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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 »
An agreement has been signed between the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta and the Archdiocese of Malta providing for a house located at the entrance of the Archbishop’s Seminary in Tal-Virtù, Rabat, to be used as a residence for student-priests from developing countries.
The two-storey house is currently being completely refurbished. It will be able to host up to five priests who would be reading for a Licentiate in Pastoral Theology at the Faculty of Theology in Malta… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hos 6, 1-6
Psalm: 50 (51), 3-4.18-19.20-21ab
Gospel: Lk 18, 9-14
Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity – greedy, dishonest, adulterous – or even like this tax collector… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Fl-Evanġelju, Ġesù kemm-il darba jipprova jgħallimna li lil Alla iżjed jogħġbu s-sagrifiċċju tal-imħabba u tal-maħfra milli r-ritwal tat-tempju; is-sagrifiċċji tal-ħruq u tat-tpattija kif isemmi wkoll dan l-għaref tal-Liġi fl-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna.
Dan l-għaref qed jipprova jsolvi diffikultà li kellhom l-għorrief tal-Liġi fi żmien Ġesù: fost il-ħafna mijiet ta’ liġijiet liema hija dik li hija l-pedament ta’ kollox? … Read more »
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that ten years of humanitarian crisis and hostilities in Syria have had a profound effect on the situation of most of the children in the country.
A recent statement from UNICEF notes that about 90 percent of children are in need of humanitarian assistance – a figure that represents a 20 percent increase in the past year alone… 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: Hos 14, 2-10
Psalm: 80 (81), 6c-8a.8bc-9.10-11ab.14 & 17
Gospel: Mk 12, 28b-34
In those days, one of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher… Read more »
L‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta qed tippubblika direttivi li jidħlu mis‑seħħ mil‑lum il‑Ħamis, 11 ta’ Marzu sal‑Ħadd, 11 ta’ April 2021. Dan wara li lbieraħ filgħaxija tħabbar li fis‑sitwazzjoni preżenti l‑Knisja qed twaqqaf il‑funzjonijiet reliġjużi biex tiġi mħarsa s‑saħħa tal‑poplu.
Id‑direttivi l‑ġodda jistabilixxu li l‑knejjes jistgħu jiftħu għall‑qima tal‑pubbliku għalkemm mhux permess li jsir quddies jew xi attività reliġjuża oħra bil‑preżenza tan‑nies. Jistgħu jsiru biss funerali u żwiġijiet b’numru ristrett ta’ nies waqt li jitħarsu l‑miżuri kollha stipulati għall‑quddies… 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: Jer 7, 23-28
Psalm: 94 (95), 1-2.6-7.8-9
Gospel: Lk 11, 14-23
Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke and the crowds were amazed. Some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven… Read more »
