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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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 13, 15-17.20-21
Psalm: 22 (23), 1-3a.3b-4.5.6
Gospel: Mk 6, 30-34
The Apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat… Read more »
Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
Pope Francis marked the first-ever International Day of Human Fraternity on Thursday, in a virtual event hosted by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi, with the participation of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and other personalities.
During the occasion, the Holy Father, in words prepared for the occasion, expressed his gratitude to those who had contributed to the promotion of fraternity in spite of the challenges… 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: Hebrews 13, 1-8
Psalm: 26 (27), 1.3.5.8b-9abc
Gospel: Mk 6, 14-29
King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; That is why mighty powers are at work in him.” Others were saying, “He is Elijah”; still others, “He is a prophet like any of the prophets.”
But when Herod learned of it, he said, “It is John whom I beheaded… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Ġesù jibda jittrenja lid-dixxipli tiegħu. Hawnhekk għandna l-ewwel esperiment li għamel u jsejjaħ lit-tnax. ’Il quddiem isejjaħ grupp ikbar ta’ 72. F’din l-esperjenza Ġesù jipprova jgħaddi l-qawwa tiegħu fuq il-ħażen u fuq il-mard lid-dixxipli tiegħu. Jibagħthom tnejn tnejn. Ħafna mill-għorrief tal-Knisja, is-santi padri, jikkummentaw li ma bagħathomx wieħed wieħed, bagħathom tnejn tnejn għaliex fl-għaqda ta’ bejniethom mhux biss se jkunu sapport għal xulxin imma se jagħtu xhieda wkoll li huma aħwa għalkemm mhumiex aħwa… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 12, 18-19.21-24
Psalm: 47 (48), 2-3a.3b-4.9.10-11
Gospel: Mk 6, 7-13
Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick: no food, no sack, no money in their belts. They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
In the history of the Church, there has often been a temptation to practise an intimist Christianity, which does not recognise the spiritual importance of public liturgical rites. Often, this tendency claimed the supposed greater purity of a religiousness that did not depend on external ceremonies, which were considered a useless or harmful burden. At the centre of the criticism was not a particular ritual form, or a particular way of celebrating, but rather the liturgy itself, the liturgical form of praying… Read more »
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