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Pope Francis names Cardinal Mario Grech a member of Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship

02/06/2022

Pope Francis on Wednesday named Cardinal Mario Grech as a member of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

The appointment was announced by the Holy See press office on Wednesday. Grech also serves as Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops.

Other members of the Congregation include Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life; Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Almoner of His Holiness; Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints; Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy; Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; Burmese Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, and Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen, president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland… Read more »

Liturgical celebrations by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna in June 2022

01/06/2022

Matul ix‑xahar ta’ Ġunju, l‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna se jkompli jiċċelebra quddies matul il‑ġimgħa kif ukoll nhar ta’ Ħadd. Dawn iċ‑ċelebrazzjonijiet liturġiċi qed jixxandru fuq TVM, Knisja.mt u Newsbook.com.mt.

Il‑quddies organizzat mill‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta qed jixxandar:

Mit‑Tnejn sal‑Ġimgħa fid‑9:30am mill‑Kappella tal‑Madonna ta’ Manresa, fil‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Furjana. Wara l‑quddiesa tingħad it‑talba tar‑rużarju li tixxandar fuq Knisja.mt u Newsbook.com.mt u Facebook u YouTube tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta…

Ecumenical service during the Pentecost period

31/05/2022 St Andrew’s Scots Church, Valletta

This Thursday, 2nd June 2022, believers in Jesus Christ from all denominational backgrounds are invited to an ecumenical service at St Andrew’s Scots Church to experience together the freshness of the ongoing Pentecost that started in Jerusalem soon after Christ’s Resurrection and Ascension.

The ecumenical service starts at 6:30pm and is organised by the Christians Together in Malta (Malta Ecumenical Council). This is an opportunity to pray with the other Christians for more of Jesus in your life… Read more »

A vocation full of suffering that leads her to be charitable – The Archbishop

31/05/2022 The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Żewġ nisa jiltaqgħu u mhumiex weħidhom għax fil-ġuf tagħhom qed iġorru lil uliedhom. Iż-żjara ta’ Marija lil Eliżabetta hi l-laqgħa ta’ erba’ persuni: iż-żewġ ommijiet u wliedhom fil-ġuf. Tant hu hekk li Eliżabetta tistqarr li malli semgħet il-vuċi ta’ Marija, it-tarbija li kellha fil-ġuf qabżet bil-ferħ (Lq 1:45). Tarbija fil-ġuf diġà għalqet sitt xhur, mentri t-tarbija li l-Madonna qiegħda ġġorr fil-ġuf tagħha, l-Iben t’Alla magħmul bniedem, għadu kif tnissel għax il-Madonna tiġi mbuttata mill-imħabba lejn il-proxxmu, propju kif tisma’ lill-anġlu Gabrijel jgħidilha: “Il-qariba tiegħek Eliżabetta diġa qiegħda fis-sitt xahar tat-tqala, dik li kienu jgħidu li ma jistax ikollha tfal” (Lq 1:36)… Read more »

Conquerors with him – Bishop Galea-Curmi

30/05/2022 The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Agħmlu l-qalb: jiena rbaħt id-dinja”. Dan hu l-kliem ta’ Ġesù fl-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann, fid-diskors tal-Aħħar Ċena, meta hu jfittex li jagħmel kuraġġ lid-dixxipli tiegħu. Jgħidilhom li se jbatu – “fid-dinja tbatu jkollkom. Iżda agħmlu l-qalb: jien irbaħt id-dinja”. Ma kienx l-ewwel darba li Ġesù jitkellem, anke fl-istess diskors tal-Aħħar Ċena, fuq it-tbatija li kellhom jgħaddu minnha d-dixxipli tiegħu.

Imma jgħidilhom aktar Ġesù… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 31st May

31/05/2022

Visitation of the Virgin Mary – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18
Psalm: 12:2-6

Gospel: Luke 1:39-56

In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb… Read more »

Let’s celebrate the reality that God is with us – The Archbishop

Mass on the feast of the Ascension of the Lord

29/05/2022 The Old Church of Our Saviour, Ħal Lija

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Aħna l-bnedmin nassoċjaw it-tluq ta’ xi ħadd għażiż ma’ mument ta’ niket. Niftakarni ċkejken immorru l-ajruport kull darba li kienu jiġu l-qraba tagħna msefrin biex narawhom sejrin. Fi tfuliti kont tista’ titla’ fil-gallerija biex tarahom anke telgħin l-ajruplan u kien ikun mument ta’ qsim il-qalb. Daqskemm kien ikun kbir il-ferħ li tilqa’ lil xi ħadd li ilek ma tarah, daqshekk kien ikun ta’ swied il-qalb u ta’ tbatija l-mument li terġa’ tinfired minn xi ħadd għażiż… Read more »

Joy that no one takes from us – Bishop Galea Curmi

27/05/2022 The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

✠ Joseph Galea-Curmi
Isqof Awżiljarju

“Il-ferħ tagħkom ħadd ma jeħodhulkom” (Ġw 16:22). Dan hu li jgħid Ġesù lid-dixxipli tiegħu, fl-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann. Hawnhekk qiegħed fl-Aħħar Ċena. Jolqotna dan il-kliem, kif jitkellem fuq il-ferħ meta hu l-waqt ta’ dwejjaq, ta’ niket, u mument iebes ħafna għal Ġesù. Fil-fatt, ftit wara Ġesù kien se jkun arrestat, imbagħad jgħaddi mill-passjoni u mill-mewt tiegħu.

Hawnhekk jgħid lid-dixxipli tiegħu: “intom għad tibku u tingħu… għad iġarrbu n-niket”… Read more »

The Sunday Gospel: 29th May

29/05/2022

Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 1:1-11
Salm: 46 (47):2-3,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23

Gospel: Luke 24:46-53

And he said to them, “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem… Read more »

Using our wealth to continue the Lord’s mission – The Archbishop

Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Charity

27/05/2022 The Collegiate of St Paul's Shipwreck, Valletta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-ewwel instint ta’ Marija wara t-tħabbira tal-anġlu, fir-rakkont li jagħtina Luqa, hu “li qamet u marret tħaffef lejn l-għoljiet, f’belt tal-Lhudija” (Lq 1:39) biex tiltaqa’ ma’ Eliżabetta. L-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna jibda b’dan il-mument, b’din id-deċiżjoni ta’ Marija. Nafu u niftakru li l-anġlu Gabrijel lil Marija taha sinjal; li dak li kien qed jgħidilha, u dak li kienet wegħedha, mhux biss kien iseħħ imma kien ser iseħħ bil-qawwa ta’ Alla… Read more »