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Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Wisdom 9:13-18
Psalm: 90(89):3-4,5-6,12-13,14,17
Second Reading: Philemon 1:9-10,12-17
Gospel: Luke 14:25-33
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Huma qagħdu għajnejhom fih” (Lq 14:1). Hekk naqraw fl-istorja ta’ meta Ġesù kien mistieden għall-ikla għand wieħed mill-kapijiet tal-Fariżej – ikla ma’ wieħed mill-mexxejja reliġjużi ta’ dak iż-żmien – f’jum is-Sibt. Imma filwaqt li dawk li kienu hemm qagħdu jinnotaw lilu, hu wkoll qagħad jinnota lilhom u nnota żewġ affarijiet partikulari.
X’innota Ġesù
L-ewwel nett innota kif il-mistednin kienu f’ġirja għall-ewwel post, il-postijiet ta’ quddiem… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Fil-ħajja ta’ Ġesù nsibu diversi mumenti meta l-Fariżej u l-kittieba jkunu f’polemika miegħu jew igergru fuq xi ħaġa. Fl-Evanġelju tal-lum, għandna każ minn dawn, fejn il-Fariżej u l-kittieba qegħdin igergru għaliex id-dixxipli ta’ Ġwanni u d-dixxipli tagħhom isumu u jitolbu, u dawk ta’ Ġesù jieklu u jixorbu (Lq 5:33). Qisu hemm xi ħaġa mhix f’postha, qed jgħidu huma.
X’hemm f’dan l-ilment li qed jagħmlu l-Fariżej u l-kittieba? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:6b-15
Psalm: 144 (145):17-18,19-20,21
Gospel: Luke 6:1-5
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry? … Read more »
Il-messaġġ tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Din tal-lum hi okkażjoni verament sabiħa għall-Knisja f’Malta u għal Malta. Meta inti tara dawn l-adolexxenti u ż-żgħażagħ li huma impenjati b’mod sħiħ f’dan l-Oratorju, tinduna li hawn qed tinbena b’mod pożittiv ħafna s-soċjetà Maltija u l-Knisja.
L-ewwel nett nirringrazzja ħafna lil dawk kollha li ħadmu għall-estensjoni ta’ dan il-bini u stinkaw biex ikun hawn Oratorju daqshekk sabiħ… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Anke Erodi t-Tetrarka, titnissel fil-qalb tiegħu kurżità biex jara lil Ġesù (ara Lq 9:9). U għaliex? Għaliex kien sema’ dwar il-fejqan li kien qed jagħmel l-Imgħallem li kien qiegħed ukoll iwassal lill-poplu ta’ Alla f’isem il-Mulej.
Fl-Evanġelju ta’ San Luqa nsibu kemm-il darba riferiment għall-qawwa li kienet toħroġ minn Ġesù, għall-fatt li kien jitkellem bħal bniedem li għandu l-awtorità, għall-qawwa li kellu fuq ix-xjaten, fuq il-mard, fuq l-elementi tan-natura… 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: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Psalm: 36 (37):3-4,5-6,27-28,39-40
Gospel: Luke 5:33-39
In those days the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same ; but yours eat and drink.”
Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? … Read more »
“Isma’ leħen il‑ħolqien”. Din hi l‑istedina li l‑Papa Franġisku għamel fil‑messaġġ[1] li ħareġ għall‑okkażjoni tal‑Istaġun tal‑Ħolqien ta’ din is‑sena (mill‑1 ta’ Settembru sal‑4 ta’ Ottubru 2022). Il‑Papa jħeġġiġna nisimgħu bir‑reqqa l‑vuċi tal‑ħolqien: il‑vuċi tal‑pjaneta u l‑vuċi tal‑persuni li jgħixu fiha, ilħna li ilhom żmien imsikkta u mwarrba fil‑ġenb minħabba “interessi ekonomiċi predatorji” li jissarrfu fil‑qerda tal‑ambjent u f’miżerja għal ħafna nies, speċjalment tal‑foqra li dejjem huwa dawk li l‑iktar ibatu l‑konsegwenzi tal‑qerda ambjentali… Read more »
