Archbishop’s Homilies

Are we going to accept this great offering of mercy and love? – The Archbishop on Palm Sunday

  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
  • St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
    25th March 2018

    The account of the passion according to Saint Mark that has just been proclaimed, repeats several times the idea, the concept and the verb of handing over: Judas tries to find the right time to hand over Jesus to the high priest; Pilate, to appease the mob, hands over Jesus for crucifixion; the Lord himself hands himself over to the Father; Joseph of Arimathea asks Pilate to hand over the body of Jesus for burial…

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“Kemm hi sabiħa li aħna l-ulied ikollna l-grazzja nuru l-imħabba tagħna lejn il-ġenituri” – L-Arċisqof f’Jum id-Duluri

  • Knisja ta’ Santa Marija ta’ Ġesù, il-Belt Valletta
    23 ta’ Marzu 2018

    Bir-raġun bħal-lum infakkru din ix-xena fuq il-Kalvarju: ħdejn is-salib ta’ Ġesù kkundannat għall-mewt għaliex ippretenda li jkun is-sultan tal-Lhud; dik kienet il-kundanna: Ġesù ta’ Nażaret Sultan tal-Lhud. Il-kundanna kienet fiha nnifisha umiljazzjoni għaliex is-Sultan tal-Lhud ma kienx fuq tron liebes il-porpra imma kien għeri, imsallab ma’ għuda…

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In Mary we see suffering that is not two thousand years old, but of our time; we remember so many mothers who are worried for their children – The Archbishop

The Archbishop celebrates Mass with students of MCAST on the commemoration of Our Lady of Sorrows

  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
  • MCAST, Paola
    23rd March 2018

    Today’s feast is a devotional one and goes back in time. The Maltese, like other Mediterranean peoples, have treasured this feast since time immemorial and will continue to do so. You might recall that in his commentary on this feast, Oliver Friggieri called it “a truly national feast” because brings so many people together that might be at each other’s throats for the rest of the year, and these days even more because of social media…

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“The family is the true centre of society … We will continue were you started” – The Archbishop during the funeral of Mgr Charles Vella

Il-Quddiesa tal-funeral ta' Mons. Charles Vella, il-fundatur tal-Moviment ta' Kana

  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ San Girgor, Tas-Sliema
    22 ta’ Marzu 2018

    Il-Profeta Ġeremija, li fil-kitba tiegħu fl-Ewwel Qari smajna profezija qawwija, jipprova jfiehem lill-poplu kemm hi importanti l-fedeltà lejn Alla. Bħal ħafna profeti jilmenta li għalkemm il-poplu f’Alla biss sab ħellies, liberatur u redentur, l-istorja tagħhom kienet ukoll immarkata bil-ksur tal-patt: ‘Ħriġtkom mill-art tal-Eġittu, ksirtu l-patt tiegħi’ (ara Ġer 31, 32)…

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“As we prepare for Our Lady of Sorrows and Good Friday, let’s try to find time for confession” – The Archbishop

The Archbishop celebrates mass on the second anniversary from the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Mgr Joseph Mercieca

  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Knisja Parrokkjali, iż-Żejtun
    21 ta’ Marzu 2018

    Fil-ġranet ta’ qabel il-Ġimgħa l-Kbira tisimgħu diversi siltiet mill-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann fejn Ġesù jitkellem mal-kapijiet u jgħidilhom: “Issa qegħdin tfittxu li toqtlu lili” (Ġw 8, 40). Hu, li jagħraf il-qalb, jifhem li s-sejħa tiegħu wkoll li jkun sinjal li jmeruh u għal tliet darbiet lid-dixxipli tiegħu qalilhom: ‘Bin il-bniedem jitla’ Ġerusalemm u jkollu jbati ħafna u saħansitra joqtluh, imma fit-tielet jum iqum” (ara Mt 20, 18-19)…

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“Encourage the people of this village not to follow you, but to follow Jesus” – The Archbishop to the new parish priest of Ħal Kirkop

  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Knisja Parrokkjali,  Ħal Kirkop
    17 ta’ Marzu 2018

    Sa dan il-mument fil-ħajja tiegħu, Ġesù kemm-il darba rrepeta, b’mod speċjali fl-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann, li s-siegħa tiegħu kienet għadha ma waslitx. Niftakru fl-ewwel miraklu li għamel fit-tieġ ta’ Kana meta kważi mġiegħel minn ommu, biex jispjegalha li kien qed iħoss li għadu kmieni, qalilha: “Is-siegħa tiegħi għadha ma waslitx” (Ġw 2, 4)…

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“We have no right over our own life much less over the life of others, from conception to natural death” – The Archbishop

Mass on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Savio College

  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Savio College, Ħad-Dingli
    11 ta’ Marzu 2018

    “Min jagħmel is-sewwa jersaq lejn id-dawl” (Ġw 3, 21). Jiena nixtieqkom tiftakru din il-frażi qasira mill-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann bħala tifsira profonda ta’ dak li qegħdin niċċelebraw illum. Aħna ltqajna biex nirringrazzjaw lil Alla ta’ din l-inizjattiva tas-Salesjani, ulied San Ġwann Bosco, li fetħu dan il-kulleġġ…

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“Ma ninsewx li x-xbieha ħajja ta’ Ġesù tinsab ukoll fil-proxxmu tagħna” – L-Arċisqof waqt il-pellegrinaġġ tar-Redentur fl-Isla

  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Knisja Parrokkjali, l-Isla
    9 ta’ Marzu 2018

    “Araw il-qaddej tiegħi […] jintrefa’, jogħla u jkun ’il fuq minn kulħadd. Bħalma ħafna ndiehxu minnu, għax wiċċu tħassar, donnu ma kienx bniedem, u s-sura tiegħu ma kont tqisha ta’ bniedem, hekk għad jistagħġbu ħafna ġnus minħabba fih” (Is 52, 13-15)…

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“We are brothers and sisters of a different sort” – The Archbishop

Mass on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Gwardamanġa Parish

  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Knisja Parrokkjali tal-Madonna ta’ Fatima, Gwardamanġa
    1 ta’ Frar 2018

    “Xħin daħlu l-belt telgħu fil-kamra ta’ fuq tad-dar fejn kienu joqgħodu” (Atti 1, 13). Dan il-mument fil-ħajja tal-ewwel dixxipli ta’ Ġesù u tal-kulleġġ tal-appostli, li ormaj huwa l-kulleġġ tal-ħdax, kien mument importanti ħafna. Reġgħu lura lejn Ġerusalemm mill-għolja msejħa ‘Taż-Żebbuġ’…

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This Lent should begin within our hearts – The Archbishop

  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
    14 ta’ Frar 2018

    First of all a warm welcome to our English speaking friends. A blessed Lent to you all.

    Fil-bidu ta’ dan l-istaġun solenni, il-Kelma ta’ Alla għandha urġenza partikolari. “Araw, issa hu ż-żmien tajjeb, araw, issa hu jum is-salvazzjoni” (2 Kor 6, 2)…

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