2020 Archives

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Three new candidates for the priesthood

28/10/2020

Three seminarians, who are currently in their fifth year of studies at the Archbishop’s Seminary, will ask Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna to accept them officially as candidates for the Ordination to the Diaconate and the Priesthood. This celebration will be held on Sunday 1st November 2020, during All Saints Day Mass at St John’s Co‑Cathedral, Valletta, at 9:30 a.m.

Ian Diacono from the Parish of Stella Maris, Tas-Sliema, Gylan Camilleri from the Parish of St Anne, Marsaskala, and Clive Seychell from the Parish of St Joseph, Kalkara, will publicly manifest their will to offer themselves to the Church to serve in the ministerial priesthood… Read more »

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

28/10/2020 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 October

28/10/2020

Saints Simon and Jude, apostles – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Eph 2, 19-22
Psalm: 18, 2-5

Gospel: Lk 6, 12-19

Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them. Read more »

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Holy Mass on All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day

27/10/2020

Nhar il-Ħadd, l‑1 ta’ Novembru 2020, fid-9:30 a.m., l‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna ser jiċċelebra quddiesa fil‑festa tal‑Qaddisin Kollha, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta. Waqt il-quddiesa tliet seminaristi fil‑ħames sena ta’ preparazzjoni fis‑Seminarju, ser jitolbu lill‑Arċisqof biex jaċċettahom uffiċjalment bħala kandidati għall‑Ordinazzjoni Djakonali u Saċerdotali.

It-Tnejn, 2 ta’ Novembru, fid-9:30 a.m., fit‑Tifkira tal‑Mejtin Kollha, l‑Arċisqof ser jiċċelebra quddiesa fil‑Knisja taċ‑Ċimiterju tal‑Addolorata, Raħal Ġdid, b’suffraġju għal ruħ il-mejtin kollha, b’mod partikolari l‑vittmi tal‑COVID‑19… Read more »

Being like mustard seeds and yeast – The Archbishop

27/10/2020 The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Il-loġika ta’ Ġesù hija ftit differenti minn tagħna l-bnedmin. Aħna ħafna drabi, biex nimpressjonaw, naħsbu f’affarijiet kbar li jolqtu mill-ewwel l-għajn, li forsi jagħmlu ħafna ħoss.

Iż-żewġ tixbihat li juża’ Ġesù fl-Evanġelju tal-lum mill-kapitlu 13 tal-Evanġelju ta’ San Luqa, huma tixbihat ta’ affarijiet ċkejknin: iż-żerriegħa tal-mustarda ċkejkna, ċkejkna li tikber biż-żmien u ssir arbuxell. It-tradizzjoni tagħna tgħid siġra imma hija propju arbuxell kbir li tant ikun b’saħħtu li l-għasafar jistrieħu fuqu u anke jagħmlu xi bejta fiha… Read more »

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

27/10/2020 Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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The Gospel of the day: 27th October

27/10/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Eph 5, 21-33
Psalm: 127 (128), 1-2.3.4-5

Gospel: Lk 13, 18-21

Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a person took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and ‘the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.’”

Again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? … Read more »

Living truly free – Bishop Galea-Curmi

26/10/2020 The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

“In-nies ilkoll ferħu”. Hekk naqraw fl-Evanġelju tal-lum meta dawn in-nies raw il-miraklu li għamel Ġesù li lill-mara li kienet ilha 18-il sena sħaħ marida hu jagħtiha s-saħħa mill-ġdid. In-nies setgħu jaraw is-sinjal tal-qawwa ta’ Alla li tfejjaq, li tagħti s-saħħa mill-ġdid.

Imma l-Evanġelju jurina kif kien hemm ukoll oħrajn, nies oħra. Ma’ dawn in-nies li ferħu, li kienu jafu japprezzaw, li kellhom qalbhom miftuħa għal Alla, kien hemm ukoll nies oħra li kienu kontra Ġesù… Read more »

New cardinals come from all corners of the earth

26/10/2020

They come from Africa, Asia (Brunei and the Philippines), North and South America, and Europe. In addition, there is a particular accent on the sons of St Francis during the year in which the Encyclical “Fratelli tutti” was published.

Short biographies of the 13 new cardinals Pope Francis announced on Sunday:

Bishop Mario Grech – General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops Cardinal-elect Mario Grech – General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

Bishop Mario Grech was born in Qala (Malta), in the Diocese of Gozo on 20 February 1957… Read more »

Holy Mass & Rosary – 26 October, 9:30am

26/10/2020 Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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