – The Archbishop

Easter Vigil of the Resurrection of Christ

11/04/2020   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, the Archbishop’s Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Ejjew araw il-post fejn kien qiegħed” (Mt 28:6). Dan hu l-messaġġ li l-anġlu jagħti lil Marija ta’ Magdala u Marija l-oħra li marru fl-ewwel jum tal-ġimgħa maż-żerniq jaraw il-qabar. L-anġlu ma jurihomx lil Ġesù rxoxt. L-ebda Evanġelju ma jiddeskrivilna l-mument tal-qawmien ta’ Ġesù. L-Evanġelju jinsisti fuq il-post fejn kienu qegħduh. Dan il-post għadu magħna sal-lum.

Aħna l-Insara, ’k Alla jrid tgħaddi din il-burraxka minn fuqna u nkunu nistgħu nerġgħu nivvjaġġaw, mistednin li almenu darba f’ħajjitna nagħmlu pellegrinaġġ għal dan il-post li għadu magħna: il-qabar vojt fejn kienu qiegħdu lill-Mulej… Read more »

A Learning Curve – Bishop Galea-Curmi

12/04/2020

The Coronavirus pandemic has triggered all sorts of emotions: anger, deep sadness, frustration, resentment, anxiety, fear of the uncertainty… Understandably so. It is terrible to witness so many deaths all over the world amidst the rapid spread of the virus.

This particular moment in time could also serve as a learning experience, one that helps us read the signs of the times. Allow me to share a few points for reflection… Read more »

The Gospel of Easter Sunday: 12th April

12/04/2020

Easter Sunday – The Resurrection of the Lord – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 10, 34a.37-43
Psalm: 117 (118), 1-2.16ab-17. 22-23
Second Reading: Col 3, 1-4 or 1 Cor 5, 6b-8

Gospel: Jn 20, 1-9
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.”

So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place… Read more »