Yearly Archives: 2023

Mark Pellicano appointed Head of Safeguarding Commission

29/05/2023

Archbishop Charles Scicluna has appointed Mark Pellicano as the new head of the Safeguarding Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta, which investigates cases of abuse within Church structures and promotes the wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults.

Mr Pellicano succeeds Andrew Azzopardi, who was instrumental in setting up the Commission in 2015 and recently took up a new role as safeguarding head at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)… Read more »

Pope at Regina Caeli: The Spirit frees from fear

28/05/2023

Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!

Today, the Solemnity of Pentecost, the Gospel takes us to the upper room, where the apostles had taken refuge after the death of Jesus (Jn 20: 19-23). The Risen One, on the evening of Passover, presents himself precisely in that situation of fear and anguish and, breathing on them, says: “Receive the Holy Spirit” (v… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 29th May 2023, 9:30am

29/05/2023   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the 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: 29th May

29/05/2023

Mary, Mother of the Church – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 3: 9-15,20 or ACTS 1:12-14
Psalm: 86 (87):1-2,3 & 5,6-7

Gospel: John 19:25-34

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home… Read more »

The Holy Spirit is the spirit of God who is love – The Archbishop at Pentecost

28/05/2023   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

Għeżież żgħażagħ intom u tirċievu dan is-sagrament għażiż, aħna nitolbu ħafna għalikom biex id-don tal-Ispirtu s-Santu li se tirċievu bit-tqegħid tal-idejn, bid-dilka biż-żejt tal-griżma, bit-talba tal-Knisja jkun għalikom sinjal sabiħ ta’ kemm Alla jħobbkom. L-Ispirtu s-Santu hu l-ispirtu ta’ Alla li hu mħabba.

Ejjew nifhmuha din. Fejn hemm l-ispirtu ta’ Alla se jkun hemm dejjem l-imħabba. Allura meta nħarsu madwarna u fina nfusna u naraw dak kollu li mhuwiex imħabba, nistaqsu lilna nfusna: Imma dan ġej minn Alla jew le? … Read more »

The sixth volume of ‘Kelma ta’ Ħabib’

The book of homilies and speeches by Archbishop Charles Scicluna

28/05/2023

The prayer for unity in the country and for a more welcoming society are among the themes that Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna reflects upon in the sixth volume of ‘Kelma ta’ Ħabib’. This publication includes the homilies and speeches delivered by the Archbishop in his sixth year as Archbishop of Malta.

This edition is different from the previous ones as it is characterised by the COVID-19 pandemic that apart from causing Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to Malta to be postponed by two years, also changed the way the Word of God began to reach people directly in their homes… Read more »

Mass on Pentecost Sunday – 28th May 2023, 9:30am

28/05/2023   Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.

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 Sunday Gospel: 28th May

28/05/2023

Pentecost Sunday – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 2:1-11
Psalm: 103 (104):1ab,24ac,29bc-30,31,34
Second Reading:  1 Corinthians 12:3b-7,12-13

Gospel: John 20:19-23

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side… Read more »

A place that must be a sign of God’s presence among us – The Archbishop

27/05/2023

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Qegħdin nikkonsagraw dan il-post ta’ kult, ta’ qima, aħna u nibdew il-festa solenni ta’ Pentekoste, ta’ Għid il-Ħamsin. Ejjew nirringrazzjaw lill-Mulej tad-don tal-Ispirtu s-Santu li l-Mulej isejjaħlu ‘għajn’, “xmajjar ta’ ilma ħaj” (Ġw 7:38).

Fil-bidu ta’ dan ir-rit raxxaxna l-ilma mbierek fuq dan il-post, fuqna. Din il-ħaġa tfakkarna li dak li qegħdin nikkonsagraw illum hu sinjal ukoll tal-għaqda ta’ bejnietna… Read more »

The clergy reflect on the power of the liturgy in a secular society

In-service course for the clergy 2023

27/05/2023

‘Towards a liturgy that draws us and changes us’ is the theme chosen for the in-service course for the Clergy 2023 in order for diocesan priests and religious to understand more clearly how the liturgy, that is all the Church’s celebrations by which Christians worship God, nurtures within them and God’s people a spirit of prayer, and particularly that the Liturgy leads to an encounter with the Risen Christ… Read more »