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Broadcasts of the liturgical celebrations during Holy Week 2022

08/04/2022

L‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna jistieden lill‑Insara biex jieħdu sehem fiċ‑ċelebrazzjonijiet tal‑Ġimgħa Mqaddsa li matulhom l‑Knisja Kattolika tfakkar il‑passjoni, il‑mewt u l‑qawmien ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu. Jistieden ukoll lill‑Insara jattendu għaċ‑ċelebrazzjonijiet li ser jippresiedi fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta. Dawn se jixxandru b’mod dirett fuq TVM, TVMNews+ u online fuq Knisja.mt u Newsbook.com.mt.

Nhar il‑Ħadd li ġej, 10 ta’ April, fis‑9:30am, Monsinjur Arċisqof imexxi ċ‑ċelebrazzjoni ta’ Ħadd il‑Palm, bit‑tberik tal‑friegħi taż‑żebbuġ u l‑palm, u wara jkompli bil‑Passjoni tal‑Mulej fejn jinqara r‑rakkont tal‑passjoni mill‑Evanġelju skont San Luqa… Read more »

Holy Mass & Rosary on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows – 8th April 2022, 9:30am

08/04/2022   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

Airmalta hosts an educational flight for children from Church homes

Invited children from Fondazzjoni Sebħ and St Patrick’s homes

06/04/2022

Around 40 children from various residences of Fondazzjoni Sebħ and St Patrick’s Home were hosted on a 75-minute educational flight. The Air Malta flight, KM1952, flown at an altitude of 20,000 feet to Sicily and back, included a flyby of Mount Etna where the children could see the snow-clad top of Europe’s largest volcano. The flight was operated by an Airbus 320NEO, one of the most environmentally friendly aircraft in use. 

Before the flight, the enthusiastic children, many of whom had never been to the airport or boarded an aircraft, were given brief talks on airport processes by Air Malta staff and members of the Malta International Airport team… Read more »

Statement by the Bishops of Malta and Gozo

05/04/2022

L‑Isqfijiet ta’ Malta u Għawdex jirringrazzjaw minn qalbhom lill‑poplu Malti u Għawdxi għall‑merħba mimlija ferħ, għożża u fidi li taw lill‑Qdusija Tiegħu l‑Papa Franġisku f’din “l‑art imdawla”, kif għoġbu jsejjaħ lil pajjiżna.

L‑Arċisqof ta’ Malta Charles Jude Scicluna, l‑Isqof ta’ Għawdex Anton Teuma u l‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi qalu li dawn kienu jumejn li nisslu f’qalbna ferħ u paċi, u li saħħew fina l‑fiduċja li bħala pajjiż nistgħu nagħtu kontribut biex jilma l‑wiċċ sabiħ tal‑bniedem… Read more »

Pope Francis blesses Malta through the intercession of St Paul upon his departure

Telegram from Pope Francis before his departure from Malta

03/04/2022   Malta International Airport, Gudja

Immediately after the departure of the flight from Malta, his Holiness Pope Francis had the following telegram sent to the President of Malta, H.E. George William Vella:

His Excellency George Vella
President of Malta
Valletta

As I depart from Malta on my return to Rome, I express anew my deep gratitude to your excellency, the civil authorities and all the Maltese people for the heartfelt kindness and hospitality shown to me during my visit… Read more »

Your presence encourages us even more to put ourselves at the service of those who suffer – Fr Dijonisju Mintoff

Welcome speech by Fr Dijunisju Mintoff

03/04/2022   The John XXIII Migrants’ Centre in Ħal Far

Most Blessed Father Francis,

It is an immense joy and a great honor to welcome you among us. Your presence confirms us in our Faith in Jesus and encourages us even more to put ourselves at the service of those who suffer and who need our closeness, our care and our comfort.

We know that these people, regardless of race or religious faith, are children of God, recipients of his unconditional, tender love… Read more »

Pope Francis in Ħal Far: Let us respond to the challenge of migrants with kindness and humanity

Message by Pope Francis in his meeting with migrants

03/04/2022   John XXIII Peace Laboratory, Ħal Far

Message by Pope Francis

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I greet all of you with great affection, and I am very happy to end my visit to Malta by spending some time here with you. I thank Father Dionisio for his welcome. I am also very grateful to Daniel and to Siriman for their testimonies: you opened your hearts and shared your lives, and at the same time gave a voice to so many of our brothers and sisters who were constrained to leave their homelands in search of a secure refuge… Read more »

May the word you have shared with us be a source of courage in life, light to our path, comfort in our trials – The Archbishop

Message and gift from Archbishop Charles Scicluna to Pope Francis

03/04/2022   The Granaries, Floriana

Message of Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

Your Holiness,

We thank you sincerely for your decision to visit us. Thank you for celebrating the Holy Eucharist with us. Thank you for your love for us.

May the word you have shared with us be a source of courage in life, light to our path, comfort in our trials.

In the first century after Christ’s Resurrection, these islands had the good fortune of receiving the light of the Gospel through God’s grace, thanks to the presence amongst us of our father in faith, St Paul the Apostle, whom Publius, the protos of the island, and the Maltese, welcomed “with unusual kindness” (Acts 28:2), together with two hundred and seventy-five other persons who found themselves shipwrecked on our shores… Read more »

The Pope on the Granaries: We truly know the Lord when we experience his forgiveness

Pope Francis' homily on the Fourth Sunday of Lent

03/04/2022   The Granaries, Floriana

Homily by Pope Francis

“Early in the morning Jesus came again to the temple; all the people came to him” (Jn 8:2). These words introduce the story of the woman caught in adultery. The background is serene: it is morning in the holy place, in the heart of Jerusalem. At the centre is the people of God, who are looking for Jesus, the Master, in the courtyard of the temple: they want to listen to him, because his words are insightful and heartwarming… Read more »