News from the Church in Malta
The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Deuteronomy 30:10-14
Psalm: 68 (69):14 & 17,30-31,33-34,36ab & 37
Second Reading: Colossians 1:15-20
Gospel: Luke 10:25-37
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? … Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Ara, jien qiegħed nibgħatkom bħal nagħaġ qalb l-ilpup. Kunu mela għaqlin bħas-sriep u safjin bħall-ħamiem” (Mt 10:16). F’żewġ sentenzi, Ġesù jsemmi erba’ tipi ta’ annimali differenti. Mhux qed jitkellem hawnhekk biex iħeġġiġna għar-rispett lejn l-annimali – avolja aħna nafu li, għax l-annimali huma ħolqien ta’ Alla, għandna dejjem nirrispettawhom. Imma hawnhekk Ġesù qed juża l-annimali bħala xbihat biex iwassal messaġġ lill-appostli tiegħu… Read more »
Fondazzjoni Sebħ has appealed for the donation of family cars to transport children and women residing at their shelters to extra-curricular activities, appointments, and other errands.
This church organisation currently runs 4 homes for children and young people, located in Ħamrun, Ħaż-Żabbar and Żurrieq and offers a secure environment for a loving upbringing. Fondazzjoni Sebħ also runs a second-stage shelter that welcomes women and children who have experienced forms of violence including domestic violence and human trafficking, as well as forced prostitution and abortion… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8
Psalm: 92 (93):1ab,1c-2.5
Gospel: Matthew 10:24-33
Jesus said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master.
It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, for the slave that he become like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! … Read more »
Fr Manuel Barrios Prieto (Photo: COMECE) In a statement released on today Friday 8 July 2022, Fr Manuel Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), regrets the adoption of a new resolution on abortion by the European Parliament.
According to Fr Barrios Prieto, the resolution – entitle “US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and Women’s health in the EU” – paves the way for a deviation from universally recognised human rights and misrepresents the tragedy of abortion for mothers in difficulties… 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: Hosea 14:2-10
Psalm: 50 (51):3-4,8-9,12-13,14 & 17
Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23
Jesus said to his Apostles: “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. But beware of men, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans… Read more »
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Joseph Spiteri, Titular Archbishop of Serta and presently Apostolic Nuncio in Lebanon, as the new Apostolic Nuncio for the Holy See to Mexico.
Mgr Joseph Spiteri was born in Sliema in 1959 and ordained to the priesthood in 1984. After pursuing his studies in Canon Law, he joined the Holy See’s diplomatic service, working in Panama, Iraq, Mexico, Portugal, Greece and Venezuela… Read more »
Ritratt: Vladimir Zuhovitsky (Unsplash)
Il-Life Network Foundation, li hija għaqda mhux governattiva favur il-ħajja, qalet li t-tbatija ma teliminahiex billi telimina l-ħajjiet.
L-NGO qalet dan fuq Facebook b’referenza għall-emendi fil-liġi tal-IVF li jinkludu t-test ġenetiku li jsir fuq l-embrijun. Dan wara li l-Parlament approva it-tielet qari tal-abbozz ta’ liġi dwar l-IVF b’66 voti favur u 3 voti kontra.
L-NGO qalet li hawn ħafna nies li qed jgħixu tbatija kbira u “aħna rridu nkunu hemm għalihom u magħhom”… Read more »
The Marriage Office at the Archbishop’s Curia is currently closed. It will reopen on Monday, 11th July 2022. For more information send an email to [email protected].
A gentle reminder that the Tribunal of First Instance is currently closed and will reopen on Saturday, 9th July 2022. The Regional Tribunal of Appeal is open. Read more »
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