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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 »
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 35:4-7a
Psalm: 145(146):7,8-9a,9bc,10
Second Reading: James 2:1-5
Gospel: Mk 7:31-37
In those days, Jesus returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded beyond measure, saying, “He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.” Read more »
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Fil-ħajja ta’ Ġesù, insibuh diversi drabi f’polemika mal-Fariżej u l-kittieba tagħhom. Tal-lum hija waħda minnhom, meta ġew jilmentaw għaliex id-dixxipli ta’ Ġesù ma kinux f’kollox bħad-dixxipli l-oħra ta’ Ġwanni, jagħmlu bħalhom, imma kienu qishom qed igawdu l-ħajja, “jieklu u jixorbu”; dejjem ovvjament jagħmlu affarijiet tajbin, imma jgawdu l-ħajja. Ħaduha bi kbira minħabba f’hekk.
Nixtieq nieħu t-tieni parti tal-Evanġelju, meta Ġesù jgħid li “ħadd ma jaqta’ biċċa drapp minn libsa ġdida biex biha jraqqa’ waħda qadima”… Read more »
Għadd ta’ voluntiera mill-grupp Caminiamo l-ġimgħa d-dieħla se jagħmlu l-Pellegrinaġġ ta’ San Ġakbu magħruf bħala l-Camino de Santiago fi Spanja. Id-donazzjonijiet miġbura se jmorru b’risq l-entità tal-Knisja Fondazzjoni Sebħ, biex tkun tista’ tiftaħ ċentru terapewtiku f’Santa Venera li se jgħin lit-tfal, l-adolexxenti u n-nisa li joqgħodu f’waħda mir-residenzi tal-fondazzjoni.
Il-motto tal-pellegrinaġġ ta’ din is-sena hu ‘Kull Pass Jgħodd’ b’riferiment għall-mixja nnifisha kif ukoll għal kull pass żgħir ’il quddiem li jsir waqt it-terapija… 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: Col 1, 21-23
Psalm: 53 (54), 3-4.6 & 8
Gospel: Lk 6, 1-5
One sabbath while Jesus was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?”
Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions?” Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.” Read more »
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Ġie inawgurat ix‑xogħol ta’ restawr u konservazzjoni fuq żewġ pitturi tal‑artist Malti Francesco Zahra, li jinsabu fil‑kor tal‑Bażilika Minuri ta’ Marija Bambina, l‑Isla. Dan il‑proġett sar mill‑Fondazzjoni għall‑Patrimonju Kulturali tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta, b’kofinanzjament ta’ 80% minn fondi tal‑Unjoni Ewropea. L‑inawgurazzjoni saret mill‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi u mis‑Segretarju Parlamentari għall‑Fondi Ewropej Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi. Preżenti wkoll is‑Segretarju Amministrattiv tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta Michael Pace Ross, u l‑Arċipriet Kan… Read more »
In a joint statement released by CEC and COMECE, the two bodies representing European Churches and European Bishops call for solidarity with the people of Afghanistan and for support from European Union Member Nations.
As EU institutions are holding meetings on Afghanistan this week, European Churches turn to all political leaders, offering reflections and policy recommendations, urging them to prove that “EU values are not an empty rhetoric but are practical guiding principles that lead to actions based on ethical standards, beyond mere political or economic considerations.”
In their joint statement, Churches appeal to the international community to protect persons who are targets of oppression and whose lives are at risk, such as women, children, civil society actors, human rights defenders, journalists, artists and members of ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as Christians and other religious communities… 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 Readng: Col 1, 15-20
Psalm: 99 (100), 2.3.4.5
Gospel: Lk 5, 33-39
In those days, the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus: “John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.” Jesus said to them, “You cannot make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? The days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.”
He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it on an old garment; otherwise the new will be torn, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new wine, but says, “The old is good.’”
Saint of the day: Saint Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church Read more »
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