Acknowledging that we are sinners and being able to ask for forgiveness is the first step in a decisive response to the question that Jesus asks each of us directly: “are you with me or against me?”. Thus, during Mass at Santa Marta on Thursday, 3 March, the Pope invited us to open ourselves unconditionally to God’s mercy. At the beginning of the first reading, Francis noted, the prophet Jeremiah (7:23-28), “reminds us of God’s pact with his people: ‘Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people…
Pope Francis says the Church has no need for “blood” money that derives from exploitation of people; what it needs is that the hearts of faithful be open to God’s mercy. Speaking to the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience, the Pope’s catechesis was inspired by the Holy Year of Mercy and he reflected on God’s fatherly love and forgiveness. When God’s children err in their ways, the Pope said, God calls out to them lovingly and never disowns them…
Between Tuesday 1st and Thursday 4th March 2016, a conference was held in Malta for the delegates for Catechesis of the European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated Mass at the beginning of the conference which was held at the Archbishop’s Seminary, Tal‑Virtù. Concluding Statement of the CCEE-Malta conference Catechesis in Europe today faces old and new challenges. The rapid change of our societies, especially in the light of the new social media, requires a differentiated approach…
L-aħbar makabra tal-anzjan minn Ħaż-Żabbar li kien ilu tmien ġimgħat mejjet qabel instab, titlob ftit riflessjoni mhux ħażin. L-ewwel ħsieb tagħna jmur lejn dawk qrib tiegħu u noffrulhom il-kondoljanzi tagħna. Skont l-aħħar Ċensiment jirriżulta li ftit aktar minn għaxra fil-mija tal-popolazzjoni, jiġifieri 44,463 huma persuni ta’ aktar minn sebgħin sena. Minn dawn hemm numru sinifikanti ta’ anzjani li jgħixu weħidhom. Fl-attività li saret mill-Caritas fil-Milied li għadda beda ħiereġ biċ-ċar kemm hi kbira din il-problema f’pajjizna u wasal iż-żmien li tibda ħidma bis-serjetà mill-awtoritajiet kollha u mis-Soċjetà Ċivili biex kemm jista’ jkun jinstabu soluzzjonijiet…
Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican on Tuesday morning. In remarks to the faithful following the readings of the day, the Holy Father spoke on the season of Lent as a privileged time in which to prepare our hearts to receive God’s forgiveness and to forgive our neighbors in turn, forgetting the faults of others…
Il-Ġimgħa 4 ta’ Marzu, fis-6:00 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ikompli bil-mixjiet penitenzjali ta’ żmien ir-Randan, billi jmexxi Pellegrinaġġ Penitenzjali bl-istatwa devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur, fl-Isla.
God’s salvation comes not from great things, not from power or money, no from clerical or political networks, but from little and simple things that sometimes even arise from disdain. Francis proposed this meditation during Mass at Santa Marta on Monday morning, 29 February. “The Church prepares us for Easter and today makes us reflect on salvation: what do we think salvation is like”, Francis began, “the salvation that we all want?”…
Speaking before the recitation of the Marian prayer and drawing inspiration from Sunday’s Gospel, the Pope said that “even today, in the face of certain misfortunes and tragic events, we can be tempted to ‘discharge’ the responsibility on the victims, or even God himself. But the Gospel, he said, invites us to reflect on what is our idea of God? “Do we believe that God is that way, or is it our own projection, a god made ‘in our image and likeness’?” The Holy Father stressed, that Jesus calls upon us to draw from painful events a warning that concerns everyone, because we are all sinners…
On Friday 26th February 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna led a Penitential Pilgrimage from Stella Maris church to the Jesus of Nazareth church, and later celebrated Mass, in Sliema. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu, Tas-Sliema26 ta’ Frar 2016 L-Evanġelju ta’ San Mark jispjegalna għaliex il-kwadru ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu huwa kif inhu, bl-ilbies aħmar u l-kuruna tax-xewk (Mk 15, 17)…
