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…

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…

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…