Archbishop’s Homilies

We need to keep passing on the blessed heritage of our faith and of our values – The Archbishop at Malta Day UK in London

Quddiesa fil-Katidral ta' Westminster f'Londra, fl-okkażjoni tal-Malta Day UK 2017

10/09/2017
  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • Westminster Cathedral, London

    9th September 2017

    On the 7th of September 1565 the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Rhodes realised that the horrible Great Siege had finally been lifted. The Ottoman galleons were on their way back to say that they didn’t manage to find the islands of Malta…

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“Europe is once again going through the scourge of unbridled nationalism” – The Archbishop on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Pontifical Mass at St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta.

08/09/2017
  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • St John’s Co-Cathedral

    8th September 2017

    “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose” (cf. Rom 8,28). In this first verse from the Reading just proclaimed from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans, chapter 8, we find several important verbs that underline the significance of today’s feast, the nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that is, love, work for the common good, and the call for the providence of the Lord. 

    We are rejoicing today because at dawn, the aurora broke into the darkness of the history of humanity…

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“We cannot forget the sieges that are trying us today: drug addiction and prostitution” – The Archbishop on the eve of the Feast of the ‘Bambina’ in Senglea

Pontifical Mass on the eve of the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the Senglea Basilica.

08/09/2017
  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

    Collegiate Basilica of Our Lady of Victories, Senglea

    7th September 2017

    We are today commemorating the birth of a woman. It was a pleasure for me to listen to the report of the speech delivered by Carmen Sammut, the Pro-Rector of the University, to mark the 8th September commemoration of Victory Day, of the Bambina…

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“Children will always be a gift, never a right or a commodity” – The Archbishop in Naxxar

The concluding Mass of the novena of the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady in Naxxar Church

07/09/2017
  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

    Archipretal Church of Naxxar

    6th September 2017

    Above the titular painting of the old, archipretal parish, we find this inscription in Latin: quasi aurora consurgens. These words remind us of one of the earliest hymns that celebrate the nativity of the Mother of our Saviour…

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“There are human activities under the guise of hobbies, sport, and progress, that destroy creation on a whim and with abandon” – The Archbishop at the beginning of the Month of Creation

Quddiesa organizzata mill-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent u Nature Trust Malta fl-okkażjoni tax-Xahar tal-Ħolqien

03/09/2017
  • L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

    Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta

    2 ta’ Settembru 2017

    “Xi jkun jiswielu l-bniedem jekk jikseb id-dinja kollha imbagħad jitlef ħajtu? Jew xi prezz se jagħti l-bniedem biex isalva ħajtu?” (Mt 16, 26). Din id-domanda li għamel Ġesù nistgħu nifhmuha u ngħixuha fuq diversi livelli. Ħafna drabi, l-ewwel interpretazzjoni li tingħatalha hi li t-telfien tal-ħajja huwa dak li jwassal għat-telfien ta’ dejjem…

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“When faced with the destruction of death, Santa Marija fills us with courage” – The Archbishop during the feast in Ħad-Dingli

23/08/2017
  • L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna  

    Knisja Arċipretali ta’ Ħad-Dingli

    20 ta’ Awwissu 2017

    Nixtieq nirringrazzja lill-Arċipriet tal-istedina biex inkun magħkom illum f’dan il-jum sabiħ tal-festa. Nixtieq ukoll nirringrazzja lil kull wieħed u waħda minnkom talli ġejtu dalgħodu. Hija ħaġa sabiħa li bħalma qegħdin nagħmlu, l-festa nibdewha billi niċċelebraw flimkien l-Ewkaristija. Insellem b’mod speċjali l-Onor…

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“If there ever was a woman who understood the cruel destiny of our brothers and sisters waiting on Libya’s shores, that woman is Mary” – The Archbishop on the feast of Stella Maris

21/08/2017
  • L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Stella Maris, Tas-Sliema

    19 ta’ Awwissu 2017

    Fil-bidu ta’ din il-quddiesa rringrazzjajna lill-Mulej talli ried li Marija, l-Omm qaddisa ta’ Ibnu, tissejjah il-Kewkba tal-Baħar. Irringrazzjajnih talli għażilha biex tkun l-għajnuna tagħna f’dan il-mewġ tal-ħajja li fih nitħabtu.

    It-talba stess turina li t-tema tal-baħar u l-kewkba fis-sema huma sinjali li għandhom tifsira mhux biss profonda imma anke attwali…

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“Today on the Assumption of Mary we see the glory of the Lord and believe in him” – The Archbishop on the feast of Our Lady

Quddiesa Pontifikali fil-Knisja Arċipretali tal-Mosta fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ Sidtna Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema

15/08/2017

  • It-Tlieta, 15 ta’ Awwissu 2017, fuq stedina tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, in-Nunzju Appostoliku l-ġdid, l-E.T. Mons. Alessandro D’Errico, mexxa Quddiesa Pontifikali fil-Knisja Arċipretali tal-Mosta fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ Sidtna Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema. Il-Quddiesa kienet ikkonċelebrata mill-Arċisqof, il-Vigarju Ġenerali Mons. Joe Galea Curmi, u numru ta’ saċerdoti. Din kienet l-ewwel okkażjoni għan-Nunzju Appostoliku biex jiltaqa’ mal-Insara Maltin.

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I would like the Church in Malta to work together with the State for the common good – The Archbishop

Feast of St Lawrence

11/08/2017

  • L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Knisja ta’ San Lawrenz, il-Birgu

    10 ta’ Awwissu 2017

    Bħalma hu miktub: “huwa qassam bil-kotra u ta lill-foqra; il-ġustizzja tiegħu tibqa’ għal dejjem” (S 111, 9). Dan il-kliem mis-Salm jirrepetih l-appostlu Missierna (2Kor 9, 9) u dan il-kliem joqgħod tajjeb għall-qaddis levita martri Lawrenz…

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“Let us pray for those who would rather have the Church bound by chains of silence because they despise what the Church is saying” – The Archbishop

Mass on the occasion of the 1950th anniversary of the martyrdom of St Peter the Apostle

06/08/2017
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    L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Birżebbuġa

    2 ta’ Awwissu 2017

    “Int Xmun bin Ġwanni”. Fl-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann din l-espressjoni ta’ Ġesù nsibuha fil-bidu ta’ dan l-episodju li għadna kemm smajna u li qara Fr John Berry, u lejn l-aħħar tal-Evanġelju meta Ġesù jgħid lil Pietru, “Xmun, Bin Ġwanni, tħobbni inti?” (Ġw 21, 15)…

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