Monthly Archives: April 2022

Jesus crucified: a winning love – Bishop Galea-Curmi

The Liturgical Action of the Passion and Death of Our Lord

15/04/2022   The Parish Church of the Annunciation, Ħal Balzan

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Meta l-Papa Franġisku kien Malta, l-aħħar laqgħa li kellu kienet f’Ħal Far mal-migranti. Kien hemm uħud mill-aġenziji tal-media, anke barranin, li biex jiddeskrivu l-post, qalu: hawn għandna l-palk li minn fuqu se jitkellem il-Papa, u billi se jkun hemm ħafna migranti Musulmani, il-palk ma għandux kurċifiss.

Ma nafx min ħareġ biha din, għax mhu veru xejn. Mhu veru xejn li tneħħa jew twarrab il-kurċifiss għax fost il-migranti kien hemm ħafna Musulmani… Read more »

Pope at Way of the Cross: Grant that we never act as enemies of the cross of Christ, so we may share in the glory of his resurrection

15/04/2022   Rome, Italy

Pope Francis presides over the Way of the Cross on the evening of Good Friday, with families offering meditations for each of the 14 Stations based on their own experiences of suffering and hope.

The traditional Via Crucis returned on Good Friday evening to the Colosseum in Rome for the first time since 2019, a hiatus of nearly three years… Read more »

The Gospel on the Easter Vigil: 16th April

16/04/2022

Holy Saturday – Vigil Mass
Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 1:1 – 2:2
Psalm: 103 (104):1-2a,5-6,10,12,13-14,24,35c
Second Reading: Genesis 22:1-18
Psalm: 15 (16):5,8,9-10,11
Third Reading: Ezekiel 14:15 – 15:1
Psalm: Ezekiel 15:1-2,3-4,5-6,17-18
Fourth Reading: Isaiah 54:5-14
Psalm: 29 (30):2,4,5-6,11,12a,13b
Fifth Reading: Isaiah 55:1-11
Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6
Sixth Reading: Baruch 3:9-15,32 – 4:4
Psalm: 18 (19):8,9,10,11
Seventh Reading: Ezekiel 36:16-17a,18-28
Psalm: 41 (42):3.5bcd; 42 (43):3,4
Eighth Reading: Romans 6:3-11
Psalm: 117 (118):1-2,16ab-17,22-23

Gospel: Luke 24:1-12

At daybreak on the first day of the week the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb… Read more »

Pope at Chrism Mass: There is no peace greater than his forgiveness

14/04/2022   Vatican Basilica

In the reading from the Prophet Isaiah that we have heard, the Lord makes a promise full of hope, one that concerns us at first hand: “You shall be called priests of the Lord; they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God… I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them” (61:6.8). Being priests, dear brothers, is a grace, a very great grace, yet it is not primarily a grace for us, but for our people. [1] The fact that the Lord chooses, from among his flock, some who devote themselves exclusively to the care of his flock as fathers and shepherds is a great gift for our people… Read more »

“Today we ask forgiveness for our complicity with injustice” – The Archbishop

The Liturgical Action of the Passion and Death of Our Lord

15/04/2022   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Jekk jiena għedt xi ħaġa mhix sewwa, urini fejn; imma jekk għedt is-sewwa għaliex terfa’ idejk fuqi?” (Ġw 18:23). Din hija d-domanda li Ġesù jagħmel lill-qaddej tal-qassis il-kbir li jagħtih daqqa ta’ ħarta. Din hija l-mistoqsija li rridu nagħmlu lilna nfusna waqt li qed infakkru l-passjoni tal-Mulej Ġesù. Għaliex? Għaliex kienet din ir-risposta tagħna għall-Iben ta’ Alla magħmul bniedem li ta ħajtu għalina, li sar bniedem bħalna f’kollox minbarra fid-dnub u wriena t-triq tas-sewwa? … Read more »

He gave him everything in his hands, which he used to serve – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Mass on Maundy Thursday

14/04/2022   The Parish Church of the Annunciation, Ħal Balzan

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Santu Wistin għandu espressjoni fil-ktieb tiegħu Il-Belt ta’ Alla li kiteb fis-seklu ħamsa. Tgħid hekk, bil-Latin: “libido dominandi”. Tfisser: il-kilba biex taħkem, biex tiddomina. Hu juri kif fir-realtà tal-ħajja tagħna – qed jitkellem dak iż-żmien, imma nafu li hekk hu wkoll fi żmienna – fin-nies kultant bejniethom, fis-soċjetajiet, bejn in-nazzjonijiet, hemm din il-kilba biex taħkem li ma tħallix lill-bniedem jirraġuna; il-bniedem jispiċċa hu stess immexxi minn din il-kilba… Read more »

Pope Francis on Maundy Thursday: The Lord judges and forgives

14/04/2022   The Correctional Facility of Civitavecchia, Rome

Kull Ħamis ix-Xirka naqraw din is-silta mill-Vanġelu: hija ħaġa sempliċi. Ġesù, flimkien ma’ ħbiebu, id-dixxipli tiegħu, jinsab waqt ikla, l-ikla tal-Għid; Ġesù li jaħsel riġlejn id-dixxipli tiegħu – ħaġa stramba din li għamel: f’dak iż-żmien ir-riġlejn kienu jaħsluhom l-ilsiera fid-daħla tad-dar. U mbagħad, Ġesù – b’ġest li jmiss ukoll il-qalb – jaħsel riġlejn it-traditur, dak li biegħu. Hekk hu Ġesù, u jgħallimna dan, sempliċiment: fostkom, għandkom taħslu r-riġlejn… Read more »