Yearly Archives: 2024

Statement by the Ecclesiastical Tribunal on false allegations by Prof. Simon Mercieca

06/03/2024

We refer to a blogpost by Simon Mercieca put up on his website on 5 March, 2024, entitled “Il-Kurja ser tippubblika l-annullament ta’ Jason Azzopardi kif kienet għamlet b’ta’ Alfred Sant meta għaddietu lil Daphne Caruana Galizia ħalli tumiljah?”

Once again, Professor Mercieca is making serious and harmful allegations against the Ecclesiastical Tribunal and the President of the Regional Tribunal of Second Instance, Mgr Joseph Bajada, which are false and require clarification… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 6th March 2024, 9:30am

06/03/2024   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: 6th March

06/03/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9
Psalm: 147:12-13,15-16,19-20

Gospel: Mathew 5:17-19

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place… Read more »

Let’s not condition ourselves by others – Bishop Galea-Curmi

04/03/2024

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Hu għadda minn ġo nofshom u baqa’ sejjer” (Lq 4:30). Hekk naqraw fi tmiem dan ir-rakkont mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa, u b’dal-mod Ġesù ħeles minn attentat ta’ qtil, għax dawn in-nies riedu jixħtuh minn fuq l-għolja fejn kienet mibnija l-belt tagħhom, jixħtuh għal isfel. Imma hu għadda minn ġo nofshom u baqa’ sejjer. Hawnhekk tolqotna ħafna kif dawn in-nies kellhom din ir-reazzjoni vjolenti għal dak li qal Ġesù, u mhux biss irrabjaw, imma r-rabja ġegħlithom ukoll li jfittxu li joqtluh… Read more »

Pope Francis to preside over upcoming ’24 Hours for the Lord’

05/03/2024

Pope Francis goes to confession during a Lenten penance service in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 25, 2022, as part of the “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten prayer initiative. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis will open the eleventh edition of the ’24 Hours for the Lord’ Lenten initiative this Friday, March 8, at the Roman parish of San Pio V, according to a statement from the Dicastery for Evangelization… Read more »

The Archbishop urges MCESD to prevent anyone from feeling like a second-class citizen

05/03/2024

Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi with MCESD social partners and members of the Justice and Peace Commission. Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Ian Noel Pace

Archbishop Charles Scicluna urged the importance of including non-Maltese residents in decision-making, strongly advocating against treating them as second-class citizens.

He expressed this view during a meeting at the Archbishop’s Curia, attended by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi, and also involved the participation of the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue, the Hon… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 5th March 2024, 9:30am

05/03/2024   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 »

The Gospel of the day: 5th March

05/03/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: Daniel 3:25,34-43
Psalm: 24 (25):4bc-5ab,6-7bc,8-9

Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35

Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants… Read more »

Public lecture: And your hands teach me everything

A talk about Oliver Friggieri and St George Preca

04/03/2024

Ċentru Studji Dun Ġorġ, within the Society of Christian Doctrine MUSEUM, is organising a public lecture about Oliver Friggieri and St George Preca by Dr David Aloisio.

Prof. Friggieri used describe Dun Ġorġ as “a man who did not belong in this world and who lived waiting to go back to his place. In the meantime, he tried to drag everyone with him, with the word that was action and the action that was revealed in the word”… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Let’s all say ‘Enough!’ Stop the war in the Middle East

03/03/2024   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Għeżież ħuti, il-jum it-tajjeb!

L-Evanġelju tal-lum itina xena iebsa: Ġesù jkeċċi lil-merkanti mit-tempju (ara Ġw 2:13-25), Ġesù jkeċċi lill-bejjiegħa, jaqleb il-bankijiet tas-sarrafa tal-flus u jwiddeb lil kulħadd b’dal-kliem: “Id-dar tiegħi tagħmulhiex dar tan-negozju: (v. 16). Nieqfu ftit fuq il-kuntrast bejn dar u suq: dawn huma żewġ modi kif bniedem jippreżenta ruħu quddiem il-Mulej.

Fit-tempju meqjus bħala suq, biex wieħed ikun f’postu ma’ Alla kien biżżejjed jixtri nagħġa, iħallas tagħha u jikkunsmaha fuq il-ħatab tal-altar… Read more »