Homilies by the Auxiliary Bishop

Let us turn back to Him with all our heart – The Auxiliary Bishop

Ash Wedneday Mass for the Curia employees

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

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Ras ir-Randan huwa l-bieb għal żmien speċjali, żmien meta l-Knisja tistedinna nerġgħu nduru lejn Alla u jkun hu fiċ-ċentru tal-ħajja tagħna. L-Evanġelju li għadna kif smajna, mid-Diskors tal-Muntanja skont San Mattew, għandu l-kliem ta’ Ġesù bi proposti pożittivi, mimlija mħabba.

Ġesù jitkellem fuq tliet pilastri tar-Randan: il-karità, it-talb u s-sawm. Dawn huma fil-qalba tar-Randan fi żmienna. Imma, innutaw: Ġesù ma jgħidx: jekk tagħtu karità, jekk titolbu, jekk issumu… Read more »

A Confirmed Heart for a Radical Gospel – Auxilliary Bishop

Mass for the Conferment of the Sacrament of Confirmation to nine adults

  The Parish Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady, Balzan

Photo: Ian Noel Pace- Archdiocese of Malta

Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Today’s Gospel is not gentle. It is not comfortable, not easy. It is radical. And that is precisely why it is perfect for today: the day when you will be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Because Confirmation is not the sacrament of comfort. It is the sacrament of courage… Read more »

Standing Together Against Human Trafficking – Auxiliary Bishop

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta Message by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Human trafficking may, at times, feel like a distant headline, a crisis “elsewhere”, far removed from the rhythms of daily life. Yet its reality – millions of lives coerced, sold, or forced into exploitation – is a stark reminder of how deeply injustice can penetrate society.

This year’s message for the 12th World Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking has crystallised this reality with moral clarity and urgency… Read more »

A compassion that heals and unites – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Mass on World Day of the Sick

  The Basilica of Christ the King, Paola

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Illum il-Knisja tiddedika din il-ġurnata b’mod speċjali għal dawk li huma morda, dgħajfa, anzjani u mġarrba. Mhux biex tħares lejhom mill-bogħod, imma biex tkun qrib, biex tisma’, biex tmiss it-tbatija tagħhom, u tkun magħhom. Dan hu l-ispirtu tal-Jum Dinji tal-Morda.

Nixtieq li nirriflettu flimkien fuq il-messagg tal-Papa Ljun XIV għall-Jum Dinji tal-Morda din is-sena, fejn jistedinna nħarsu lejn il-figura dejjem attwali tas-Samaritan it-Tajjeb, fil-parabbola li jgħid Ġesù, fl-Evanġelju skont San Luqa: xbieha sempliċi, imma qawwija, li tiftaħ quddiemna t-triq vera tal-Evanġelju – it-triq tal-kompassjoni li ssir laqgħa, kura u relazzjoni… Read more »

At least the edge of the cloak – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

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

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Kienu jitolbuh iħallihom imissu mqar tarf il-mantar” (Mk 6:56) Tolqotna mal-ewwel din l-espressjoni “tarf il-mantar”, għax tfakkarna wkoll fi ġrajja li jirrakkuntaw l-evanġelisti; San Luqa jitkellem fuq il-mara li kienet tbati bit-tnixxija tad-demm, u lil Ġesù, hu u miexi u sejjer jagħmel miraklu ieħor, marret u missitlu “it-tarf tal-libsa” (Lq 8:44).

Meta qed ngħidu “tarf il-mantar”, din kellha sinifikat ukoll fit-Testment il-Qadim… Read more »

Shipwreck becomes an event of salvation – Auxiliary Bishop

Mass on the eve of the solemnity of St Paul

  The Collegiate Church of St Paul Shipwrecked, Valletta

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Normalment, nawfraġju jfisser traġedja. Ifisser telf, biża’, konfużjoni, u sens ta’ impotenza quddiem il-forzi tan-natura. Nawfraġju normalment ma tiċċelebrahx, imma tfakkru b’ċerta dieqa minħabba l-esperjenza qarsa.

Madankollu, fl-10 ta’ Frar ta’ kull sena l-Knisja f’Malta tiċċelebra nawfraġju. Aktarx hi unika, aktarx ma hemm ħadd ieħor li jiċċelebra nawfraġju. Tiċċelebrah għax dan ma kienx inċident każwali, imma mument ta’ grazzja, meta l-Providenza ta’ Alla messet artna u bidlet il-kors tal-istorja tagħna bil-miġja ta’ San Pawl fostna… Read more »

Standing Together against Human Trafficking – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Mass on the occasion of the 12th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking

  The Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Ħal Balzan

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

The Word of God we have heard today leaves us with no room for indifference. Through the prophet Isaiah, God speaks clearly and forcefully about the kind of worship that truly pleases him: “Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless, clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own” (Isaiah 58:7)… Read more »

A seed that bears fruit – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

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

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Hi l-iċken fost iż-żrieragħ kollha” (Mk 4:31). Dan huwa li jgħid Ġesù llum fl-Evanġelju skont San Mark, meta qed jitkellem fuq iż-żerriegħa tal-mustarda. U hawnhekk, għal darbtejn, Ġesù jqabbel is-Saltna ta’ Alla ma’ żerriegħa. Mal-ewwel tolqotna din, għax meta inti ssemmi “saltna”, f’moħħok tiġi xi ħaġa kbira; imma Ġesù, proprju meta jsemmi s-Saltna, isemmi xi ħaġa żgħira, żerriegħa, anzi mbagħad l-iżgħar fost iż-żrieragħ – iż-żerriegħa tal-mustarda… Read more »

A mission in ordinary life – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

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

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Għażel tnejn u sebgħin oħra” (Lq 10:1). L-Evanġelju llum jurina meta Ġesù għażel numru ta’ nies, u “bagħathom tnejn tnejn qablu f’kull belt u post fejn kien sejjer imur hu” (Lq 10:1). L-ewwel ħaġa li tolqotna hu kif Ġesù għażel dawn it-tnejn u sebgħin “oħra”, jiġifieri dawn ma kinux l-appostli, it-tnax, imma kienu nies oħra li għażel Ġesù u li tahom missjoni… Read more »

A word that is light for our lives – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

  Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Church, San Ġwann

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Warrab lejn il-Galilija” (Mt 4:12) L-ewwel kliem tal-Evanġelju tal-lum, skont San Mattew, jurina lil Ġesù jwarrab. Arrestaw lil Ġwanni, u Ġesù, jgħid l-Evanġelju, “warrab lejn il-Galilija”. Mhux spiss li nsibu lil Ġesù jwarrab. Imma r-raġuni għaliex warrab ma kinetx għaliex kien qed jibża’, imma għaliex ra li hemm bżonn imur post ieħor fejn jista’ jaqdi l-missjoni tiegħu aħjar.

Fil-fatt, meta mar lejn il-Galilija, għandna hawnhekk il-kliem ikkwotat mill-Profeta Isaija: “Il-poplu li kien miexi fid-dlam, ra dawl kbir” (Isaija 9:1)… Read more »