Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrates Mass on the feast of St George, Martyr
24/04/2016
On Saturday 24th April 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated Mass on the feast of St George the Martyr, at St George’s Parish in Qormi. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ San Ġorġ, Ħal Qormi23 ta’ April 2016 Għażiż poplu ta’ Alla, għeżież membri ta’ din il-Parroċċa Arċipretali ta’ San Ġorġ Martri, L-Eċċellenza għażiża President tar-Repubblika, Sur Preca, rispettabli Sindku, membri distinti speċjalment il-Membri Parlamentari, tant rappreżentanti, u qed nieħu pjaċir nara lilkom ukoll, għeżież membri tal-fratellanza…
St John 13:31-33A, 34-35 When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and God will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. I give you a new commandment: love one another…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning! Today, we wish to reflect on an aspect of mercy well represented by the passage of Luke’s Gospel, which we heard. It is an event that happened to Jesus while He was the guest of a Pharisee called Simon. The latter wished to invite Jesus to his home because he had heard <people> speak well of him as a great prophet…
Celebration of Mass on the first month from the death of Archbishop Emeritus Mgr Joseph Mercieca
21/04/2016
Il‑Ħamis 21 ta’ April 2016, l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa fil‑Katidral tal‑Imdina, b’suffraġju għal ruħ l‑Arċisqof Emeritu Monsinjur Ġużeppi Mercieca, f’għeluq ix-xahar mill-mewt tiegħu. Il‑Quddiesa ġiet organizzata mis‑Segretarjat tal‑Edukazzjoni Nisranija, b’rikonoxximent tal‑kontribut li l‑Arċisqof Mercieca ta għall‑iskejjel tal-Knisja. Għal din il-Quddiesa attendew wkoll il-Ministru tal-Edukazzjoni, l-Onor. Evarist Bartolo, u l-President tal-M.U.T, is-Sur Kevin Bonello. Il-Quddiesa kienet animata mill-kor tal-Iskola tal-Knisja ‘Our Lady Immaculate’. L-Ewwel Qari nqara minn Brother Saviour Grech, tal-Freres, is-Salm inqara mis-Sur Kevin Bonello, President tal-Malta Union of Teachers u t-talb tal-ġemgħa nqara minn Suor Bernarnette Gafa…
In his continuing catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy during his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis drew inspiration from the Gospel episode of Jesus’ dinner at the home of Simon the Pharisee. He said, “All of us are sinners, so many times we fall into the temptation of hypocrisy, believing that we are better than the other ”, but he continued, look at your sin, all of us need to look at our sins, our mistakes and look to the Lord,” because, he added, “this is the lifeline, the relationship between the sinner and the Lord.” The Pope was referring to the story from St Luke in which a woman known as a sinner comes up to Jesus, and bathes his feet in her tears and anoints them with precious perfume, but the Pharisee judges the woman by appearances…
Christians who harden their hearts and refuse to be drawn towards Christ are like orphans, without a father. That was Pope Francis message on Tuesday as he reflected on the daily readings during his homily at Mass in the Vatican’s Santa Marta chapel. Pope Francis began his sermon by recalling the question that the skeptical Jews kept asking Jesus every time he performed a miracle, preached in the temple or pointed the way to the Father: “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? …
ŻIEDA TA’ KLASSI FL‑ISKOLA ST FRANCIS L‑iskola ta’ St Francis f’Birkirkara, li tilqa’ fiha studenti subien u bniet, ser iżżid klassi fit‑tieni sena kindergarten. Is‑Segretarjat tal‑Edukazzjoni Nisranija ser jilqa’ applikazzjonijiet għas‑subien u l‑bniet li twieldu fl‑2012 u li jistgħu jinkitbu fl‑iskola ta’ St Francis f’Birkirkara skont wieħed minn dawn il‑kriterji: tfal mid‑djar tal‑Knisja, aħwa li għandhom ħuthom jattendu f’xi skola ta’ St Francis, tfal ta’ impjegati tal‑iskola ta’ St Francis, u transfers minn Kindergartens ta’ St Francis għal St Francis Birkirkara…
The Archbishop celebrates Mass on the installation of the new Parish Priest of Marsascala
19/04/2016
Nhar is‑Sibt 16 ta’ April 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna mexxa ċ‑ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa tal‑pussess tal‑Kappillan il-ġdid, Dun Roderick Camilleri, fil‑Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Wied il‑Għajn. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Wied il-Għajn16 ta’ April 2016 “Ma jbatux aktar ġuħ, anqas għatx ma jagħmel bihom aktar; ix-xemx ma taħkimhomx u anqas ebda għomma, ladarba l-Ħaruf, li hemm f’nofs it-tron, ikun ir-ragħaj tagħhom, u jwassalhom ħdejn għejun ta’ ilmijiet tal-ħajja…
Pope Francis said Mass on Monday morning in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican. Following the Readings of the Day, the Holy Father offered some reflections on the theme of docility to Christ, who is the door through which we must pass if we would enter into eternal life, the way we must take if we are to reach eternal life, and the voice of the teacher who has words of eternal life…
It has been a long-standing tradition in the Church that Christians give support to fellow Christians that are experiencing hardship. Indeed, Saint Paul the Apostle writes in Romans that the Christians of Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to share their resources with the poor of the Church at Jerusalem (Rm 15:26). During the Angelus a fortnight ago, Pope Francis appealed to all Catholic dioceses in Europe to collect funds for the Christians in war-torn Ukraine…
