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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You… Read more »
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 11, 19-26
Psalm: 86 (87), 1-3.4-5.6-7
Gospel: Jn 10, 22-30
The feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter. And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? … Read more »
Il-Kappella ta’ Forti Sant’Anġlu armata għal din l-okkażjoni mill-Parroċċa tal-Birgu u Heritage Malta. Ritratt: Pierre Balzia
F’għeluq it-800 sena mill-martirju ta’ Sant’Anġlu ta’ Ġerusalemm, il-Penitenzjerija Appostolika tat l-indulġenza Plenarja għas-sena 2020-2021 mill-5 ta’ Mejju sa għeluq il-Ġublew fl-istess data. L-indulġenza tinkiseb:
Hawn Malta, insibu ħjiel ta’ devozzjoni antika lejn Sant’Anġlu ta’ Ġerusalemm, li tmur lura sa 54 sena minn wara mewtu… Read more »
L-Omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
Meta Ġesù jsemmi r-ragħaj it-tajjeb, u jgħid li hu r-Ragħaj it-Tajjeb, jitkellem fuq diversi karatteristiċi ta’ dan ir-ragħaj it-tajjeb. Imma fl-Evanġelju tal-lum hemm karatteristika waħda li jenfasizza: “Ir-ragħaj it-tajjeb jagħti ħajtu għan-ngħaġ tiegħu”. Ħames darbiet isemmi fl-Evanġelju tal-lum din l-għotja.
Meta nisimgħu l-kliem “jagħti ħajtu”, mal-ewwel niftakru f’Ġesù fuq is-salib. Hemmhekk verament għandna l-milja ta’ din l-għotja. Fuq is-salib jagħti ħajtu, imut, biex aħna jkollna l-ħajja… Read more »
In the Mass in Santa Marta, Pope Francis prays for families closed up in their homes because of the pandemic, and recalls that Jesus wants unity in the Church.
In the Mass in Santa Marta on Monday, Pope Francis prayed for families closed up in their homes because of the pandemic. He acknowledged that families are trying to do many things they have never done before… Read more »
Follow today’s Mass readings from here.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You… Read more »
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 11, 1-18
Psalm: 41 (42), 2-3; 42 (43), 3.4
Gospel: Jn 10, 11-18
Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them… Read more »
Homily by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi
“I came so that you may have life, and life in abundance”. The last sentence of today’s Gospel sums up what Jesus wants to give us: life and life in abundance.
When Jesus said this, he was speaking about himself as the Good Shepherd. When he mentioned the shepherd, the people’s minds would immediately go to the Psalm we recited today at Mass “The Lord is my shepherd.” Jesus is telling them that he is the Good Shepherd… Read more »
Since the 13th century May has traditionally been regarded by Christians as ‘the month of Mary’. May of 1920 turned out to be a Marian month like no other in the maritime city of Senglea. The reason was that during that month the city learned that the request made by the Collegiate Chapter for the solemn crowning of the miraculous and cherished statue of Our Lady of Victories, locally known as Il-Bambina, had been granted by Pope Benedict XV… Read more »
