May 2021 Archives

Monthly Archives: May 2021

The Gospel of the day: 11th May

11/05/2021

First Reading: Acts 16, 22-34
Psalm: 137 (138), 1-2a.2bc-3.7c-8

Gospel: Jn 16, 5-11

In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, “Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgement: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgement, because the ruler of this world has been condemned”… Read more »

Providing our youths with enriching teaching and not circumstances leading to addiction – The Archbishop

Mass on the feast of St George Preca

10/05/2021 The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Blata l-Bajda

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Hija ta’ grazzja kbira għalina li qegħdin noffru din il-quddiesa hawnhekk fejn hawn miġbura wkoll il-fdalijiet ta’ San Ġorġ Preca. Illum nitolbu ħafna l-interċessjoni tiegħu.

Ġorġ Preca twieled il-Belt Valletta fl-1880 u miet Santa Venera fl-1962. Ta’ tmien snin il-familja tiegħu ġiet toqgħod il-Ħamrun u hawnhekk għex il-parti l-kbira ta’ ħajtu għaliex lejn l-aħħar snin ta’ ħajtu kellu mbagħad jiċċaqlaq mid-dar għal Santa Venera… Read more »

Mass on the feast of St George Preca – 10th May 2021

10/05/2021 The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Blata l-Bajda

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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: 10th May

10/05/2021

Saint George Preca, Priest – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Sir 21, 11-17, 21 or 2 Tim 2, 1-11
Psalm: 119, 32-42

Gospel: Mk 16, 14a. 15-20

Later Jesus appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at the table, and he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptised will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and proclaimed the good news everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it. Read more »

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The best and the most beautiful – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Mass on Mother's Day

09/05/2021 The Parish Church of the Annunciation, Ħal Balzan

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Nixtieq li nistedinkom taħsbu ftit fuq esperjenzi fil-ħajja li jagħmluna kuntenti, li jagħtuna pjaċir. Qed nitkellem fuq dak li hu tajjeb, naturalment. Hemm ħafna affarijiet fil-ħajja li għalihom tgħid: ‘ara din tagħtini gost’. Jista’ jkun xi ħaġa li ilek tixtieq takkwista u akkwistajtha. Jew xi ħaġa li ppjanajt u marret kif xtaqt. Hemm ħafna affarijiet.

Imma mbagħad hemm ħaġa oħra li mhux biss tagħmilna kuntenti u tagħtina pjaċir, imma hi ħafna iktar minn hekk… Read more »

A new Church-run shelter for women victims and their children

An investment of one million euro by the Archdiocese of Malta

09/05/2021

Il‑Knisja f’Malta inawgurat ix‑xelter ‘Il‑Milja’ għal nisa li esperjenzaw vjolenza u għal uliedhom. Ix‑xelter, li se jkun immexxi mill‑Knisja permezz ta’ Fondazzjoni Sebħ, se jilqa’ nisa li għaddew minn abbuż jew vjolenza, fosthom vittmi ta’ vjolenza domestika, traffikar tal‑bnedmin, prostituzzjoni sfurzata kif ukoll abort sfurzat. Dan ix‑xelter ta’ tieni stadju (second‑stage shelter), li jinkludi 12‑il appartament li ser jilqgħu sa 36 persuna, ġie jiswa lill‑Knisja f’Malta miljun ewro biex il‑binja ġiet immodernizzata u mgħammra apposta għall‑ħtiġijiet tan‑nisa u t‑tfal tagħhom… Read more »

The Archbishop on Mother’s Day: “Understanding a mother’s heart will lead you to understand God’s heart”

Mass on Mother's Day and the inauguration of a new shelter for women victims of violence

09/05/2021 The Church of Jesus of Nazareth, Żejtun

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Hekk ħabbejtkom jien”. Ġesù jgħid dan il-kliem fil-jum għażiż li aħna nafuh bħala Ħamis ix-Xirka. Ftit sigħat wara din il-kelma għażiża ta’ Ġesù, hu jiġi tradut b’bewsa, arrestat, ittorturat, ikkundannat bla ħtija, u msallab. “Hekk ħabbejtkom jien. Ibqgħu fl-imħabba tiegħi” (Ġw 15:9).

Illum f’Jum l-Omm ma nistgħux nitkellmu fuq l-imħabba u ma naħsbux fl-omm. L-omm b’ħajjitha, iżjed milli bi kliemha, tgħallimna x’inhi l-imħabba… Read more »

Sunday Mass – 9th May 2021

Mass on Mother's Day and the inauguration of a new shelter for women victims of violence

09/05/2021 The Church of Jesus of Nazareth, Żejtun

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

The Sunday Gospel: 9th May

09/05/2021

Sixth Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 10, 25-26,34-35,44-48
Psalm: 97(98), 1,2-3ab,3cd-4
Second Reading: 1 Jn 4, 7-10

Gospel: Jn 15, 9-17

In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.

You did not choose me but I chose you… Read more »

“Lead our people to have faith, hope and love” – The Archbishop to the four new priests

The presbyteral ordination of Fr Roderick Baldacchino, Fr Joshua Cortis, Fr Jean Claude Schembri, and Fr Mark Scicluna OFM Cap

08/05/2021 The Minor Basilica of Christ the King, Paola

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Fhimna tajjeb li Alla sejħilna biex immorru nxandru l-Evanġelju”. Għeżież djakni, din il-kelma tkun dejjem fuq fommkom u fil-qalb tagħkom. Bħalma jgħid Ġesù, Ifhmu sewwa li Alla hu li jagħżilkom: “Mhux intom għażiltu lili imma jien għażilt lilkom” (Ġw 15:16). Din is-sejħa hija sejħa biex tmorru u xxandru l-Evanġelju, l-Aħbar it-Tajba. Qisu li dejjem tiftakru li l-missjoni tagħkom: twasslu kullimkien l-Aħbar it-Tajba, l-Evanġelju… Read more »