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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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Deut 4, 1.5-9
Psalm: 147, 12-13.15-16.19-20
Gospel: Mt 5, 17-19
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
F’din il-mixja speċjali tar-Randan f’din is-sena, il-Mulej qed jgħallimna li, aħna min aħna, għandna bżonn il-ħniena u l-għajnuna tiegħu.
Aħna min aħna, ilkoll esposti għal periklu kbir. Huwa l-mument fejn aħna ninsew dak li jifridna u hu opportunità sabiħa biex naħfru mill-qalb lil xulxin. Il-Mulej ħerqan li jaħfrilna u jaħfrilna dejjem. Kif isibna disposti, lesti li nilqgħu l-maħfra tiegħu, lest jagħtihielna… Read more »
L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jirreferi għad-direttivi tat-12 ta’ Marzu li għadda u jfakkar li minħabba ċ-ċirkustanzi preżenti f’pajjiżna, il-funerali għandhom isiru b’dan il-mod:
Is-saċerdot jakkumpanja lill-mejjet/mejta mill-kamra mortwarja saċ-ċimiterju, fejn issir it-talba u t-tislima tal-aħħar li s-soltu ssir fil-knisja (Ħuti għeżież, ta’ Nsara li aħna nagħmlu dmirna…) u t-talba li s-soltu ssir fiċ-ċimiterju.
Filwaqt li kollox għandu jsir b’dinjità u b’sensibilità kbira, wieħed m’għandux itawwal iżżejjed… Read more »
L-Omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
Meta Ġesù jsemmi n-numru 77, għall-mistoqsija ta’ Pietru xi kemm-il darba jrid jonqsu ħuh biex jaħfirlu, ma kienx qed isemmi dan in-numru bħala limitu – Pietru semma’ sebgħa u hu 77. Imma l-kelma 77 tfisser li għandek taħfer mingħajr limitu, li għandek taħfer dejjem.
Pietru fehem dan. Kien sema’ lil Ġesù jitkellem fuq il-maħfra u kemm il-maħfra hi importanti għal min ikun dixxiplu ta’ Ġesù… Read more »
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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Dan 3, 25.34-43
Psalm: 24 (25), 4bc-5ab.6-7bc.8-9
Gospel: Mt 18, 21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
Illum fl-Ewwel Qari (2Slat 5:1-15) smajna l-istorja sabiħa ta’ dan il-fizzjal mis-Sirja, Nagħman, li kien marid bil-lebbra u li permezz tal-profeta tal-Mulej, il-profeta Eliżew, reġa’ sab il-fejqan.
L-Evanġelju jintagħżel għax propju huwa Ġesù stess li jsemmi dan l-episodju: “Kien hemm bosta lebbrużi f’Iżrael fi żmien il-profeta Eliżew imma ħadd minnhom ma ġie mfejjaq ħlief Nagħman tas-Sirja” (Lq 4:27)… Read more »
