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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: Jer 13, 1-11
Psalm: Deut 32, 18-19.20.21
Gospel: Mt 13, 31-35
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’”
He spoke to them another parable… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
Biex Ġesù jfiehem lin-nies dak li ried jgħid, kien juża spiss it-tixbihat. Illum nixtieq li niffukaw fuq tnejn minn dawk li jsemmi fl-Evanġelju, li kellhom tifsira speċjali għan-nies ta’ żmienu:
(i) it-teżor moħbi f’għalqa u
(ii) il-ġawhra li negozjant isib u mbagħad jixtri lilha għax tiswa ħafna.
Ġesù jgħid li s-saltna tas-smewwiet tixbah lil teżor moħbi f’għalqa, li wieħed ibigħ kulma jkollu u jixtri dik l-għalqa… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Nistgħu nifhmu aħjar l-ewwel żewġ parabboli li jagħtina Ġesù llum fl-Evanġelju skont San Mattew kapitlu 13, fid-dawl anke tar-rakkont sabiħ li smajna fl-ewwel qari. David miet u bħala sultan warajh, il-Mulej jagħżel lil Salamun, li fil-ħolm ikollu dan id-djalogu mal-Mulej. Il-Mulej jagħmillu mistoqsija, li tista’ tkun ukoll mistoqsija li għamel lill-qalb ta’ kull wieħed u waħda minna: “Itlobni xi ħaġa x’nagħtik” (1 Slat 3:5)… Read more »
Fr Alliston Fernandes and Fr Francis D’Sousa, two priests from the ICPE Mission Priests were incardinated into the Archdiocese of Malta during a ceremony presided by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna.
In 2015, Archbishop Scicluna gave permission to set up a house for the formation of future ICPE Mission priests within the archdiocesan seminary of Malta. They are presently involved in the work of forming future priests for the mission while also serving within the archdiocese of Malta… 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 »
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Kings 3, 5.7-12
Psalm: 118 (119), 57.72.76-77.127-128.129-130
Second Reading: Rom 8, 28-30
Gospel: Mt 13, 44-52
Jesus said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field… 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 »
Saint James, Apostle – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cor 4, 7-15
Psalm: 125, 1-6
Gospel: Mt 20, 20-28
The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something. He said to her, “What do you wish?” She answered him, “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.”
Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what you are asking… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
Huma ftit il-qaddisin li d-devozzjoni lejhom bdiet f’Malta. Għandna lil San Publju u lil San Ġorġ Preca, u l-Beati Nazju Falzon u Marija Adeodata Pisani, li kienu jgħixu hawn. Imma hemm qaddis li ma għexx f’Malta u li d-devozzjoni lejh bdiet f’Malta: dan hu San Kalċedonju, li qed niċċelebraw il-festa tiegħu llum. Ir-raġuni hi għaliex snin ilu, fl-1753, il-Papa ta’ dak iż-żmien, Benedittu XIV, kien bagħat hawnhekk il-fdalijiet tiegħu lill-Ġiżwiti li kienu jgħixu f’dan il-post, il-kunvent li kien jissejjaħ tal-Madonna ta’ Manresa… Read more »
