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Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm: 106 (107):2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9
Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind… Read more »
Catechesis on Old Age – 17. The “Ancient of days”. Old age is a reassurance regarding the destination to a life that never dies again
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
The words we heard of Daniel’s dream evoke a mysterious, and at the same time, glorious, vision of God. This vision is picked up at the beginning of the Book of Revelation in reference to the Risen Jesus, who appears to the Seer as Messiah, Priest and King, eternal, omniscient and unchanging (1:12-15)… Read more »
Wara li tħabbret il-mewt ta’ Mons. Philip Calleja, fl-età ta’ 93 sena, li ddedika ħajtu għall-emigranti u r-refuġjati, Newsbook.com.mt tkellem maż-żewġ suċċessuri tiegħu b’rabta mat-tmexxija ta’ Kummissjoni Migranti.
Mons. Alfred Vella, li kien sar Direttur tal-Kummissjoni fl-2003, wara Mons. Calleja, qal li hu se jibqa’ jiftakru bħala “persuna perseveranti li tgħin akkost ta’ kollox, anke jekk se jidher antipatku.” Qal li huma ħadmu tajjeb flimkien għal madwar 18-il sena meta Mons… 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 »
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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: Ezekiel 36:23-28
Psalm: 50 (51):12-13,14-15,18-19
Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14
Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables saying,
“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come… 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: Ezekiel 34:1-11
Psalm: 22 (23):1-3a,3b-4,5,6
Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16a
Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’ So they went off… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Naħseb biex nifhmu l-kliem ta’ Ġesù li mhuwiex faċli anke għal widnejna, irridu naħsbu ftit fuq l-aħħar vers li jikkonkludi din is-silta mill-kapitlu 19 ta’ San Mattew: “Ħafna li huma tal-ewwel jiġu l-aħħar u tal-aħħar jiġu l-ewwel” (Mt 19:30).
Ġesù qed jitkellem fuq dinja rasha ’l isfel u sieqha ’l fuq, kollox ta’ taħt fuq. Qed jgħidilna li l-valuri tagħna ta’ kif inkejlu n-nies, iċ-ċirkustanzi huma totalment differenti minn dawk ta’ Alla fil-mentalità ta’ żmien Ġesù imma anke fil-mentalità ta’ żmienna… Read more »
Tħabbret il-mewt ta’ Mons. Philip Calleja, li għal 70 sena ħadem b’risq l-emigranti Maltin u r-refuġjati li jfittxu ażil f’Malta u b’risq il-Knisja f’Malta.
Mons. Calleja miet illum it-Tlieta, 16 ta’ Awwissu 2022, fl-3:45am fid-Dar tal-Kleru fi Fleur-de-Lys, fl-età ta’ 93 sena.
Mons. Philip Calleja twieled fit-8 ta’ Diċembru 1928 fil-Belt Valletta u ġie ordnat saċerdot fit-2 ta’ Awwissu 1953.
Għal madwar 50 sena kien id-direttur tal-Kummissjoni Emigranti, li twaqqfet fl-1950 fi ħdan l-Azzjoni Kattolika minħabba l-eżodu kbir ta’ Maltin lejn pajjiżi oħra… Read more »
