Yearly Archives: 2025

He sets us free – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

27/10/2025   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Int meħlusa” (Lq 13:12). Din il-kelma li jgħid Ġesù llum fl-Evanġelju tagħtina t-tifsira ta’ din il-ġrajja sabiħa rrakkuntata fl-Evanġelju skont San Luqa, ta’ meta Ġesù kien fis-sinagoga. Ħa nħarsu ftit lejn din ix-xena u naraw dak li turina u li tgħallimna għall-ħajja tagħna.

Hawn Ġesù kien qed jgħallem. Imma, f’mument minnhom, għajnejh waqgħu fuq waħda mara li kienet “milwija ħafna” (Lq 13:11), u li kienet tidher li kellha bżonn l-għajnuna… Read more »

Pope: Let us build a humbler, more welcoming Church

Mass for the Jubilee of the Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies

26/10/2025   St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily by Pope Leo XIV

Brothers and Sisters,

As we celebrate the Jubilee of the Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies, we are invited to contemplate and rediscover the mystery of the Church. She is not merely a religious institution, nor is she simply identified with hierarchies and structures. The Second Vatican Council reminds us that the Church is the visible sign of the union between God and humanity, where God intends to bring us all together into one family of brothers and sisters and make us his people: a people made up of beloved children, all united in the one embrace of his love… Read more »

The Pope at Jubilee Audience: Hope is a journey for all humanity

Jubilee Audience

25/10/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis 7. To hope is not to know. Nicola Cusano

“You have reached the goal of your pilgrimage,” Pope Leo told pilgrims at Saturday’s Jubilee Audience, “but now, like the disciples of Jesus, we must learn to dwell in a new world.”

The Holy Father reminded them that “The Jubilee has made us pilgrims of hope precisely for this reason: everything must now be seen in the light of the Crucified One… Read more »

“I cannot remain passive in a society that promotes so many different choices” – Fr Malcolm Saliba

27/10/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Malcolm Saliba qal li nkun dixxiplu jfisser fost l-oħrajn li ma nibqax passiv quddiem soċjetà li tippromovi tant għażliet differenti.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Malcolm Saliba u Abigail Zarb. The Handbook jixxandar kuljum fuq RTK103 fil-05.30, fis-12:40, fis-19.20 u fid-21.30, kif ukoll fuq Facebook permezz tal-paġna The Handbook… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 27th October 2025, 9:30am

27/10/2025   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: 27th October

27/10/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Romans 8:12-17
Psalm: 67 (68):2 & 4,6-7ab,20-21

Gospel: Luke 13:10-17

Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 

When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” 

But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! … Read more »

Working to take care of each other as a living temple – The Archbishop

Mass on the anniversary of the consecration of Ħaż-Żabbar Parish Church

26/10/2025   The Shrine of Our Lady of Graces, Ħaż-Żabbar

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Ġesu juża din l-espressjoni qawwija ħafna meta lil Pietru jikkonfermah fil-fidi li għadu kemm stqarr (ara Mt16: 18-19). Ħa nibdew minn dak li jgħid Pietru: “Inti l-Messija bin Alla l-ħaj” (Mt 16:16). X’qiegħed jgħid Pietru? “Inti dak li konna qed nistennew għal sekli sħaħ; inti risposta għax-xewqat u x-xenqat tagħna. Mhux biss! Imma għax inti “bin Alla l-ħaj” (Mt 16:16) – Alla tal-ħajjin mhux Alla tal-mejtin… Read more »

The Second Maurice Eminyan SJ Lecture on Ecumenism

25/10/2025

The Diocesan Ecumenical Commission is holding the Second Maurice Eminyan SJ Lecture on Ecumenism on Friday 31 October 2025 at 6:30pm, at the Archbihsop’s Curia, Floriana.

This year’s distinguished speaker is Rev. Professor Edward Farrugia SJ from the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He has a long experience in ecumenical relations, especually with the Orthodox Churches.

The theme of the Public Lecture is Shall we ever be united? … Read more »

Sunday Mass – 26th October 2025, 9:30am

26/10/2025   The Parish Church and Sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces, Żabbar

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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 Sunday Gospel: 26th October

26/10/2025

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Sirach 35:12-14,16-18
Psalm: 34(33):2-3,17-18,19,23
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18

Gospel: Luke 18:9-14

Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity–greedy, dishonest, adulterous–or even like this tax collector… Read more »