Yearly Archives: 2021

The Gospel of the day: 14th May

Saint Matthias, Apostle – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Act 1, 15-17. 20-26
Psalm: 112, 1-8

Gospel: Jn 15, 9-17

In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 

I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 

You did not choose me but I chose you… Read more »

“The mother’s womb is precious and sacred; it is there that human life is formed” – The Archbishop

Mass with the new priests on the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima

  The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa

L-Evanġelji li naqraw f’dawn il-jiem iwassluna għall-festa li se niċċelebraw nhar il-Ħadd li ġej, il-festa tal-Lapsi, it-Tlugħ is-Sema tal-Mulej. F’partijiet tad-dinja qed jiċċelebrawha llum, propju fl-40 jum mill-Għid il-Kbir. L-Evanġelji jippreparawna wkoll biex 50 jum wara l-Għid, fl-Għid il-Ħamsin, niċċelebraw il-miġja tal-Ispirtu s-Santu.

Illum, f’dan is-santwarju antik, qed niċċelebraw il-festa ta’ Sidtna Marija ta’ Fatima. Madwar dan l-affresk tal-Madonna bil-Bambin, hemm l-isem tagħha ‘Mater Dei’ (Omm Alla)… Read more »

Holy Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa – 13th May 2021

  The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa

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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 Gospel of the day: 13th May

The Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima – Memorial
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 18, 1-8
Psalm: 97 (98), 1.2-3ab.3cd-4

Gospel: Jn 16, 16-20

In those days. Jesus told his disciples: “A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me.” Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying to us, “A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and “Because I am going to the Father’?” They said, “What does he mean by this “a little while’? … Read more »

Building on what is good rather than promoting harmful substances

Statement by MCYN on the Cannabis White Paper

The Malta Catholic Youth Network (MCYN), an entity of the Archdiocese of Malta which works with young people, published a position paper as part of the Government’s consultation process regarding the White Paper “Towards the Strengthening of the Legal Framework on the Responsible Use of Cannabis”.

MCYN, which represents more than a 100 youth groups and which has consistently supported recreational activities which aid the young person’s development and community building, is against the use of any psychoactive and/or harmful substance, whether it be legal or not… Read more »

The ordination of two deacons

L‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna se jordna żewġ djakni ġodda nhar is‑Sibt li ġej, 15 ta’ Mejju 2021. Il‑quddiesa se ssir fis‑Santwarju tal‑Madonna tal‑Grazzja, Ħaż‑Żabbar, fid‑9:30 a.m. Din se tixxandar fuq TVM2, Knisja.mt u Newsbook.com.mt.

Iż‑żewġ seminaristi huma Sean Abela mill‑Parroċċa ta’ San Pawl, ir‑Rabat, u Jean Claude Attard mill‑Parroċċa ta’ Sant’Anna, Wied il‑Għajn.

Permezz ta’ din l‑ordinazzjoni, id‑djakni l‑ġodda jsiru xebh ma’ Ġesù Kristu li ried ikun ‘djaknu’, jiġifieri qaddej ta’ kulħadd… Read more »

Holy Mass & Rosary – 12th May 2021

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 Gospel of the day: 12th May

Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 17, 15.22 – 18, 1
Psalm: 148, 1-2.11-12ab.12c-13a.13bcd-14

Gospel: Jn 16, 12-15

In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine… Read more »

Pope establishes ministry of catechist

With a new Apostolic Letter issued “motu proprio,” Pope Francis establishes the lay ministry of catechist, intended to respond to an urgent need for the evangelisation of the modern world, and undertaken in a “secular” manner, avoiding clericalisation.

“Fidelity to the past and responsibility for the present are necessary conditions for the Church to carry out her mission in the world,” writes Pope Francis in the Apostolic Letter Antiquum ministerium, with which the Holy Father institutes the lay ministry of catechist… Read more »