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Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 65, 17-21
Psalm: 29 (30), 2 & 4.5-6.11-12a & 13b
Gospel: Jn 4, 43-54
At that time Jesus left Samaria for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honour in his native place. When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast… Read more »
Quddiesa tar-Raba' Ħadd tar-Randan
Knisja Parrokjali ta' Marija Annunzjata – Ħal Balzan – Imexxi Mons. Isqof Joe Galea Curmi – 14/03/2021
Posted by Parroċċa Balzan – Balzan Parish on Sunday, March 14, 2021 L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Hemm sentenza fl-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann illum li baqgħet tissemma ħafna, u bir-raġun, għaliex tiġbor fiha l-iktar ħaġa essenzjali tal-Aħbar it-Tajba. Ġesù jgħid lil Nikodemu: “Alla hekk ħabb lid-dinja li ta lil ibnu l-waħdieni biex kull min jemmen fih ma jintilifx imma jkollu l-ħajja ta’ dejjem.” U jkompli jispjega… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Meta Ġesù ried iħabbar il-missjoni tiegħu uża kelma għażiża: il-kelma ‘evanġelju’. Xi tfisser din il-kelma? Din il-kelma ġejja mill-Grieg u tfisser ‘aħbar tajba’. L-Evanġelju tal-lum, aħna u nibdew it-tieni parti tal-mixja tagħna tar-Randan, jagħtina din l-aħbar tajba u sabiħa li twassalna biex niċċelebraw il-misteru kbir tal-Għid. Alla ħabb lid-dinja. “Alla hekk ħabb lid-dinja li ta lil Ibnu l-waħdieni biex kull min jemmen fih ma jintilifx, imma jkollu l-ħajja ta’ dejjem” (Ġw 3:16)… 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 »
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cron 36, 14-16.19-23
Psalm: 136 (137), 1-2.3.4-5.6
Second Reading: Eph 2, 4-10
Gospel: Jn 3, 14-21
In those days, Jesus said to Nicodemus, “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life… Read more »
Reflection for the fourth Sunday of Lent by Archbishop Charles Scicluna.
Gospel: John 3:14-21 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 »
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 »
