Archbishop’s Homilies

Jesus laid down his life to protect and nurture us – The Archbishop

Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Easter and World Vocations Day, for the repose of the soul of Mgr Arthur Said Pullicino

  The Chapel of the Centre for Vocations, the Archbishop's Seminary, Tal-Virtù, Rabat

Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

Reading the Gospel of St John chapter 10, we are used to hear Jesus calling himself the Good Shepherd. In the first 10 verses of the same chapter, however Jesus insists that he is also the gate of the sheepfold.

And if you understand what the sheepfold used to be in Jesus’ time, you would understand that the gate or the door he refers to, is actually an interval between stones where sheep could actually go in and come out and at night when the shepherd needed to protect the sheep in the sheepfold, he would stand in that interval, in that space between the rock, between this sort of space created in the wall and he would become the door physically, personally, directly… Read more »

Jesus’ teachings are relevant to see him in our neighbours – The Archbishop

Mass on the feast of Pope Saint Pius V

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

F’din is-silta mill-kapitlu 6 ta’ San Ġwann, il-Mulej jinsisti fuq żewġ affarijiet importanti ħafna.

L-ewwel nett l-effett tal-preżenza u t-tagħlim tiegħu ma jiqfux fuq din l-art. Ħafna drabi aħna nidħlu fit-tentazzjoni li nirriduċu t-tagħlim ta’ Ġesù għal dimensjoni li tispiċċa u ssib il-milja tagħha fuq din l-art. It-tagħlim ta’ Ġesù huwa rilevanti ħafna biex ngħixu ħajja ta’ nies, biex naraw lilu fil-proxxmu u fuq dan se jiġġudikana… Read more »

Visions add nothing to what the Lord wants to reveal to us – The Archbishop

Mass offered for those who lack the basic necessities of life and for those single parents who are raising their children alone

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Naqsam magħkom żewġ ħsibijiet ispirati minn din is-silta mill-kapitlu 6 ta’ San Ġwann li qegħdin naqraw biċċa biċċa f’dawn il-jiem.

Ġesu jintroduċi lilu nnifsu bħala l-ħobż “li jinżel mis-sema u jagħti l-ħajja lid-dinja” (Ġw 6:33) u jgħid ukoll li dan il-ħobż, hu nnifsu, huwa mibgħut mill-Missier. “Jien hu l-ħobż tal-ħajja” (Ġw 6:35). ’Il quddiem għarfu kif Ġesù jieħu din it-tema tal-ħobż u biha jgħallimna nafdaw fih, infittxuh biex ikollna ħajja tajba f’din l-art u anke fl-eternità… Read more »

The Lord will not abandon us – The Archbishop

Mass on the Third Sunday of Easter

  The Church of St Francis of Assisi, Ħamrun

Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

In this extraordinary reading from the Gospel of St Luke we meet Jesus Christ who ‘breaks’ the Scriptures open for us, and he also breaks the bread. In fact the narrative that Luke gives us in Chapter 24 corresponds to the structure of our meeting every Sunday. The Lord finds us wherever we are on our way. He joins us and we join him… Read more »

Our Baptism: a spirit of forgiveness, reconciliation and love – The Archbishop

Mass offered to pregnant women and all those that gave birth in the past few weeks

  Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

F’dan id-djalogu ma’ Nikodemu l-Mulej jibda jgħallem lid-dixxipli tiegħu b’mod speċjali lil dan l-għaref tal-Liġi, it-tifsira profonda tal-Magħmudija li aħna l-Insara rċevejna u li nġeddu kull sena fil-lejl qaddis tal-Għid.

Ġesù jsejjaħ il-Magħmudija bħala t-twelid ġdid mill-ilma u l-ispirtu (Ġw 3:5). F’dawn il-ġranet ħafna jitkellmu dwar bidu ġdid. Donnu d-dinja li konna nafu sa ftit ġimgħat ilu waqfet u għandha bżonn terġa’ tibda u x-xewqa tagħna hija li meta tibda tkun ftit differenti… Read more »

The Lord is inviting us to truth which is not against the natural sciences but goes beyond – The Archbishop

Mass of the second Sunday of Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday

  The Church of St Francis of Assisi, Ħamrun

Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

“Bring your hand and put it in my side and do not be unbelieving but believe” (Jn 20: 27). These words were addressed by Jesus to Thomas a week after Easter. Thomas had insisted that he had to have evidence of the identity of Jesus and of his resurrection. In fact he insisted with the disciples of Jesus: “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe” (Jn 20:25)… Read more »

Message by Archbishop Charles Scicluna on the 30th month since the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia

Il-tagħlim soċjali tal-Knisja jfakkarna illi l-paċi hija msejsa fuq il-verità, ġustizzja, libertà u mħabba. Dawn l-erba’ valuri huma l-pedament u jiddependu minn xulxin, kull wieħed minnhom huwa essenzjali; komunità ma tistax tkun verament fil-paċi jekk imqar waħda minnhom tkun nieqsa jew imwarrba.

Wara 30 xahar mill-assassinju tal-ġurnalista Daphne Caruana Galizia għadna nistennew il-verità kollha dwar il-komplott wara l-assassinju tagħha u għadna nistennew li ssir ġustizzja magħha, mal-familja tagħha u magħna lkoll għax l-assassinju tagħha kien ukoll attakk premeditat fuq is-soċjetà tagħna… Read more »

Do those we meet recognise the peace of Jesus within us? – The Archbishop

Mass with prayers for the Lord to strengthen our faith in today's circumstances

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Fl-ewwel jum tal-ġimgħa dakinhar tal-irxoxt, wara li d-dixxipli ta’ Għemmaws kienu rritornaw lejn sħabhom u tgħarrfu lill-oħrajn x’kien ġralhom u kif għarfu lil Ġesù fil-qsim tal-ħobż, Ġesù nnifsu jieqaf f’nofs id-dixxipli tiegħu u jagħtihom l-ikbar tislima: “Is-sliem għalikom” (Lq 24:36) jew inkella, kif nafuha u kif nużaw ukoll fil-Liturġija: il-Paċi Magħkom. Din hija t-tislima ta’ Kristu rxoxt, it-tislima li biha l-isqof fl-Ewkaristija jsellem lil poplu ta’ Alla għax hija t-tislima ta’ Ġesù stess… Read more »

In every Mass we allow the Lord to open our hearts to the Scriptures – The Archbishop

Mass on the feast of St Gregory

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Dan ir-rakkont sabiħ, aħna nafuh bħala r-rakkont tad-dixxipli ta’ Għemmaws,  jagħti l-istruttura ta’ dak kollu li aħna niċċelebraw meta nfakkru bil-qima l-mewt u l-qawmien ta’ Ġesù mill-imwiet.

Jekk aħna nħarsu lejn dan ir-rakkont, nirrealizzaw li bħalna d-dixxipli ta’ Għemmaws għalkemm kienu semgħu r-rakkont kollu tal-passjoni ta’ Ġesù u anke l-qawmien tiegħu għax semgħu wkoll dak li qalu n-nisa, xorta jgħaddu għal għonq it-triq b’sens ta’ dieqa f’qalbhom… Read more »

The test we face as a nation – The Archbishop

The Archbishop with Peace Lab residents

We have been called upon to make many sacrifices in recent weeks to halt the spread of the insidious and deadly COVID-19 virus that poses great risk to everyone and everything we hold dear. 

New terms have come into being, such as social-distancing and self-isolation; while we have had to adopt practices that seemed unthinkable just a few weeks ago, the cruellest being not being able to see in the flesh members of our own families… Read more »