As we conclude a memorable year in the history of Malta, our beloved country and nation, I would like to offer a short reflection on today’s first reading from the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.

The reading is taken from the Book of Numbers (Chapter 6, verses 22-27): “The Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron and his sons, thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, The Lord bless you and keep you: The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you: The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace”…

Familja Inklussiva

Illum, il-Liturġija tal-Knisja Kattolika hija ddedikata għall-Familja Mqaddsa: Ġużeppi, Marija u Ġesù. Il-Vanġeli li jintużaw biex ifakkru din ir-realtà sabiħa huma Vanġeli fejn il-familja Mqaddsa kienet tinsab mhedda jew għaddiet minn xi nkwiet.

Wieħed mill-Vanġeli jfakkarna fil-ħolma li kellu Ġużeppi, li fiha l-anġlu wissieh biex ma jmurx lura Nazaret, imma jmur l-Eġittu biex isalva l-ħajja tat-tarbija li kienet mhedda minn Erodi…

Il-Ħadd 28 ta’ Diċembru 2014
Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana

​Nirringrazzjakom ħafna talli ġejtu biex nawguraw lil xulxin l-isbaħ xewqat f’dan iż-żmien tal-Milied, aħna u nippreparaw biex nibdew sena ċivili ġdida. 

Nixtieq naqsam magħkom ħsieb żgħir li nixtieq noffrih għal kull wieħed u waħda minna, nibda minni nniffsi. Dan li se nitlob ma jiġix mill-kapaċitajiet tagħna, imma huwa frott talgħajnuna li jagħtina Alla: Ejjew nitolbu lill-Mulej biex f’din is-sena l-ġdida nkunu preżenza sabiħa, qawwija u ta’ servizz fis-soċjetà Maltija…

I invite you to the live crib which the residents of Lija organize annually. From this place, I would like to reflect upon the grotto at Bethlehem, the stable which was the birthplace of the Son of God made man, Jesus of Nazareth.

The stable brings to mind the fact that the family of Nazareth, upon its arrival in Bethlehem, did not find a room at an inn.  The Gospel tells us: “he came to that which was his own but his own did not receive him” (Jn 1:11)…

Il-Palazz tal-President, Il-Belt Valletta
20 ta’ Diċembru 2014

Eċċellenza President ta’ Malta,
Onorevoli Prim Ministru,
Onorevoli Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni,

Huwa privileġġ għalija li nindirizza lill-Pajjiż fil-bidu tal-istaġun sabiħ tal-Milied.

L-ewwel ħsieb tiegħi huwa appell biex dan il-Milied ngħixuh flimkien bħala familja waħda. Il-familja ma jkollhiex biss mumenti sbieh, imma jkollha wkoll mumenti diffiċli…

Il-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta kienet taħt id-direzzjoni tas-Surmast il-Maġġur John Ivan Borg, u daqqet kompożizzjoni li nkitbet għall-okkażjoni bl-isem: ISPIRAZZJONI DIVINA, kitba ta’ Sunny Aquilina, muzika ta’ Mro Ray Sciberras…

I greet you, people of God of the beloved Diocese of Malta, at the beginning of Advent 2014.  As the Apostolic Administrator of Malta, until a new Archbishop is appointed, it is my privilege to address you at the onset of this important season which prepares us for the great feast of Christmas, the celebration of the birth of the infant Jesus…

Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
24 ta’ Novembru 2014

“Arawni, hekk jien se nfittex in-ngħaġ tiegħi u nieħu ħsiebhom”. Din hija l-kelma tal-Mulej li smajna llum mill-Profeta Eżekjel.

Eċċellenza President ta’ Malta, Sur Preca, Eminenza, Eċċellenza, sħabi Isqfijiet,
Illum aħna xhieda ta’ kemm din il-kelma tal-Mulej ma tonqosx. ”Jiena se nfittex in-ngħaġ tiegħi u nieħu ħsiebhom.” Il-Mulej jagħmel kollox biex jiltaqa’ magħna fit-triq tal-ħajja tagħna, u ma jħalliniex waħedna, jieħu ħsiebna…

Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
9 ta’ Novembru 2014

Your Excellency,
Brothers and Sisters,

We are gathered here today, as is customary every year on Remembrance Day, to commemorate the victims of the two World Wars, which, as we all know, were great tragedies.  The theologian Karl Rahner once wrote “the memory is the faculty to forget”…

25 ta’ Ottubru 2014
Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù

Grazzi ta’ din il-preżentazzjoni tal-‘Code of Ethics for Volunteers and Voluntary Organisations of the Archdiocese of Malta’. Naħseb li fil-futur qarib ikollna wkoll verżjoni bil-Malti ta’ dan id-dokument, imma l-iżjed ħaġa importanti li għandna quddiemna hija li noħolqu l-kultura li fiha nkunu nistgħu nħaddmu dan il-Kodiċi ta’ Etika…