Monthly Archives: April 2025

Lenten Reflection 2025 – Fifth Sunday

04/04/2025

During Mass, have you ever paused to reflect on the meaning of the Second Reading? This Lent, Archbishop Charles Scicluna will provide brief explanations of the Second Reading proclaimed on each Sunday, offering key insights and reflections to guide us on our spiritual journey.

Second Reading for the Fifth Sunday: Philippians 3:8-14

Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Philippians

What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things… Read more »

New parish priest appointed in Manikata

04/04/2025

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta

Archbishop Charles Scicluna has appointed Fr Matthew Pulis as the parish priest of Saint Joseph Parish, Manikata. The Archbishop thanks Fr Peter Paul Sultana for his pastoral service within the community.

Fr Matthew Pulis was born on 30th July 1984. He began his journey to the priesthood at the Archbishop’s Seminary in Tal-Virtù, Rabat, and read a degree in Philosophy and Theology at the Faculty of Theology, at the University of Malta… Read more »

Missionary disciples – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

Closing of the parish's 25th anniversary celebrations

04/04/2025   Ibrag Parish Church

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Kien hu li bagħatni”. Dan hu l-kliem li jgħid Ġesù fit-tempju meta qed jitkellem fuq il-Missier, u jgħid lin-nies: “Jien min għandu ġej, u kien hu li bagħatni” (Ġw 7:29). Dan li jgħid Ġesù għandu tifsira kbira għalina lkoll, speċjalment għal din il-komunità, il-Parroċċa tal-Ibraġ, li qed tiċċelebra l-25 anniversarju tagħha bħala parroċċa.

Nixtieq li nħarsu lejn Ġesù f’din il-ġrajja tal-lum, mill-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann, għax għandha ħafna x’tgħallimna kif aħna nkunu, kif jixtieq minna l-Papa Franġisku, dixxipli missjunarji f’din il-komunità… Read more »

Pope: Even if you fear you’re incapable of changing, don’t lose hope

02/04/2025

Vatican News

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today we will continue to contemplate Jesus’ encounters with some figures from the Gospel. This time, I would like to focus on Zacchaeus: an episode that is particularly close to my heart, because it has a special place in my spiritual journey.

The Gospel of Luke presents Zacchaeus to us and one who seems irredeemably lost… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 4th April 2025, 9:30am

04/04/2025   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: 4th April

04/04/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Wisdom 2:1a,12-22
Psalm: 33 (34):17-18,19-20,21,23

Gospel: John 7:1-2,10,25-30

Jesus moved about within Galilee; but he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but (as it were) in secret… Read more »

Formation programme with the Fraternity of Charles de Foucauld

03/04/2025

Wikipedia

Il-Fraternità Charles de Foucald se torganizza kors ta’ formazzjoni bit-titlu: “Fil-Qalb tal-Vanġelu ma’ Charles de Foucald”.

Il-programm li se jkun mifrux bejn April u Ġunju, se jikkonsisti fi tmien laqgħat ippreżentati minn kelliema differenti, bil-laqgħat kollha jsiru ġewwa s-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof f’Tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat.

Ir-Rettur tas-Seminarju, Dun Jimmy Bonnici se jkun qed jintroduċi dan il-kors ta’ formazzjoni u jlaqqa’ lill-parteċipanti mal-figura ta’ San Charles de Foucauld, li ġie kanonizzat mill-Papa Franġisku fl-2022, bil-laqgħa li se tkun qed tikkonsisti minn riflessjoni u l-esperjenza tad-deżert… Read more »

Annual report of Church in Malta’s Safeguarding Commission records 9 substantiated cases involving vulnerable adults

Commission’s 2024 Annual Report presented

03/04/2025   The Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

The Safeguarding Commission of the Church in Malta last year concluded that nine of 21 cases involving vulnerable adults were substantiated, Head of Safeguarding Mark Pellicano said at the presentation of the 2024 Commission’s Annual Report.

Four of these involved two Religious and were of a sexual nature; however, only one clergyman was referred to the authorities since the victims in the other case, which happened more than 10 years ago, declined to file a police report in spite of the Commission’s offer of assistance… Read more »

Miguel Mifsud takes on 100-mile challenge for Caritas Malta

03/04/2025

Ritratt: Caritas Malta

Miguel Mifsud, li sena ilu għamel ġirja ta’ 100 kilometru madwar il-kosta ta’ Malta, dis-sena se jidħol għal sfida ħafna ikbar b’ġirja ta’ 100 mil, b’405 dawra mat-trakka tal-Mediterranean College of Sport bejn il-11 ta’ filgħodu tal-5 ta’ April, sal-11 ta’ filgħodu tal-għada 6 ta’ April, b’risq Caritas Malta.

Waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet, Anthony Gatt, Direttur ta’ Caritas Malta, rringrazzja lil Miguel Mifsud għall-impenn tiegħu u l-messaġġ ta’ tama li qed jgħaddi lil dawk li jixtiequ jinħelsu mid-dipendenza, billi jinkoraġġixxu l-attività fiżika bħala alternattiva… Read more »