Yearly Archives: 2025

Angelus: Pope calls for healthcare systems that prioritise poorest

06/04/2025

Pope Francis greets the faithful after Mass  (VATICAN MEDIA Divisione Foto)

Dear brothers and sisters,

The Gospel of this fifth Sunday of Lent presents to us the episode of the woman caught in adultery (Jn 8:1-11). While the scribes and the pharisees want to stone her, Jesus restores the lost beauty to this woman. She has fallen in the dust; Jesus passes his finger on this dust and writes a new story for her… Read more »

Wiċċ imb Wiċċ: Society of Christian Doctrine organises Lenten celebration

07/04/2025

On Saturday, 5th April 2025, the SDC Candidates organised a Lenten celebration at the DĦS Conference Centre, themed Wiċċ imb Wiċċ (Face to Face). For this event, the candidates invited their families to pause and reflect on the reality that one day we shall encounter Jesus face to face.

During the celebration, those present participated in three stations, each offering the opportunity to reflect on a character who encountered Jesus during the Passion narrative… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 7th April 2025, 9:30am

07/04/2025   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: 7th April

07/04/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Daniel 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62
Psalm: 22 (23):1-3a,3b-4,5,6

Gospel: John 8:12-20

Jesus spoke to them again, saying, «I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.» So the Pharisees said to him, “You testify on your own behalf, so your testimony cannot be verified.”

Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I do testify on my own behalf, my testimony can be verified, because I know where I came from and where I am going… Read more »

The best renewal starts from people’s heart – The Archbishop

Mass on the fifth Sunday of Lent

06/04/2025   The Parish Church of Stella Maris, Tas-Sliema

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Arawni, sejjer nagħmel ħaġa ġdida, feġġet issa; għadkom ma ttendejtux? (Iż 44:19) Din il-mistoqsija tal-Profeta Iżaija, tagħtina ċavetta biex nifhmu dak li għamel Ġesù llum. F’dan il-ġojjel, fl-ewwel 11-il vers mill-kapitlu 8, uniku għall-Evanġelju ta’ Ġwanni; li l-istudjużi jgħidulna, li l-komunità Nisranija fl-ewwel sekli, kienet taf bih dan l-inċident ta’ Ġesù, u kienet l-insistenza tal-komunità, li jidħol f’wieħed mill-Evanġelji.

Għaliex il-komunità Nisranija, fehmet li din il-laqgħa ta’ Ġesù mal-adultera, kellha messaġġ qawwi u importanti? … Read more »

With wisdom and courage – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

04/04/2025   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Kienu qegħdin ifittxu li joqtluh” (Ġw 7:1.25). Għal darbtejn, f’din is-silta qasira, nisimgħu li kien hemm min lil Ġesù kien qed ifittex li joqtlu. U aktar ’il quddiem jgħid li “fittxew jaqbduh” (Ġw 7:30). Fil-fatt, hawnhekk Ġesu qiegħed qalb nies li wħud minnhom aċċettawh, u wħud minnhom irrifjutawh. F’dal-kapitlu sebgħa ta’ San Ġwann, hemm ideat differenti fuq Ġesù. Hemm min jgħid li hu raġel tajjeb, hemm min jgħid li qed iwassal tagħlim tajjeb, hemm min jgħid li jrid iqarraq… Read more »

Mass on the Fifth Sunday of Lent – 6th April 2025, 9:30am

06/04/2025   Stella Maris Church, Sliema

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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: 6th April

06/04/2025

Fifth Sunday of Lent
Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 43:16-21
Psalm: 125 (126):1-2ab,2cd-3,4-5,6
Second Reading: Philippians 3:8-14

Gospel: John 8:1-11

Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women… Read more »

Various factors delay restoration of Siġġiewi’s Annunciation Chapel

Project deadline extended to July, but further extension likely

05/04/2025

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Knisja.mt

The restoration of Annunication Chapel – the chapel next to the Laferla Cross in the limits of Siġġiewi – has missed its October 2024 deadline due to various factors, including structural problems which were only revealed when restoration works began, Parliament was told on Tuesday.

The government and the Archdiocese of Malta had reached an agreement to restore the historic church to save it from collapse… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 5th April 2025, 9:30am

05/04/2025   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 »