Yearly Archives: 2024

The choice between good and harm – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

09/09/2024   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Huma xegħlu bil-korla” (Lq 6:11). Din kienet ir-reazzjoni tal-kittieba u l-Fariżej wara li Ġesù fejjaq lil dan ir-raġel li kellu idu niexfa, u idu reġgħet saritlu qawwija u sħiħa.

Ma xegħlux bil-korla għaliex Ġesù fejqu, imma għax fejqu f’Jum is-Sibt. Kienu diġà qegħdin jaraw minn qabel, qisu qalbhom ħebrithom li Ġesù kien se jagħmel xi waħda f’Jum is-Sibt. Kienu qegħdin moħħhom fih biex jaraw x’se jagħmel… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 10th September 2024, 9:30am

10/09/2024   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: 10th September

10/09/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11
Psalm: 149:1-2,3-4,5-6a u 9b

Gospel: Luke 6:12-19

Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor… Read more »

Life wins – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

08/09/2024   The Parish Church of the Annunciation, Balzan

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Ktieb in-nisel ta’ Ġesù Kristu” (Mt 1:1). B’dawn l-ewwel kelmiet jiftaħ l-Evanġelju skont San Mattew, u jibda b’lista twila ta’ ismijiet, wieħed wara l-ieħor, ta’ nies li huma antenati ta’ Ġużeppi, il-missier putattiv ta’ Ġesù. Hemm stejjer twal dwar dawn l-antenati u d-diversità tagħhom. Imma nixtieq li qalb dawn il-ħafna ismijiet ninnutaw il-kelma li tinstema’ kontinwament f’din is-silta tal-Evanġelju: il-kelma “nissel” u magħha nisel jew tnissil… Read more »

Pope to Papua New Guinea Catholics: God is close to those who feel distant

09/09/2024   Sr John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

The first words the Lord addresses to us today are, “Be strong, do not fear!” (Is 35:4). In this way, the prophet Isaiah addresses all those who have lost heart. He likewise encourages his people and, even amid difficulties and suffering, invites them to raise their eyes to a horizon of hope and to a future where God is coming to save us… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 9th September 2024, 9:30am

09/09/2024   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: 9th September

09/09/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 5:1-8
Psalm: 5:5-6,7,12

Gospel: Luke 6:6-11

On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him… Read more »

The gift of our lives will be beautiful if it is for righteousness and justice – The Archbishop

Mass on the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lady

08/09/2024   The Chapel of the Nativity of Our Lady in Fort St Angelo, Birgu

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna ma jitkellimx fuq it-twelid tal-Verġni Marija imma jitkellem dwar it-tnissil ta’ Binha Ġesù. Jindikaha lil din il-mara, li il-ġenituri tagħha Anna u Ġwakkin semmewha Marija, jindikaha bħala Omm il-Feddej.  Alla juri lilu nnifsu f’ibnu f’żewġ ismijiet sbieħ u importanti li jagħtu sens profond lill-festa li qegħdin nagħmlu llum, li aħna bir-raġun minħabba l-istorja ta’ pajjiżna nsejħulha l-vitorja… Read more »

We, who fought against all racism and xenophobia, are we still doing the same or have we fallen victim to what we fought against? – The Archbishop

Mass on the eve of the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lady in commemoration of Malta's two sieges

07/09/2024   The Parish Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, Mellieħa

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

F’dan il-jum għażiż fl-istorja ta’ Malta, dejjem kien sinjal ta’ rebħa; rebħa lill-poplu tagħna, għal darba, darbtejn. Kien persważ li seħħet ukoll bil-ħarsien ta’ Alla. Meta Dun Karm, fl-1922 kiteb il-kliem sabiħ tal-Innu Malti, fakkarna kemm il-Mulej ħarisna matul is-sekli; u talab li l-Mulej ikompli fis-snin, ikompli jħarisna. Il-mistoqsija li nagħmel lili nnifsi, u lil kull wieħed u waħda minna llum hi sempliċi: xi jfisser għalina li nilqgħu l-ħarsien ta’ Alla llum? … Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 8th September

08/09/2024

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Micah 5:1-4a
Psalm: 12:6
Second Reading: Romans 8:28-30

Gospel: Matthew 1:1-16,18-23

An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram, and Aram the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse… Read more »