Yearly Archives: 2020

The Sunday Gospel: 23rd August

23/08/2020

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Is 22, 19-23
Psalm: 137 (138), 1-2a.2bc-3.6.8bc
Second Reading: Rom 11, 33-36

Gospel: Mt 16, 13-20

Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 22nd August

22/08/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 43, 1-7a
Psalm: 84 (85), 9ab-10.11-12.13-14

Gospel: Mt 23, 1-12

Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice… Read more »

Pope calls for ‘freeing’ the Virgin Mary from the devotion of the Mafia

21/08/2020

Read more »Pope Francis is helped by Mons. Leonardo Sapienza as he lays a bunch of flowers in front of the house of Rev. Pino Puglisi, in Palermo, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. Pope Francis is paying tribute in Sicily to a priest who worked to keep youths away from the Mafia and was slain by mobsters. Francis has flown to the Mediterranean island on the 25th anniversary of the assassination in Palermo of the Rev…

The gold coin the Lord gave us – The Archbishop

Mass for the memorial of St Pius X

21/08/2020   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Il-motto li l-Papa San Piju X għażel għall-pontifkat tiegħu kien ispirat minn frażi tal-Appostlu Missierna San Pawl: “Inġeddu kollox fi Kristu” (instaurare omnia in Christo).

Fid-dawl tal-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna, u r-risposta ta’ Ġesù għal liema huwa l-ikbar kmandament fil-liġi, nifhmu li biex inġeddu kollox fi Kristu għandna direzzjoni waħda radikali u fondamentali, u din hija l-imħabba… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 21st August

21/08/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 37, 1-14
Psalm: 106 (107), 2-3.4-5.6-7.8-9

Gospel: Mt 22, 34-40

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind… Read more »

Wise and loving – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Mass in memory of St Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church

20/08/2020   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

San Bernard, li qegħdin nagħmlu t-tifkira tiegħu llum, twieled fi Franza fl-1090. Kellu familja sinjura u nobbli, u kbira; hu kien it-tielet fost sebat aħwa.

Meta kellu -il sena, mietet ommu. Din kienet għalih esperjenza tassew iebsa. Ġagħlitu jaħseb ħafna. Hu, li kien trabba fi mħabba kbira lejn Alla, beda jara liema hi t-triq tiegħu. Iddeċieda, fl-1112, li jidħol maċ-Ċisterċensi f’monasteru f’Citeaux ġewwa Franza… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 20th August

20/08/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 36, 23-28
Psalm: 50 (51), 12-13.14-15.18-19

Gospel: Mt 22, 1-14

Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables saying,
“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come… Read more »