Monthly Archives: November 2024

New publication on Malta’s Ecclesiastical History by Prof. Stanley Fiorini

25/11/2024

Prof. Stanley Fiorini’s latest volume, The Landed Property of the Religious Orders in Malta 1600, will be launched on Tuesday, 10th December 2024, at 6:30 PM. The event will take place at The Immacolata Oratory, Jesuits’ Church, Valletta, and will feature addresses by distinguished scholars, including Prof. Petra Caruana Dingli and Rev. Dr. Nicholas Joseph Doublet.

Prof. Fiorini’s most recent publication in the Documentary Sources of Maltese History series published by the Archdiocese of Malta, dives into the fascinating history of ecclesiastical properties in Malta… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Listening to the Lord brings light into our hearts and into our lives

24/11/2024   Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

Today the Gospel of the liturgy (Jn 18:33-37) shows us Jesus before Pontius Pilate. He has been handed over to the Roman procurator to be condemned to death. However, a brief dialogue begins between the two, between Jesus and Pilate. Through Pilate’s questions and the Lord’s answers, two words in particular are transformed, acquiring new meaning… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 25th November 2024, 9:30am

25/11/2024   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 Gospel of the day: 25th November

25/11/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: Revelation 14:1-3,4b-5
Psalm: 23 (24):1-2,3-4ab,5-6

Gospel: Luke 21:1-4

When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury
and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”

Saint of the day: Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin & martyr Read more »

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“Let’s be an instrument of peace where nations meet to speak honestly and work for peace” – The Archbishop

Diocesan celebration on the solemnity of Christ the King

24/11/2024   The Basilica of Christ the King, Paola

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Ġesù jidher quddiem Pilatu fi stat ta’ arrest, umiljat, quddiem il-poter ċivili. “X’għamilt?” (Ġw 18:35), jistaqsih Pilatu. Aħna u nippreparaw għas-Sena tal-Ġublew, sena li l-Papa jixtieqha tkun, kif qalilna lilna l-isqfijiet fis-17 ta’ Mejju li għadda, meta ltqajna miegħu fil-Vatikan. Xtaq li s-Sena tal-Ġublew, li se nibdew minn hawn u ftit ġimgħat oħra, ħa nikkwota lill-Papa bit-Taljan kif kellimna: ‘Una grande festa di misericordia’, ‘festa kbira ta’ ħniena’… Read more »

A king with a difference – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

24/11/2024   Annunciation Church, Balzan

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Jien sultan” (Ġw 18:37). Żgur li tolqotna fil-ħajja ta’ Ġesù kif l-unika darba li jgħid “jien sultan” hu f’mument meta differenti għal kollox minn sultan. Għadu kif ġie ttradut minn Ġuda, qiegħed arrestat, għaddej mill-insulti tal-poplu u jinsab quddiem Pilatu, il-gvernatur Ruman li għandu s-setgħa.

Hu Pilatu li jistaqsi lil Ġesù: “Inti s-Sultan tal-Lhud?” (Ġw 18:33) Il-mistoqsija ta’ Pilatu hija waħda politika… Read more »

Live: Diocesan celebration on the solemnity of Christ the King, 24th November 2024, 5pm

24/11/2024   The Basilica of Christ the King, Paola

Illum, 24 ta’ Novembru 2024, issir iċ‑ċelebrazzjoni djoċesana ta’ Kristu Re, ippreseduta mill‑Arċisqof Charles Scicluna. Iċ‑ċelebrazzjoni djoċesana tibda fil‑5pm u se ssir fil‑Bażilika Minuri ta’ Kristu Re f’Raħal Ġdid, fejn jingħad l‑għasar (it‑talba ta’ filgħaxija) u tingħata l‑barka sagramentali. Waqt l‑għasar, l‑Arċisqof iwassal il‑messaġġ tiegħu f’din il‑festa tant importanti għall‑Insara. Iċ‑ċelebrazzjoni tixxandar fuq Knisja.mt, Newsbook Malta u radju RTK 103… Read more »

Our freedom must start from the heart – The Archbishop to the inmates

Holy Mass on the feast of Christ the King

24/11/2024   The Chapel of the Lord's Transfiguration at Corradino Correctional Facility, Paola

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-Evanġelju li ntgħażel din is-sena għall-festa ta’ Kristu Re jippreżenta lil Ġesù taħt arrest. Wara lejl ta’ interrogazzjoni mis-Sinedriju, u l-kundanna tal-poplu tiegħu, jinġieb quddiem Pilatu għax il-Lhud kienu interessati li lil Ġesù jakkużawh b’xi ħaġa li twasslu għall-mewt. Id-djalogu bejn din il-persuna arrestata u ttorturata (li hu Ġesù) u l-poter Ruman hu djalogu, li llum jipprova jispjegalna min hu Ġesù Sultan… Read more »

“We help 60 families with children’s lunches” – St Jeanne Antide Foundation

24/11/2024

Photo: Unsplash

Il-Ħadd li għadda kien il-Jum Assoċjat mal-Fqar, u f’Malta l-faqar ġerħa daqskemm hu ġerħa f’pajjiżi oħra żviluppati anke jekk forsi hawn min jaħseb li kollox ward u żahar.

Waqt What’s On Newsbook fuq RTK103 tkellimna ma’ Miriam Grech, family support worker mal-Fondazzjoni Santa Antida f’Ħal Tarxien. Din il-fondazzjoni tgħin lill-familji vulnerabbli permezz ta’ erba’ ħaddiema soċjali u għajnuna strutturata. Huma jgħinu lill-familja kollha b’mod olistiku mhux l-individwu biss li jitlob l-għajnuna… Read more »

Celebration of Christ the King – 24th November 2024, 5pm

24/11/2024   Minor Basilica of Paola

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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 »