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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: Sir 44, 1.9-13
Psalm: 149 (150), 1-2.3-4.5-6a & 9b
Gospel: Mk 11, 11-26
After he entered Jerusalem, Jesus went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it… Read more »
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU (COMECE) calls on the European Union to support the Lebanese population in their struggle for the preservation of Lebanon’s identity and social fabric in the face of the ongoing multi-faced crisis. The COMECE appeal builds upon the concerns recently expressed by the Lebanese Church in a letter sent to the Bishops of the EU.
The Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon (APECL) addressed a letter to H. Em… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Kemm hi għajta sabiħa din ta’ bin Timew, Bartimew tfisser l-istess ħaġa: iben Timew. “Ġesù Bin David, ikollok ħniena minni” (Mk10:47).
Ta’ min nirrepetuha ħafna drabi din it-talba li ħierġa mill-qalb ta’ dan l-għama biex il-Mulej jagħtina s-sens li naraw d-dinja, ’il ħutna, ’il persuni u s-sitwazzjonjiet kif jarahom hu. Aħna ħafna drabi għamjin jew b’xi preġudizzju jew minħabba r-rabja jew l-għira, ma narawx kif jara Ġesù… 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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sir 42, 15-26
Psalm: 32 (33), 2-3.4-5.6-7.8-9
Gospel: Mk 10, 46-52
In those days, as Jesus together with his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
There is a radical objection to prayer, which derives from an observation that we all make: we pray, we ask, and yet sometimes our prayers seem to go unheard: what we have asked for – for ourselves or for others – is not fulfilled. We have this experience, very often… If the reason for which we prayed was noble (such as intercession for the health of a sick person, or for the end of a war, for instance), the non-fulfilment seems scandalous… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
“M’għandhomx inbid” (Ġw 2:3). Din il-kelma ta’ Marija lil Ġesù tirreferi għal sitwazzjoni konkreta, waqt tieġ, waqt festa ta’ mħabba u ferħ. L-inbid, skont is-Salm 103, huwa dak li jferraħ qalb il-bniedem” (103:15). Il-ħsieb tagħna malajr imur lejn l-inbid bħala l-element li fil-ħajja tagħna jġib il-ferħ. Naqashom il-ferħ mhux biss għax l-għarus u l-għarusa kienu inkwetati li ma jistgħux jitrattaw il-mistednin bir-rispett li jistħoqqilhom — fosthom kien hemm Marija u Ġesù li stieden miegħu d-dixxipli wkoll — imma għaliex din li tgħid il-Madonna tista’ wkoll tirreferi għal tant sitwazzjonijiet fil-ħajja tagħna li donnhom ma baqgħalhomx sens jew huma kawża ta’ pietà… 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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sir 36, 1-2a.5-6.13-19
Psalm: 78 (79), 8.9.11 & 13
Gospel: Mk 10, 32-45
In those days, they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.
He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death; then they will hand him over to the Gentiles; they will mock him, and spit upon him, and flog him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise again.”
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.”
But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking… Read more »
