Kappella tal-Isptar Mater Dei, Tal-Qroqq
8 ta’ April 2018

“Rajna lill-Mulej” (Ġw 20, 25).  Hekk qalu d-dixxipli lil Tumas it-Tewmi, li ma kienx magħhom meta fil-jum tal-Għid, fil-jum tal-irxoxt tiegħu ġie f’nofshom. “Rajna lill-Mulej”.

Ir-risposta tiegħu kienet risposta li baqgħet magħrufa u famuża: “Jekk ma narax f’idejh il-marka tal-imsiemer u ma nqigħedx sebgħi fuq il-marka tal-imsiemer u idi fuq ġenbu, jiena ma nemminx” (v…

Santwarju tal-Ħniena Divina, San Pawl tat-Tarġa, in-Naxxar
8 ta’ April 2018

Kif tafu lkoll, l-ikona li rrakkontat Santa Fawstina Kowalska fl-esperjenzi mistiċi li kellha u li laqqgħuha ma’ Ġesù u l-ħniena divina tiegħu, fir-rakkonti tagħha, tgħid li mill-Qalb ta’ Ġesù kienu joħorġu raġġi li jfakkruna fl-ilma u d-demm li ħarġu mill-kustat tiegħu…

Il-Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina
8 ta’ April 2018

L-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna jgħaqqad il-Ħadd tal-Għid ma’ dak li ġara tmint ijiem wara bħal-lum. Qegħdin niċċelebraw dan il-Ħadd bħala l-Ħadd tal-Ħniena Divina għaliex Ħadd fuq l-Għid, fit-tieni Ħadd tal-Għid, meta l-imgħammdin il-ġodda għall-ewwel darba jmorru għall-Ewkaristija tal-Ħadd bħala membri sħaħ tal-komunità, minn dejjem jinqara l-Evanġelju fejn il-Mulej jagħti l-aqwa don lid-dixxipli tiegħu: “Il-paċi magħkom, is-sliem għalikom” (Ġw 20, 19)…

Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu, il-Belt Valletta
4 ta’ April 2018

Iż-żewġ dixxipli dakinhar tal-ewwel jum tal-ġimgħa, telqu minn Ġerusalemm imnikkta. Niket, bluha u ebusija tal-qalb huma sentimenti li kienu qegħdin itaqqlu lil Kleofa u lil sieħbu. Kienu raw lil Ġesù jmut fuq is-salib, kienu wkoll semgħu bl-aħbar tal-irxoxt tiegħu, imma kien hemm xi ħaġa li ttaqqalhom, kien hemm għamat fuq qalbhom u ddeċidew li jitilqu minn Ġerusalmem u jmorru lejn ir-raħal ta’ Għemmaws…

St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
1st April 2018

The Gospel of Mark is the shortest of the Gospels; it has sixteen chapters and it doesn’t really waste a lot of parchment. It does not include any narrative of the birth of Jesus and it starts immediately with the announcement of the Kingdom and the Baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan by John the Baptist, to whom this co cathedral is dedicated

One of the most graphic images towards the beginning of the Gospel of Mark is the constant conflict and struggle between Jesus and the devil…

Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ has as many fans as it has detractors. It was a controversial film that was seen by millions but that also created huge reactions. I remember Franco Zeffirelli criticising how violent the film was. But one thing that struck me in the film is a scene where Jesus is given the cross to carry, and a close-up of the face of Jesus follows with his words: “Behold I am making all things new”…

Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
31 ta’ Marzu 2018

“Daħlu fil-qabar, u raw żagħżugħ bilqiegħda n-naħa tal-lemin, liebes libsa bajda” (Mk 16, 5). In-nisa twajba: Marija ta’ Magdala, Marija omm Ġakbu u Salomi, ma kinux qed jistennew din il-laqgħa ma’ raġel żagħżugħ.

Hekk kif sebaħ l-ewwel jum tal-ġimgħa, wara li kien għadda Sibt il-Għid, kienu qed jistennew li jaraw qabar b’ġebla kbira tgħattih u kellhom din il-problema: ‘Min se jgerrbilna l-ġebla mid-daħla tal-qabar?’ (v…

St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
30th March 2018

“Whom are you looking for?” (Jn 18,4). This is the question that Jesus put to the rabble that went to the Garden of Gethsemane to arrest him. “Whom are you looking for?”

Christ also asks us this question whenever we doubt him, whenever we are scandalized by his holy cross, whenever we imagine him as Deus ex machina, as God who fulfils our every need and who can be bought by a candle or by a bouquet or by a solemn promise or pledge…