Yearly Archives: 2026

An enrichment to our ecclesial life – Bishop Galea-Curmi

A cultural event on the feast of St Thomas by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Community in Malta

04/07/2026   St Joseph School, Blata l-Bajda

Message by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Your Eminence Cardinal George, dear Fr Matthew, dear brothers and sisters of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Community,

On the joyful occasion of the feast of your Patron, St Thomas the Apostle, I extend to each one of you my heartfelt greetings and prayerful best wishes, on behalf of the Church in Malta.

St Thomas, who journeyed to India to proclaim the Risen Lord, reminds us that faith is not the absence of questions but the courage to encounter Christ and to proclaim him with conviction… Read more »

COMECE publishes contribution to the future European Security Strategy

06/07/2026

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) today, Thursday, 2 July 2026, publishes its contribution entitled “A European Security Strategy at the service of peace”, as the European Union prepares its new Security Strategy.

Drawing on the Catholic Church’s social teaching and the European Union’s founding vocation as a project of peace, the document offers reflections on the current debate on European security and defence… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 6th July 2026, 9:30am

06/07/2026   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: 6th July

06/07/2026

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hosea 2:16,17b-18,21-22
Psalm: 144 (145):2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9

Gospel: Matthew 9:18-26

While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, “My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.” Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples.

A woman suffering haemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel on his cloak… Read more »

The one who wanted proof, gave the best proof – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

03/07/2026   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Mulej tiegħi, u Alla tiegħi” (Ġw 20:28). Din hija talba li ħafna minna ngħidu fil-quddiesa proprju fil-mument tal-konsagrazzjoni, meta l-ħobż jinbidel fil-ġisem ta’ Ġesù, u l-inbid fid-demm ta’ Ġesù. Dak il-ħin ngħidu din it-talba: “Mulej tiegħi u Alla tiegħi”. Hija talba li għandha l-oriġini tagħha f’dak li smajna llum fl-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann, li qalha San Tumas l-Appostlu. Hija l-iktar stqarrija qawwija ta’ fidi li hemm, fil-fatt, fl-Evanġelju… Read more »

You won’t be alone if you take up Jesus’ yoke – the Archbishop

05/07/2026   The Archbishop's Palace Chapel, Mdina

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Nistgħu ngħidu li f’din is-silta qasira, mill-kapitlu 11 ta’ San Mattew, Ġesù proprju jiftaħ qalbu għax jispjegalna min hu tassew. Kif nafu l-kelma ‘qalb’, anke fil-lingwa tagħna, meta ngħidu: ‘kemm għandu qalbu tajba’, ‘kemm għandu qalbu ħelwa’; qed nirreferu għall-personalità ta’ dak li jkun.

Fl-Iskrittura u fid-dinja semitika l-qalb hija l-personalità, l-identità ta’ dak li jkun. U Ġesù jiddeskrivi lilu nnifsu bħala “ta’ qalb ħelwa u umli” (Mt 11:29)… Read more »

My Lord and my God! – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

Mass on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Dun Filippu Borgia Society

03/07/2026   St. Helen's Basilica, Birkirkara

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Faħħru l-Mulej, ġnus kollha, sebbħuh, popli kollha” (Salm 117:1). Hekk tlabna fis-salm f’din il-ġurnata ta’ grazzja meta, mal-Knisja fid-dinja kollha, qed niċċelebraw il-festa ta’ San Tumas Appostlu. Fl-istess waqt din il-komunità f’B’kara qed tagħti ħajr lil Alla għal disgħin sena mit-twaqqif tas-Soċjetà Dun Filippu Borgia. Żewġ okkażjonijiet li jidhru differenti, iżda li għandu jkollhom ħaġa waħda komuni: il-fidi li ssir xhieda… Read more »

Sunday Mass – 5th July 2026, 9:30am

05/07/2026   The Archbishop's Palace Chapel, Mdina

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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 Sunday Gospel: 5th July

05/07/2026

The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Zechariah 9:9-10
Psalm: 144 (145):1-2,8-9,10-11,13cd-14
Second Reading: Romans 8:9,11-13

Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30

At that time Jesus exclaimed, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will… Read more »

Pope in Lampedusa: Faced with enormous suffering, we must radically respond

Papal Mass, pastoral visit of His Holiness the Pope

04/07/2026   Arena Sports Field in Salina, Lampedusa

Homily by Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

God always loves us first. The beauty of the sea, this island and your faces is a reflection of his gratuitous initiative: love precedes us, surrounds us and brings us together. I am grateful to the Lord for the opportunity to visit you, following in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who chose to travel to Lampedusa on 8 July 2013 for his first trip as the Successor of Peter… Read more »