News from the Church in Malta
Saint Matthias, apostle – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 1, 15-17. 20-26
Psalm: 112, 1-8
Gospel: Jn 15, 9-17
Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love… Read more »
Up to half of the people who died of Covid-19 in Europe are elderly people and many of them were residents of long-term care facilities. “It is time to stop the ‘culture of waste’ and focus on more public policies supporting families”, states the General Secretary of COMECE on Wednesday 13 May 2020.
In the current pandemic, elderly people represent the most vulnerable part of our societies… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
Ix-xbieha tad-dielja u l-friegħi hi xbieha sabiħa li tfisser b’mod ċar ħafna r-rabta qawwija li hemm bejn Ġesù u d-dixxipli tiegħu. Id-dielja tagħti l-ħajja lill-friegħi, u l-friegħi ma jistgħux jgħixu mingħajr il-ħajja li tiġi mid-dielja. Għalhekk, hi xbieha li turi li hemm aktar minn sempliċiment grupp ta’ nies li jimxu wara Ġesù. Hemm rabta intima ta’ mħabba u ħajja.
Erba’ darbiet Ġesù jsemmi hawnhekk, u iktar tul dan il-kapitlu fl-Evanġelju, li l-iskop tal-bidwi hu li jara l-frott… Read more »
At the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis considered several of the core aspects of prayer.
He said prayer is common to all people, no matter what their religion, and “probably even to those who profess no religion.”
The Pope recently demonstrated the universality of prayer. He has invited people of all religions to take part in a day of prayer on Thursday, 14 May, to implore God for an end to the coronavirus pandemic… 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 »
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter / Our Lady of Fatima
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 15, 1-6
Psalm: 121 (122), 1-2.3-4a.4b-5
Gospel: Jn 15, 1-8
Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit… Read more »
L-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna llum żar il-kċina ta’ ristorant fis-Salini fejn qed jiġu ppreparati madwar 700 ikla sħuna kuljum għall-persuni vulnerabbli, bħala parti mill-proġett ‘Solidarity Meals’. Dawn l-ikliet huma sponsorjati minn The Alfred Mizzi Foundation u jitqassmu mill-entità tal-Knisja Caritas Malta permezz tad-Djakonija Unit li taħdem id f’id mal-parroċċi u ma’ entitajiet oħra tal-Knisja li joffru servizz fil-komunità.
Waqt iż-żjara l-Arċisqof iddawwar mal-istabbiliment minn Julian Sammut, iċ-Chairperson ta’ The Alfred Mizzi Foundation, u kien akkumpanjat minn Anthony Gatt, Direttur ta’ Caritas Malta; u Albert Debono, il-Kap tad-Djakonija Unit u l-Kordinatur ta’ dan il-proġett… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Din is-silta mill-kapitlu 14 ta’ San Ġwann, hija meħuda mid-diskors ta’ Ġesù fl-aħħar ikla mad-dixxipli tiegħu. Ftit sigħat wara dan id-diskors Ġesù jiġi arrestat u tibda t-tortura ħarxa tiegħu, il-passjoni tiegħu u l-mewt fuq is-salib.
Imma f’dan il-kuntest Ġesù jitkellem dwar is-sliem, il-paċi tal-qalb. “Jiena nħallilkom is-sliem, nagħtikom is-sliem tiegħi” (Ġw 14:27). Dawn huma kliem li aħna nfakkru f’kull quddiesa qabel is-saċerdot jgħidilna biex nagħtu l-paċi lil xulxin… Read more »
“The reopening of churches must be implemented by civil authorities in dialogue with ecclesial institutions”, states Fr. Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of COMECE, thereby expressing a widespread feeling within the Church in many EU Member States.
“Freedom of religion, including freedom of worship, is a fundamental right and a real necessity for many people – states Fr… 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 »
