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The Pastoral Letter by the Bishops
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In today’s Gospel, Jesus invites us to “Repent and believe in the Gospel” (Mk 1:15). He calls us to embrace the Good News and delve deeper into the essence of our faith, as Jesus himself explains: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (Jn 3:16)… 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: Is 58, 9b-14
Psalm: 85 (86), 1-2.3-4.5-6
Gospel: Lk 5, 27-32
Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.”
And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them… Read more »
Yesterday evening, the Holy Father provided his nulla osta to the 2021 Budget of the Holy See, proposed by the Secretariat for the Economy and approved last Tuesday, February 16th, by the Council for the Economy.
With total revenues of € 260.4M and expenses of € 310.1M, the Holy See expects a deficit of € 49.7M in 2021, heavily impacted by the economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
Reflection for the first Sunday of Lent by Archbishop Charles Scicluna.
Gospel: Mark 1:12-15 Read more »
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Ġew inawgurati żewġ proġetti ta’ restawr fil‑Bażilika Minuri ta’ Kristu Re f’Raħal Ġdid u fil‑Knisja Arċipretali tal‑Lunzjata f’Ħal Tarxien. Dawn il‑proġetti, b’kofinanzjament ta’ 80% minn fondi tal‑Unjoni Ewropea, saru b’investiment ta’ aktar minn €400,000. Il‑proġetti ġew inawgurati llum mill‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi u mis‑Segretarju Parlamentari għall‑Fondi Ewropej Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi. Preżenti wkoll għall‑konferenza tal‑aħbarijiet kien hemm is‑Segretarju Amministrattiv tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta Michael Pace Ross, u Dun Marc Andrè Camilleri u Dun Christopher Ellul, il‑kappillan u l‑arċipriet tal‑parroċċa ta’ Raħal Ġdid (Kristu Re) u ta’ Ħal Tarxien rispettivament… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Ir-Randan hu ż-żmien ta’ mixja li aħna nagħmlu lejn iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-misteru tal-mewt u l-qawmien ta’ Ġesù, iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Għid li hi l-ikbar ċelebrazzjoni għalina. Hawnhekk, fil-kelma tiegħu fl-Evanġelju llum, Ġesù jurina tliet affarijiet importanti u ta’ għajnuna tul din il-mixja li se nagħmlu matul ir-Randan. Isemmi s-sawm, it-talb u l-karità.
Bis-sinċerità tal-qalb
Jgħid ħaġa tant importanti għat-tlieta li huma: li aħna, jekk se nsumu, se nitolbu u se nagħtu karità, ma nagħmlux dan biex nidhru, għal wiċċ in-nies… Read more »
Stqarrija minn Caritas Malta, Fondazzjoni Oasi, Aġenzija Sedqa u l-Assoċjazzjoni tal-Psikjatrija f’Malta dwar l-użu tal-kannabis u implikazzjonijiet għal-liġi:
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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: Is 58, 1-9a
Psalm: 50 (51), 3-4.5-6a.18-19
Gospel: Mt 9, 14-15
In those days the disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? … Read more »
