Monthly Archives: February 2019

The Gospel of the day: 2nd February

02/02/2019
  • The Presentation of the Lord – Solemnity Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Mal 3,1-4
    Psalm: 23, 7-10
    Second Reading: Heb 2, 14-18

    Gospel: Luke 2, 22-40

  • When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord…

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EU funded restoration works start in 15 parishes

01/02/2019

  • Restoration and conservation works have commenced on a number of projects in 15 different parishes in Malta with a capital investment of €2.2 million, co-financed by the European funds. This was announced during a press conference earlier today in front of the Naxxar Parish Church, addressed by the Administrative Secretary of the Archdiocese of Malta Michael Pace Ross and the Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds and Social Dialogue Aaron Farrugia…

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Netherlands to grant amnesty to hundreds of young asylum seekers

01/02/2019

  • Armenian Christians attend a round-the-clock church service in The Hague

     

  • The church door was quickly opened and then closed by a pastoral worker. Inside, the congregation sang about a fire that never goes out. They’ve been singing and praying for an Armenian family since October 26th.

    The Tamrazyan family — the parents and their three children — say they left Armenia nine years ago after receiving death threats because of the father’s political activism…

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The Gospel of the day: 1st February

01/02/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Hebrews 10, 32-39
    Psalm: 36 (37), 3-4.5-6.23-24.39-40

    Gospel: Mark 4, 26-34

  • Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how…

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