Yearly Archives: 2024

The Archbishop to the priests: we are servants of a flock that is not ours

Chrism Mass on Maudy Thursday

28/03/2024   St John's Cathedral, Valletta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Lil dak li ħabbna, u li ħallna minn dnubietna, bis-saħħa ta’ demmu, u li għamilna saltna, qassisin għal Alla tiegħu u Missieru, lilu l-glorja u s-setgħa għal dejjem ta’ dejjem” (Apok1:5-6). Dawn il-kliem mill-Apokalissi ta’ San Ġwann li qrajna llum nixtieq nipproponihom lilna s-saċerdoti, b’mod speċjali, f’dan il-jum li fih il-Knisja tibda tiġġedded bit-tberik taż-żjut qaddisa. Aħna nġeddu l-impenn saċerdotali tagħna u mil-lejla sal-Għid qaddis tal-Mulej, fit-Tridu tal-Għid, ngħixu mill-qrib dik l-iskola tal-imħabba u ħniena li għallimna Ġesù… Read more »

Pope at Audience – Patiently enduring troublesome people

27/03/2024   Paul VI Audience Hall, The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Last Sunday we listened to the account of the Passion of the Lord. Jesus responds to the sufferings He endures with a virtue that, although it is not considered among the traditional ones, is so important: patience. It regards the forbearance of what one suffers: it is not a coincidence that patience has the same root as passion… Read more »

Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday – 28th March 2024, 9:30am

28/03/2024   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 Gospel on Maundy Thursday: 28th March

28/03/2024

Maundy Thursday – Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Readings of the day

First Reading: Ez 12:1-8,11-14
Psalm: 115 (116):12-13,15-16bc,17-18
Second Reading: 1 Cor 11:23-26

Gospel: John 13:1-15

Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over… Read more »

Perfume and the Poor – Bishop Galea-Curmi

25/03/2024   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Marija u Ġuda. Dawn huma tnejn mill-personaġġi li jissemmew illum fl-Evanġelju skond San Ġwann, u nixtieq li nħarsu ftit lejn dawn it-tnejn. Marija, oħt Marta u Lazzru, li kienu joqogħdu f’Betanja u li kienu familja ħbieb ta’ Ġesù, jafu lil Ġesù mill-qrib. Ġuda, wieħed mit-tnax, wieħed minn dawk li kien għażel Ġesù biex ikunu aktar qrib tiegħu, u hawnhekk akkumpanjah, fil-fatt, f’din l-ikla li saret f’Betanja… Read more »

Preparing for the upcoming Jubilee

A short course by the Pastoral Formation Institute

27/03/2024

The Pastoral Formation Institute is joining the global Church in preparing for the upcoming Jubilee of Hope through a local course named ‘The Jubilee – Pilgrims of Hope’.

Through this course, students will discover the biblical origins of the words ‘jubilee’, ‘pilgrimage’, and ‘hope’. With lecturers, Dr Joseph Ciappara and Rev. Gilbert Scicluna, students will explore the origins of these concepts in the sacred scriptures and in the first Christian communities… Read more »

Notice

27/03/2024

From Thursday, 28th March 2024, the Archbishop’s Curia, including the Marriage Office in Floriana, and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal in Valletta, will be closed for the Easter holidays.

The Archbishop’s Curia, the Marriage Office, the Ecclesiastical Tribunal will reopen on Tuesday, 2nd April 2024. Read more »

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Restoration project leads to new information on the Ta’ Ġieżu Via Sagra

27/03/2024

14-il pittura tal-Via Sagra, li jinsabu fil-Knisja Santa Marija ta’ Ġesù, magħrufa wkoll bħala tal-Ġieżu, fil-Belt Valletta, ingħataw ħajja ġdida bħala parti minn proġett ta’ restawr u konservazzjoni li sar fuqhom.

Ir-restawr kien mifrux fuq 11-il xahar u wassal biex instabet informazzjoni ġdida dwar din il-Via Sagra, fosthom għax studju li sar fuqha wassal biex ir-restawraturi setgħu jattribwixxu xi pitturi lil Francesco Zahra u Gian Nicola Buhagiar, li huma żewġ artisti prominenti Maltin… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 27th March 2024, 9:30am

27/03/2024   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 »