Monthly Archives: July 2019

The Gospel of the day: 30th July

  • Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Exodus 33, 7-11; 34, 5b-9.28
    Psalm: 102 (103), 6-7.8-9.10-11.12-13

    Gospel: Mt 13, 36-43

  • Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom…

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Auxiliary Bishop meets Maltese missionaries from around the world

  • L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi ltaqa’ ma’ missjunarji Maltin li jwettqu ħidma pastorali f’diversi pajjiżi madwar id-dinja u li bħalissa jinsabu Malta. Għal din il-laqgħa li saret f’Dar l-Emigrant, il-Belt Valletta, attendew saċerdoti djoċesani, reliġjużi u lajċi li jaħdmu fil-Pakistan, il-Brażil, il-Filippini, l-Amerika ta’ Fuq, l-Awstralja, il-Kenja, il-Georgia u l-Perù.

    Il-missjunarji qasmu l-esperjenzi u l-isfidi li jiltaqgħu magħhom fil-pajjiżi tat-tielet dinja fosthom il-faqar, in-nuqqas ta’ opportunitajiet ta’ edukazzjoni u ta’ faċilitajiet sanitarji u mediċi…

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The title chosen by the Virgin Mary – The Auxiliary Bishop

Quddiesa fil-50 anniversarju mill-Ordinazzjoni Presbiterali ta’ Mons. Lino Grech

  • L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
  • Il-Bażilika ta’ Santa Marija, il-Mosta
    28 ta’ Lulju 2019

    Jien u nirrifletti fuq din l-okkażjoni sabiħa, għażiż Mons. Lino, bdejt naħseb liema titlu l-aktar li jkun jixraqlek meta tqis dawn il-50 sena ta’ ħajja saċerdotali. Monsinjur diġà int, u doppju; imħallef ukoll fit-Tribunal Reġjonali tat-Tieni Istanza, anzi Vigarju Ġudizzjali aġġunt; ġo bażilka ġa qiegħed…

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Pope Francis: Free women from the slavery of prostitution

  • Pope Francis contributes the preface to a new book on human trafficking, entitled “Women crucified. The shame of human trafficking as told from the street”.

    The original title of the book in Italian is “Donne crocifisse. La vergogna della tratta raccontata dalla strada”, by Fr Aldo Buonaiuto, a priest of the Pope John XXIII Community…

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The Gospel of the day: 29th July

  • Readings of the day
  • First Reading: 1 Jn 4: 7-16
    Psalm: 33: 2-11

    Gospel: Jn 11: 19-27

  • Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother Lazarus, who had died. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home…

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The Sunday Gospel: 28th July

  • The Seventeeth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Gen 18, 20-32
    Psalm: 137 (138), 1-2a. 2bc-3. 6-7ab. 7c-8
    Second Reading: Col 2, 12-14

    Gospel: Lk 11, 1-13

  • Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy name…

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The Gospel of the day: 27th July

  • Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Exodus 24, 3-8
    Psalm: 49 (50): 1-2.5-6.14-15

    Gospel: Mt 13, 24-30

  • Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off…

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South Sudan: 32 children released from armed opposition groups

  • The children are boys between the ages of 13 and 17. Many of them had been abducted or recruited by force. Some of them have not seen their parents since 2016 when conflict between government and opposition forces re-erupted in the world’s youngest state. All of them were forced to work as child soldiers or to perform paramilitary roles within South Sudan’s armed opposition groups…

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The Gospel of the day: 26th July

  • Readings of the day
  • First Reading: Exodus 20, 1-17
    Psalm: 18 (19), 8.9.10.11

    Gospel: Mt 13, 18-23

  • Jesus said to His disciples: “Hear then the parable of the sower. The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart…

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