Monthly Archives: May 2025

No One Gets Left Behind: A seminar for the inclusion of all young people

19/05/2025

Following the success of its first seminar, the Malta Youth Catholic Network is hosting a one-day seminar on Saturday, 31st May 2025, at St John’s Hall, Archbishop’s Curia, Floriana, from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

This seminar will feature engaging discussions, real-life testimonies, and practical strategies designed to help youth leaders grow in empathy and effectiveness. It is a call to action for youth leaders, animators, and catechists who wish to nurture vibrant and inclusive communities of faith—where no one is ever excluded or overlooked… Read more »

Pope Leo XIV at Inauguration Mass: ‘Let us walk towards God and love one another’

19/05/2025

Dear Brother Cardinals,
Brother Bishops and Priests,
Distinguished Authorities and Members of the Diplomatic Corps.
Greetings to the pilgrims who have come for the Jubilee of Confraternities!

I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me. Saint Augustine wrote: Lord, “you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you” (Confessions, I: 1,1)… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 19th May 2025, 9:30am

19/05/2025   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: 19th May

19/05/2025

Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 14:5-18
Palm: 113B (115):1-2,3-4,15-16

Gospel: John 14:21-26

Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”

Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, “Master, (then) what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”

Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him… Read more »

As I have loved you – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

17/05/2025

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Bħalma ħabbejtkom jien, hekk ukoll ħobbu intom lil xulxin” (Ġw 13:34). Dan il-kliem dwar l-imħabba Ġesù qed jgħidu f’ċirkustanzi verament diffiċli u iebsa. Hawnhekk kien qiegħed fl-Aħħar Ċena, meta mdawwar bit-tnax. Jaf għal xiex dieħel, jaf li wieħed minnhom se jittradih – fil-fatt, din is-silta tibda “kif ħareġ Ġuda” (Ġw 13:31), turi meta Ġuda ħareġ miċ-ċenaklu biex jiftiehem ħalli jittradih – jaf li wieħed minnhom, Pietru, se jiċħdu, jaf li se jabbandunawh; u madankollu, f’dan l-ambjent hekk iebes, flok jirrabja u jurihom kemm jiddispjaċih, jgħidilhom biex iħobbu lil xulxin: “Nagħtikom kmandament ġdid: li tħobbu lil xulxin… Read more »

Pope Leo XIV to Centesimus Annus Foundation: ‘Give voice to the poor’

18/05/2025

The Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation commemorated its 2025 General Assembly and International Conference from May 15-17 in Rome, and the last day kicked off with a private audience with Pope Leo XIV.

The conference’s theme was “Overcoming Polarization and Rebuilding Global Governance: The Ethical Foundations,” and the Pope focused his message on the theme’s connection to the heart of the Church’s Social Doctrine… Read more »

Love is built in tiny steps, not by the exceptional things – The Archbishop

Mass on the fifth Sunday of Easter

18/05/2025   The Parish Church of St Venera, Santa Venera

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Ġesù jagħtina għażla, imma wkoll sinjal li aħna qed nimxu warajh. Forsi naħsbu li din hi għażla faċli; imma nafu wkoll li din l-għażla li qed jitlobna Ġesù fiha wkoll id-diffikultà tagħha. “Minn dan jagħraf kulħadd li intom dixxipli tiegħi, jiġifieri, jekk ikollkom l-imħabba bejnietkom” (Ġw 13:35). Mhux qed jagħtina kriterju tqil li rridu nkunu bravi, qaddisin, li nkunu studjajna ħafna, li jkollna ħafna għerf ta’ din id-dinja; qed jitlobna l-imħabba… Read more »

The rite for the Inauguration of the Petrine Ministry of Leo XIV

18/05/2025

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

With the Eucharistic celebration taking place on 18 May at 10:00 AM (CET) in St. Peter’s Basilica and Square, the Bishop of Rome, Leo XIV, solemnly begins his Petrine Ministry as the successor of the Apostle Peter and, therefore, as Pastor of the Catholic Church. As explained by the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, the rite features several moments of profound symbolic meaning, including those regarding the ancient episcopal insignia associated with Peter: the Pallium and the Ring of the Fisherman… Read more »

Mass on the Fifth Sunday of Easter – 18th May 2025, 9:30am

18/05/2025   The Santa Venera Parish Church

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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 »