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

Today is a day of thanksgiving and joy. We gather to celebrate the restoration and inauguration of this small chapel, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the Archbishop’s Palace – a sacred place that has witnessed prayer, silence, and the faithful service of generations.

The Chapel project draws attention to two Bishops of Malta – the Maltese Bishop Baldassare Cagliares, who built the palace and its chapel in 1622, commissioning a little-known but important artist to paint the titular altar painting of The Holy Family with the young St John the Baptist; and the French Bishop Paul Alpheran de Bussan, whose aesthetic sensibilities led him in the 1730s to update the archiepiscopal palace in the High Baroque idiom. 

Through the care and dedication of expert hands and minds, and the patronage of a French donor, Madame Marie-Amèlie Gleizes-Dewavrin – to whom we are so grateful – the beauty of this chapel has been renewed… Read more »

Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Today, we gather to pray for the light of the Holy Spirit upon those to whom the people have entrusted the great responsibility of governing our country. This celebration is not merely a tradition that accompanies the opening of a new legislature. Above all, it is an expression of the awareness that every human authority, however important, remains limited if it is not helped by the Lord, enlightened by wisdom, guided by truth, and inspired by a sincere commitment to the common good… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Qegħdin fi żmien li mhux daqshekk diffiċli li nifhmu dak li kien hemm fit-Testment il-Qadim: “Għajn b’għajn u sinna b’sinna” (Mt 5:38). Kultant meta tismagħha, tieħu l-impressjoni li int għandek tivvendika ruħek, imma meta din daħlet fit-Testment il-Qadim, ma daħlitx biex tħeġġeġ lin-nies jivvendikaw ruħhom, imma daħlet bħala restrizzjoni. Fil-fatt, insibu fil-ktieb tal-Eżodu: “int tħallas ħajja b’ħajja, għajn b’għajn, sinna b’sinna, id b’id, riġel b’riġel, dabra b’dabra, ġerħa b’ġerħa, tbenġila bi tbenġila” (Eżodu 21:23-26)… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Ifirħu u thennew” (Mt 5:12). F’din is-silta li għadna kemm qrajna mill-Evanġelju skont San Mattew, għandna dawn il-Beatitudnijiet li kollha jduru madwar l-hena u l-ferħ. L-ewwel ħaġa li tolqotna f’dal-kliem ta’ Ġesù hija kif hawnhekk għandna sfida qawwija għall-ħajja tagħna Nisranija, bħala dixxipli ta’ Ġesù, għax mhux faċli tgħix dan li qed jgħid Ġesù. Imma, fl-istess waqt, Ġesù qed jgħid: irridu l-ferħ veru, l-hena f’qalbna? … Read more »

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Il-kotra kbira ta’ nies qagħdet tisimgħu bil-qalb kollha” (Mk 12:37). Dan hu li naqraw fl-Evanġelju llum skont San Mark fuq dawn in-nies li kienu qegħdin jisimgħu lil Ġesù. U hawnhekk Ġesù qisu jagħmel naqra tħabbila tal-moħħ. Jgħidilhom: il-kittieb jgħidu li l-Messija huwa bin David. Imbagħad jikkwotalhom salm – hawnhekk Ġesù qed jikkwota Salm 110 – u jgħid: “Il-Mulej qal lil sidi: oqgħod fuq il-lemin tiegħi, sa ma nkun qegħidt l-għedewwa tiegħek taħt riġlejh” (Mk 12:36) – is-salm miktub minn David… Read more »

Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Today the Church celebrates the great feast of Corpus Christi, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. We gather around the altar in wonder and gratitude for the greatest gift Jesus left to his Church: the Eucharist. Yet this celebration becomes even more joyful and profound because today, during this Mass, Merve Cungar will receive the sacraments of initiation… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Kull darba li aħna nibdew il-quddiesa, nibdewha “fl-isem tal-Missier u tal-Iben u tal-Ispirtu s-Santu”. U hekk nispiċċawha wkoll – fil-barka. Tindunaw li f’mumenti differenti tal-quddiesa, spiss – bħal fit-talba tal-Glorja, u fil-Kredu – insemmu lill-Missier u l-Iben u l-Ispirtu s-Santu.

Din hi l-festa li qed nagħmlu llum. Aħna qed niċċelebraw dan il-misteru kbir u tant importanti għall-fidi tagħna: li Alla hu wieħed, imma f’Alla hemm tliet persuni: il-Missier, u l-Iben u l-Ispirtu s-Santu… Read more »