L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Il-kelma li jgħid Ġesù “tiġġudikawx” (Mt 7:1), hi kelma li spiss nisimgħuha. Niftakru meta l-Papa Franġisku kien qal, darba: “Jien min jien biex niġġudika?” – u din daret mad-dinja kollha, qisu mhux l-istess kliem li qal Ġesù! Dan għaliex ħafna drabi, meta nisimgħu dil-kelma, inħalltu l-affarijiet u ma nifhmux sewwa x’qed jgħid Ġesù kif inhu ċar hawnhekk. X’qed jgħid Ġesù, l-ewwel nett, meta jgħidilna ma niġġudikawx?  Qed jgħid li meta aħna nħarsu lejn persuna, u kif din hi quddiem Alla, aħna ma għandniex niġġudikawha jew niġġudikaw il-qalb tagħha, imma għandna nħallu l-ġudizzju f’idejn Alla… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Inġbarna biex nagħtu ġieħ lill-Madonna tal-Ġilju, titlu sabiħ tal-Verġni Mqaddsa Marija, li jeħodna direttament fil-qalba tal-Evanġelju. Il-ġilju mhuwiex fjura qawwija. Ma jiddominax il-pajsaġġ. Ma jimponi ruħu fuq ħadd. U madankollu, is-sbuħija, is-safa u l-fwieħa tiegħu għamluh wieħed mis-simboli l-aktar għeżież fit-tradizzjoni Nisranija.

Meta l-Knisja tqiegħed il-ġilju ma’ Marija, tkun qed tgħidilna xi ħaġa importanti dwar min hi Marija, u dwar min aħna msejħin inkunu… Read more »

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Today is a day of thanksgiving and joy. We gather to celebrate the restoration and inauguration of this small chapel, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the Archbishop’s Palace – a sacred place that has witnessed prayer, silence, and the faithful service of generations.

The Chapel project draws attention to two Bishops of Malta – the Maltese Bishop Baldassare Cagliares, who built the palace and its chapel in 1622, commissioning a little-known but important artist to paint the titular altar painting of The Holy Family with the young St John the Baptist; and the French Bishop Paul Alpheran de Bussan, whose aesthetic sensibilities led him in the 1730s to update the archiepiscopal palace in the High Baroque idiom. 

Through the care and dedication of expert hands and minds, and the patronage of a French donor, Madame Marie-Amèlie Gleizes-Dewavrin – to whom we are so grateful – the beauty of this chapel has been renewed… Read more »