Archbishop’s Homilies

“Let us adore Jesus Christ who showed us his true identity on the Cross” – The Archbishop on Good Friday

The Archbishop leads the Liturgical Action of the Passion and Death of Our Lord

31/03/2018
  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • 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…

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“Nitolbu li l-qalb ta’ kull Nisrani tirtab” – L-Arċisqof f’Ħamis ix-Xirka

L-Arċisqof jiċċelebra t-Tifkira Solenni tal-Ikla tal-Mulej bil-ħasil tar-riġlejn f'Ħamis ix-Xirka

30/03/2018
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

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

    “Mulej, mhux saqajja biss, imma jdejja u rasi wkoll” (Ġw 13, 9). Dawn il-kliem qalhom Xmun Pietru, maħsud u skandalizzat li l-Imgħallem u l-Mulej beda jaħsel saqajn id-dixxipli, ġest li kien riservat għall-iskjavi tal-familja li kelhom id-dover li, meta jiġu l-mistednin għall-ikel, l-ewwel ħaġa jaħslulhom saqajhom biex ikunu jistgħu jistrieħu komdi fuq id-divani għall-mejda tal-ikel…

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“We pray forgiveness for all our betrayals”- The Archbishop

The Archbishop celebrates Mass with the cloistered nuns of the Holy Mother of God, ir-Rabat

29/03/2018
  • Homily by Achbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • Monastery of The Mother of God
    28th March 2018

    “They gave him thirty pieces of silver and from that time on he looks for an opportunity to hand him over (Mt 26, 15-16). The Lord himself tells his twelve: “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me […]…

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“Aħna mibgħuta fid-dinja biex inkunu dawl u ħmira bħal kull Nisrani” – L-Arċisqof lis-saċerdoti f’Ħamis ix-Xirka

L-Arċisqof jiċċelebra l-Quddiesa taż-Żjut f'Ħamis ix-Xirka

29/03/2018
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

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

    “L-Ispirtu tal-Mulej fuqi għaliex il-Mulej ikkonsagrani” (Is 61, 1). Din il-frażi għażiża tħabbritilna llum fl-Ewwel Qari u Ġesù stess jagħżilha f’Nazaret biex jipproklama u jħabbar il-programm messjaniku tiegħu. “Tawh f’idejh il-ktieb ta’ Isaija l-profeta, fetħu u sab fejn kien hemm miktub dan li ġej: ‘L-ispirtu tal-Mulej fuqi għax hu kkonsagrani’” (Lq 4, 17-18)…

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“Let us continue to pray for our youth” – The Archbishop

The Archbishop's message for the 2018 Diocesan Way of the Cross

29/03/2018
  • L-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Il-Belt Valletta
    28 ta’ Marzu 2018

    Nirringrazzjakom tal-preżenza tagħkom illejla u nixtieq li nkomplu nitolbu għaż-żgħażagħ tagħna, mhux biss għal dawk li l-Mulej qiegħed isejjaħ għas-saċerdozju u għall-ħajja reliġjuża, imma wkoll għaż-żgħażagħ kollha, b’mod specjali dawk li qegħdin f’xi mument partikolari tal-ħajja tagħhom. Niftakar f’dawk li qegħdin iħejju għall-eżamijiet, dawk li qegħdin f’xi faċilità korrettiva, dawk li qegħdin f’xi faċilità ta’ rijabilitazzjoni mid-droga jew dipendenzi oħrajn, dawk li qegħdin l-isptar għall-kura, iż-żgħażagħ tagħna fl-iskejjel, fil-postijiet ta’ divertiment, fil-familji tagħna…

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

25/03/2018
  • 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

24/03/2018

  • 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

24/03/2018
  • 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

22/03/2018
  • 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

22/03/2018
  • 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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