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Maundy Thursday – Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ez 12:1-8,11-14
Psalm: 115 (116):12-13,15-16bc,17-18
Second Reading: 1 Cor 11:23-26
Gospel: John 13:1-15
Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end… 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 »
Complaints, uncertainties, needs, wounds, but also courage, forgiveness, prayers, and hope.
These themes related to the life of every family across the globe form the basis of the meditations written for the Via Crucis which Pope Francis presides over on Good Friday at the Colosseum in Rome.
Fifteen families linked to Catholic volunteer associations and communities wrote the meditations since this year marks the Amoris Laetitia Family Year celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Pope’s Apostolic Exhortation… Read more »
As the war in Ukraine is in its seventh week, the Justice and Peace Commission will be holding a public lecture on how Catholic Social Teaching sheds light on the responsibility of the international community, including Malta, to protect innocent lives from the severity of conflicts and wars. The event will be held on Tuesday, 19th April 2022, at Dar Ħanin Samaritan in Santa Venera, at 7pm… 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 »
Choice of School Ballot Form 1 Boys at 9:30am
Choice of School Ballot Form 1 Boys at 11:00am Read more »
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Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 50:4-9a
Psalm: 68 (69):8-10,21bcd-22,31 & 33-34
Gospel: Mt 26:14-25
One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver,
and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 49:1-6
Psalm: 70 (71):1-2,3-4a,5-6ab,15 & 17
Gospel: John 13:21-33,36-38
Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, «Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.» The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant. One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus’ side… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
F’dawn il-jumejn hemm kelma li tasal mill-qalb ta’ Ġesù u tinfed il-qalb tagħna. Hi l-kelma ‘tradiment’. Huma l-jiem tal-imħabba u t-traġedja kbira ta’ dawn il-jiem hi li, bħala risposta għal tant imħabba, il-Mulej jirrealizza li hemm ukoll it-tradiment. Iċ-ċaħda ta’ Pietru, it-tradiment ta’ Ġuda, b’xi mod huma anke fil-qalb ta’ Ġesù imma ferita kbira fil-qalb ta’ Ġesù. U l-kuntest hu ta’ intimità kbira… Read more »
From Thursday, 14th April 2022, the Archbishop’s Curia, including the Marriage Office in Floriana, and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal in Valletta, will be closed for the Easter holidays.
The Archbishop’s Curia, the Marriage Office, the Ecclesiastical Tribunal reopen on Tuesday, 19th April 2022. Read more »
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