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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: Zeph 3, 1-2.9-13
Psalm: 33 (34), 2-3.6-7.17-18.19 & 23
Gospel: Mt 21, 28-32
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ He said in reply, ‘I will not,’ but afterwards he changed his mind and went… Read more »
While various prayers and devotions are important to honor St. Joseph, what is more important is to imitate the life and example of the foster-father of Jesus.
In the 19th-century book Devotion to Saint Joseph, the author explains this concept plainly.
The book also details a helpful practice that can remind you to imitate St Joseph.
Listen to the Holy Spirit
The first was to raise his mind towards the heart of St Joseph and consider how docile he had been to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit, then examining his own heart he humbled himself for his resistance and animated himself to follow more faithfully the inspirations of grace… Read more »
Jorge Mario Bergoglio as a young priest
Fifty-one years ago today, on 13 December 1969; and just a few days before his thirty-third birthday, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ordained to the sacred priesthood.
Eleven years earlier, on 11 March 1958, he had entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus where, less than four years after his ordination, he made his perpetual profession on 22 April 1973… Read more »
Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna
Today’s Gospel is very appropriate as we celebrate the investiture and the solemn rites of the Sovereign Military Order of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta in this extraordinary church dedicated to the Baptist.
I can even sit down and let you enjoy what Mattia Preti painted in such an extraordinary way as I used to do when I was young and my parents used to bring me here for the eleven o’clock mass and the homilies used to be quite long… 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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Num 24, 2-7.15-17a
Psalm: 24 (25), 4bc-5ab.6-7bc.8-9
Gospel: Mt 21, 23-27
When Jesus had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?”
Jesus said to them in reply, “I shall ask you one question, and if you answer it for me, then I shall tell you by what authority I do these things… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Nixtieq li nieqfu fuq sentenza waħda li hemm fl-Evanġelju tal-lum, li hi sentenza li għandha x’tgħidilna ħafna għal ħajjitna. Hu l-kliem li qal Ġwanni l-Battista u li ħa mill-Profeta Iżaija biex ifisser lilu nnifsu u l-missjoni tiegħu: “Jiena l-leħen ta’ wieħed jgħajjat fid-deżert: wittu t-triq tal-Mulej.”
Negħlbu l-biża’
Ġwanni kien “leħen ta’ wieħed jgħajjat fid-deżert”. Kien hekk għax għażel id-deżert bħala l-post; ma kienx qalb in-nies, imma n-nies kienu jmorru ħdejh, għax hu għażel id-deżert biex jaqdi l-missjoni tiegħu… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
“Ġie bħala xhud biex jixhed għad-dawl, biex bih kulħadd jemmen” (Ġw 1:6). Dan huwa l-mod kif l-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann li għadna kemm qrajna – propju qegħdin fl-ewwel kapitlu – jiddikjara u jfisser il-missjoni ta’ Ġwanni li aħna nsemmuh bħala l-Għammied għax hu kien li għammed lill-Mulej Ġesù, jew inkella Ġwanni l-Battista għax propju għammed lill-Mulej.
“Ġie bħala xhud ibix jixhed għad-dawl, biex bih kulħadd jemmen”… Read more »
The religious celebrations led by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna during the Christmas season will start on Christmas Eve. These services are open to the public in accordance with the measures and restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vulnerable persons are invited to follow these celebrations on the national television channels as listed below, and on Church.mt and Newsbook.com.mt.
Thursday 24th December, Christmas Eve, at 5:15 p.m… Read more »
