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St Dominic: promoter of the true teaching on human dignity – The Archbishop

Mass on the 800th anniversary of St Dominic's death

18/05/2021   The Church of the Annunciation, Birgu

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna jagħtina r-rakkont tal-aħħar tislima ta’ Ġesù lid-dixxipli tiegħu. Il-laqgħa ta’ dawn id-dixxipli kienet laqgħa ftit imħallta. Kif rawh, jgħidilna l-kapitlu 28 ta’ San Mattew, “inxteħtu quddiemu” (Mt 28:9) għalkemm xi wħud iddubitaw. Hi sitwazzjoni attwali ħafna.

Fil-laqgħa tagħna ma’ Ġesù fiċ-ċirkustanzi tal-ħajja mhux bilfors nagħrfuh mill-ewwel għaliex l-Irxoxt jiltaqa’ magħna fil-proxxmu tagħna. Ħafna drabi jkun mgħotti bi star, mgħotti b’ċirkustanzi li jġagħluna niddubutaw… Read more »

New parish priest for St Paul’s Bay parish

19/05/2021

L‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna ħatar lil Patri Joseph Mamo, Franġiskan,  bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa ta’ Marija Addolorata, San Pawl il‑Baħar.

Patri Joseph Mamo twieled fis‑16 ta’ Diċembru 1963 u trabba Birkirkara. Irċieva l‑edukazzjoni primarja fl‑iskola ta’ Santa Venera u l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fil‑Kulleġġ Savio, Ħad‑Dingli. Kompla l‑edukazzjoni terzjarja fl‑INSERM, fis‑Seminarju tal‑Arċisqof, fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija fl‑Università ta’ Malta u fil‑Kulleġġ Sant’Antonio Dottore f’Padova l‑Italja.

Huwa kien ordnat saċerdot fil‑5 ta’ Lulju 1991 u matul is-snin serva bħala Segretarju Provinċjali tal‑Franġiskani Konventwali, Gwardjan u Rettur tal‑istudenti fil‑kunvent ta’ San Franġisk Birkirkara, Kappillan tal‑Parroċċa ta’ San Pawl il‑Baħar, Kappillan tal‑Parroċċa ta’ Burmarrad, Viċi Kappillan tal‑Parroċċa tal‑Qawra u Ekonomu Provinċjali… Read more »

He fills us with hope – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Mass on the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

16/05/2021   The Parish Church of the Annunciation, Ħal Balzan

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Il-ġrajja tat-Tlugħ fis-Sema tal-Mulej hi ġrajja unika li aħna niċċelebrawha bil-ferħ, għax tfisser ħafna għalina lkoll.

Missjoni kbira

Jekk immorru lura għal dakinhar, kif smajna fl-Evanġelju u wkoll kif rakkontat fl-Atti tal-Appostli, ninnutaw li qabel ma tela’ s-sema, lill-appostli Ġesù tahom missjoni kbira ħafna. Hawn jgħid: “Morru fid-dinja kollha…”; mela mhux biex imorru f’xi belt, jew raħal, jew pajjiż, imma fid-dinja kollha… Read more »

The Sunday Gospel: 16th May

16/05/2021

Seventh Sunday of Easter
The Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity

First Reading: Acts 1, 1-11
Psalm: 46(47), 2-3,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Eph 4, 1-13

Gospel: Mk 16, 15-20

In those days, Jesus said to the Eleven, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptised will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.” 

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and proclaimed the good news everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it.  Read more »

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Matthias: gift of God – L-Isqof Galea-Curmi

Mass on the feast of St Matthias

14/05/2021   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

San Mattija ma kienx wieħed mill-ewwel tnax li għażel Ġesù. Daħal aktar tard, bħala sostitut ta’ Ġuda, meta Ġuda kien ittradixxa lil Ġesù u temm ħajtu, imbagħad saret l-għażla wara li Ġesù tela’ s-sema. Ingħażel Mattija li kien diġà wieħed mit-72 dixxiplu ta’ Ġesù, imma hu fl-Atti tal-Appostli, fil-ġrajja tal-għażla, li jissemma għall-ewwel darba. Riedu li jagħżlu ieħor biex ikunu tnax – għax mingħajr Ġuda kienu ħdax – li hu n-numru li jaqbel mat-tnax-il tribù ta’ Iżrael… Read more »

Receiving from his fullness – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Prayer vigil in preparation for the diaconal ordination

13/05/2021   Minor Basilica of St Paul's, Rabat

Messaġġ tal-Isqof Galea-Curmi

Qegħdin miġburin nitolbu flimkien lil Alla għal Sean u Jean Claude li se jkunu ordnati djakni nhar is-Sibt. Hi okkażjoni ta’ ferħ kbir għall-Knisja f’Malta, u nixtiequ nitolbu ħafna għalihom bil-qalb u bl-imħabba kollha.

Għeżież Sean u Jean Claude, nixtieqkom tiftakru llum fil-kliem ta’ San Pawl fl-Ittra lill-Galatin li għadna kif smajna. Hu jgħid: “għażilni sa minn ġuf ommi u sejjaħli permezz tal-grazzja tiegħu”… Read more »

The ordination of two deacons

12/05/2021

L‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna se jordna żewġ djakni ġodda nhar is‑Sibt li ġej, 15 ta’ Mejju 2021. Il‑quddiesa se ssir fis‑Santwarju tal‑Madonna tal‑Grazzja, Ħaż‑Żabbar, fid‑9:30 a.m. Din se tixxandar fuq TVM2, Knisja.mt u Newsbook.com.mt.

Iż‑żewġ seminaristi huma Sean Abela mill‑Parroċċa ta’ San Pawl, ir‑Rabat, u Jean Claude Attard mill‑Parroċċa ta’ Sant’Anna, Wied il‑Għajn.

Permezz ta’ din l‑ordinazzjoni, id‑djakni l‑ġodda jsiru xebh ma’ Ġesù Kristu li ried ikun ‘djaknu’, jiġifieri qaddej ta’ kulħadd… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 10th May

10/05/2021

Saint George Preca, Priest – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Sir 21, 11-17, 21 or 2 Tim 2, 1-11
Psalm: 119, 32-42

Gospel: Mk 16, 14a. 15-20

Later Jesus appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at the table, and he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptised will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and proclaimed the good news everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it.  Read more »

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The best and the most beautiful – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Mass on Mother's Day

09/05/2021   The Parish Church of the Annunciation, Ħal Balzan

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Nixtieq li nistedinkom taħsbu ftit fuq esperjenzi fil-ħajja li jagħmluna kuntenti, li jagħtuna pjaċir. Qed nitkellem fuq dak li hu tajjeb, naturalment. Hemm ħafna affarijiet fil-ħajja li għalihom tgħid: ‘ara din tagħtini gost’. Jista’ jkun xi ħaġa li ilek tixtieq takkwista u akkwistajtha. Jew xi ħaġa li ppjanajt u marret kif xtaqt. Hemm ħafna affarijiet.

Imma mbagħad hemm ħaġa oħra li mhux biss tagħmilna kuntenti u tagħtina pjaċir, imma hi ħafna iktar minn hekk… Read more »

The Sunday Gospel: 9th May

09/05/2021

Sixth Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 10, 25-26,34-35,44-48
Psalm: 97(98), 1,2-3ab,3cd-4
Second Reading: 1 Jn 4, 7-10

Gospel: Jn 15, 9-17

In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. 

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 

You did not choose me but I chose you… Read more »