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…
“To the refugees and to the Greek people, I brought the solidarity of the Church.” These were the words of Pope Francis at the Regina Coeli at St Peter’s on Sunday, speaking of his visit the day before to the Greek island of Lesbos. “With me were the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and Archbishop Hieronymous of Athens and of All Greece, to signify the unity in charity of all the disciples of the Lord.” The Holy Father began his remarks by thanking all those “who accompanied” the voyage with their prayers…
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrates Mass on the feast of St Joseph
17/04/2016
Nhar il-Ħadd 17 ta’ April 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa Solenni fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ San Ġużepp, fil-Knisja ta’ Ġieżu, ir-Rabat. Homiliy by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja ta’ Ġieżu, r-Rabat 17 ta’ April 2016 Grazzi ħafna tal-preżenza tagħkom illum aħna u niċċelebraw is-Solennità għażiża tal-patrijarka San Ġużepp. Nirringrazzjak, Sur Edgar Coleiro Preca tal-preżenza tiegħek inti u tirrapreżenta wkoll lill-E.T…
Pope Francis gave a 30 minute press conference on the flight back from Lesbos to Rome on Saturday, sharing thoughts on a wide range of subjects including his opinion regarding the deal between the EU and Turkey, his meeting with Bernie Sanders, the closure of European borders and his recent apostolic exhortation. The Pope began his traditional ‘conversation’ with journalists aboard the papal plane reflecting on the fact that the visit to Lesbos had had a very strong emotional impact on him…
