Some of the participants at The Good Neighbourhood Dinner, organised last June by the Archdiocese of Malta with the aim of encouraging a society that embraces diversity. Message by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

A remark by former minister Tonio Borg, who kindly wrote the foreword to my book ‘Religion and the 1921 Malta Constitution’, caused a ripple of laughter at the launch of the publication last week after he quoted s.2(2) of our Constitution, which states “the authorities of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church have the duty and the right to teach which principles are right and which are wrong”… Read more »

Nhar it-Tnejn 4 ta’ Novembru ta l-Ministeru tal-Akkolitat lil tliet seminaristi fis-seminajru tal-Arċisqof, Tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat. It-tliet seminaristi kienu Joshua Cortis mill-Parroċċa ta’ San Gejtanu l-Ħamrun u Roderick Baldacchino u Jean-Claude Schembri mill-Parroċċa taż-Żejtun.

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

Għeżież intom u tirċievu l-ministeru tal-Akkolitat, il-Knisja qiegħda tistedinkom biex titgħallmu tħejju l-mejda għażiża tal-Ewkaristija.

Ġesù meta indirizzana, u dan il-kliem għażiż qalu fl-aħħar ikla tiegħu mad-dixxipli, qalilna: “Ma nsejħilkomx qaddejja, insejħilkom ħbieb, għax kulma smajt mingħand Missieri, għarraftulkom” (Ġw 15:15)… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

Ftit tal-ġimgħat ilu qrajna kapitlu sabiħ minn dan l-istess Evanġelju, mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa, il-kapitlu 15 li fih Ġesù jagħtina tliet parabboli dwar il-ħniena: ir-ragħaj li ntilfitlu nagħġa u mar ifittixha, il-mara armla li ntilfitilha munita prezzjuża ħafna (drakma) u qagħdet tfittixha mad-dar kollha, u l-missier li kellu żewġ ulied u wieħed minnhom telaq.

It-tliet parabboli għandhom xi ħaġa in komuni; Ġesù fit-tliet parabboli jitkellem fuq xi ħaġa jew xi ħadd li ntilef, instab u mbagħad issir festa kbira… Read more »

Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

First of all I would like to extend a cordial welcome to our friends from abroad. Welcome to this celebration of All Hallows, all Saints in this extraordinary cathedral that is an icon for European Union.

Today the Lord talks to us about blessedness. Blessed are the meek, blessed are the peacemakers, blessed are those who are persecuted (cf Mt 5: 5.9.10) and we rely on the intercession of so many friends who were blessed through the grace of discipleship and were also endowed with the gifts of mercy… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

It-talba li aħna ntennu diversi drabi f’dan il-jum għażiż u kull meta niftakru f’ħutna l-mejtin, hija talba li ħafna drabi tfakkarna fid-destin tagħna għax aħna nitolbu: “Agħtihom, o Mulej, il-mistrieħ ta’ dejjem, id-dawl ta’ dejjem jiddi fuqhom, jistrieħu fis-sliem”.

L-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna (Mt 5:1-12), l-Evanġelju li Ġesù jħabbar lill-folol minn fuq il-muntanja qaddisa tal-Beatitudnijiet li tħares lejn il-medda ta’ baħar li huwa l-Baħar ta’ Tiberijade, titkellem fuq hena li tibda minn din il-ħajja… Read more »

It is so beautiful to hear the Word of God in its original language because as you know the New Testament was written in Greek and it had such a lovely sound and it is such an extraordinary experience to be with you today in this island visited by the holy apostle Paul as was Greece so many times. This apostle unites us because our lands, Malta and Greece, were blessed by his visit as appostle… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

“Mhux ħlief dar Alla u dan bieb is-smewwiet”. Aħna u nikkonsagraw l-Knisja ż-Żgħira kif nafuha, it-talba tagħna hija li aħna nkomplu nikbru bħala l-poplu ta’ Alla. Jekk inti tfittex id-dar ta’ Alla, tħarisx lejn ġebel, ħares lejn il-poplu ta’ Alla.

Kif għidna fil-barka sabiħa qabel raxxaxna l-ilma mbierek fuqna, bil-Magħmudija aħna sirna t-tempju ta’ Alla, personalment u bħala komunità… Read more »