News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 35, 1-10
Psalm: 84 (85), 9ab-10.11-12.13-14
Gospel: Lk 5, 17-26
One day, while Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting nearby (they had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem); and the power of the Lord was with him to heal. Just then some men came, carrying a paralyzed man on a bed… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Int Marija l-isbaħ ġawhra, Inti l-Omm ta’ din il-belt”. Dan hu l-kliem sabiħ tal-Innu ‘Omm Beltna’, li intom tkantaw b’ferħ u b’għożża f’din il-parroċċa. Hu innu li jenfasizza l-preżenza ta’ Marija f’din il-belt iddedikata lilha.
Fl-Evanġelju tal-lum għadna kif smajna ġrajja speċjali fil-ħajja ta’ Ġesù fejn hi enfasizzata l-preżenza ta’ Marija. Hemm sentenza speċjali f’din il-ġrajja li tgħid hekk: “Omm Ġesù kienet hemm”… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Forsi ftit nindunaw, meta naqraw din is-silta mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa, il-messaġġ qawwi li hemm fl-ewwel biċċa, meta smajna dawk il-ħafna ismijiet. Hawnhekk San Luqa qed jgħid fuq nies li storikament kienu jeżistu, u qegħdin fil-kotba tal-Istorja, għax kienu nies hekk imsejħa “importanti”, nies li kellhom il-poter. Għalhekk isemmi lil min kien jaħkem fuq il-post kollu, u anke lil min kellu poter fuq ċerti oqsma partikulari… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
L-Evanġelju tal-lum huwa l-bidu tat-tielet kapitlu tal-Evanġelju ta’ San Luqa. L-ewwel żewġ kapitli se nisimgħuhom fil-ġimgħat li ġejjin għax huma l-ewwel u t-tieni kapitli tal-Evanġelju ta’ San Luqa li jitkellmu dwar it-tħabbira tat-twelid ta’ Ġwanni l-Battista, it-tħabbira tat-twelid ta’ Ġesù u t-twelid ta’ Ġesù. Imma t-tielet kapitlu jibda mill-ewwel b’dawk it-tliet snin li wasslu għall-predikazzjoni ta’ Ġesù, għall-mewt, u l-qawmien tiegħu mill-imwiet… Read more »
Today, Sunday, 5th December 2021, Life Network Foundation will be organising its March For Life in Valletta. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness on the importance of promoting and protecting human life from conception in Malta.
Through this event, Life Network Foundation will be the voice of the vulnerable in society, especially the voice of the child in the womb… Read more »
Il-Ġimgħa 2 ta’ Diċmebru sar il-funeral tal-Gran Mastru Fra’ Matthew Festing, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann fil-Belt Valletta.
Matul l-omelija, il-Kardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi qal li bl-għażla tiegħu li jsir kavallier, Fra’ Matthew Festing iddedika ħajtu għall-missjoni tal-Ordni tal-Kavallieri ta’ San Ġwann, dik li tiddefendi l-fidi u li tkun għas-servizz tal-foqra.
Il-kardinal Tomasi qal li t-taqbida tal-Ordni llum hija miġġielda, mhux bix-xabla imma bil-ħidma ta’ karità b’risq il-foqra u l-morda… 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 »
Second Sunday of Advent
Readings of the day
First Reading: Baruch 5:1-9
Psalm: 125(126):1-2ab,2cd-3,4-5,6
Second Reading: Phil 1:4-6,8-11
Gospel: Lk 3:1-6
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ” Read more »
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Id-dar tal-anzjani Holy Family Home li tinsab biswit it-Trade Fair Grounds fin-Naxxar se tagħlaq il-bibien tagħha s-sena d-dieħla. L-anzjani kollha, 75 b’kollox, ġew infurmati f’dawn il-jiem li ser jiġu rilokati fi djar oħra mingħajr ebda spejjeż għalihom. Il-ħaddiema, li jgħoddu madwar 60, ser ikunu qed jingħataw impjieg alternattiv.
Is-Segretarju Amministrattiv tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta, Michael Pace Ross, qal lil Newsbook.com.mt li s-sena d-dieħla d-djoċesi se tirritorna d-dar lura lill-Ġiżwiti u wara ser tingħalaq… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 30, 19-21.23-26
Psalm: 146 (147), 1-2.3-4.5-6
Gospel: Mt 9, 35 – 10, 1.6-8
Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.”
Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness… Read more »
