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The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 52, 7-10
Psalm: 97 (98), 1.2-3ab.3cd-4.5-6
Second Reading: Hebrews 1, 1-6
Gospel: Jn 1, 1-18
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be… Read more »
Message by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna
Dear Maltese and Gozitans,
It is with great pleasure that I greet each and every one of you dear Maltese and Gozitans on the holy night of Christmas. I greet you with the greeting of the angel on this holy night: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased… Read more »
From Thursday 24th December till Sunday 3rd January 2021 (both days included), the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal in Valletta will be closed. They will be open to the public on Monday 4th January 2021. Read more »
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L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Dan il-kantiku sabiħ li l-Knisja titlob kuljum ma’ sbieħ il-jum, huwa l-kantiku ta’ missier Ġwanni l-Battista, ta’ Żakkarija. Żakkarija hu missier Ġwanni.
L-isem stess Żakkarija jfisser ‘Alla jiftakar’. Aħna, mill-għerq ‘żakar’, minn fejn ġej l-isem Żakkarija, għandna biss iż-żokra li hija t-tifkira tal-omm tagħna. Minn hemmhekk ġej l-għerq tal-kelma żokra, li hija wkoll l-istess għerq tal-isem Żakkarija, li Alla jiftakar… Read more »
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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… Read more »
The Servant of God, Judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the mafia in 1990.
During an audience granted to Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Francis authorized the publication of Decrees regarding:
– the martyrdom of the Servant of God Rosario Angelo Livatino, layman; born 3 October 1952 at Canicatti, Italy; killed, in hatred of the faith, on the highway between Canicatti and Agrigento on 21 September 1990;
– the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Vasco de Quiroga, Bishop of Michoacán, Mexico; born around 1470 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain; died in Pátzcuaro, Mexico on 14 March 1565;
– the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Bernardino Piccinelli (né Dino), of the Order of the Servants of Mary [Servites], titular Bishop of Gaudiaba and Auxiliary of Ancona; born 24 January 1905 at Madonna dei Fornelli, in the municipality of San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy; died at Ancona, Italy on 1 October 1984;
– the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Antonio Vincenzo González Suárez, diocesan Priest; born 5 April 1817 at Agüimes, Spain; died at Las Palmas, Spain, on 22 June 1851;
– the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Antonio Seghezzi, diocesan Priest; born 25 August 1906 in Premolo, Italy; died at Dachau, Germany, on 21 May 1945;
– the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Bernardo Antonini, diocesan Priest; born 20 October 1932 at Cimego, Italy; died at Karganda, Kazakhstan on 27 March 2002;
– the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Ignazio Stuchlý, Priest of the Society of Saint Francs de Sales [Salesians]; born 14 December 1869 in Bolesław, in what is now Poland; died in Lukov, Czech Republic on 17 January 1953;
– the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Rosa Staltari, professed Religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Most Holy, Co-Redemptrix; born 3 May 1951 at Antonimina, Italy; died in Palermo, Italy, on 4 January 1974… Read more »
Catechesis on Christmas
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
In this catechesis, as we approach Christmas, I would like to offer some food for thought in preparation for the celebration of Christmas. In the Midnight Mass liturgy the Angel’s proclamation to the Shepherds: “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord” (Lk 2:10-12)… Read more »
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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… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Sam 7, 1-5.8b-12.14a.16
Psalm: 88 (89), 2-3.4-5.27 & 29
Gospel: Lk 1, 67-79
In those days, Zechariah, John’s father, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people, and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Read more »
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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… Read more »
