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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: Amos 2:6-10,13-16
Psalm: 50(49):16bc-17,18-19,20-21,22-23
Gospel: Matthew 8:18-22
When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side. A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
Saint of the day: Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & Doctor of the Church Read more »
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L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Huma diversi l-mumenti meta fit-talb tal-Knisja nsibu lil Ġwanni, it-tifel ta’ Żakkarija u ta’ Eliżabetta bħala l-protagonist jew wieħed mill-protagonisti. Illum qed niċċelebraw it-twelid tiegħu imma l-ewwel darba li niltaqgħu miegħu, għadu tarbija fil-ġuf, fil-festa tal-Viżitazzjoni, meta Marija maret iżżur il-qariba tagħha Eliżabetta. It-tarbija li kellha Eliżabetta fil-ġuf, li llum niċċelebraw it-twelid tagħha, qabżet bil-ferħ malli semgħet il-vuċi ta’ Marija ssellem lil Eliżabetta, xi ħaġa li Eliżabetta stess tgħid: “Malli smajt it-tislima tiegħek, it-tarbija li għandi fil-ġuf qabżet bil-ferħ” (Lq 1:44)… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Qabel il-miġja ta’ Ġesù, Ġwanni deher ixandar magħmudija ta’ ndiema lill-poplu kollu ta’ Iżrael. U meta kien wasal fi tmiem il-ħidma tiegħu, Ġwanni qal: “Jien m’iniex dak li intom taħsbu li jien. Imma, araw, warajja ġej wieħed li jien lanqas ma jistħoqqli nħoll il-qorq ta’ riġlejh” (Atti 13:25). Dan il-vers mill-ktieb tal-Atti tal-Appostli jiġbor l-ispirtwalità ta’ San Ġwann il-Battista li tiegħu qed niċċelebraw it-twelid… Read more »
Message by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi
Over 380 so-called “normal” human embryos have been cryopreserved since the embryo freezing law came into effect in 2018. The fate of these embryos is still uncertain. The recently proposed Bill to introduce pre-implantation genetic testing for monogenic diseases (PGTM) involves the testing of early embryos to detect particular genetic diseases. Embryos found to carry these genetic variants are to be frozen indefinitely… 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 »
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Kings 19:16b,19-21
Psalm: 15 (16):1-2a & 5,7-8,9-10,11
Second Reading: Gal 5:1,13-18
Gospel: Luke 9:51-62
When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there, but they would not welcome him because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Qalb ħanina li tagħder, li taħfer, kif ħabbejtna nixtiequ nħobbuk”. Dan hu l-kliem mill-innu Tina l-ħlewwa miktub minn Dun Karm Psaila, u bil-mużika tal-Maestro Caruana. Hu innu verament sabiħ li jesprimi proprju dak li qed niċċelebraw illum fis-solennità tal-Qalb Imqaddsa ta’ Ġesù. Meta nħarsu lejn il-Qalb Imqaddsa ta’ Ġesù, niftakru fl-imħabba kbira tiegħu lejna – dik ix-xmara ta’ mħabba li fil-ħajja tagħna, nilqgħu, u li tibdlilna ħajjitna għall-aħjar għax tfakkarna li aħna wlied maħbuba ta’ Alla… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Fil-festa tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesù din is-sena, il-qari li għadna kemm smajna, jistedinna biex inħarsu lejn Ġesù mimli ħniena bħala r-Ragħaj it-tajjeb li jagħti ħajtu għan-nagħaġ tiegħu, li jmur ifittex lil kull wieħed u waħda minna fit-toroq tal-ħajja.
Kultant ngħidu: imma aħna mhux ilkoll għandna bżonn il-ħniena tiegħu? U hekk hu. U forsi diffiċli ngħoddu lilna nfusna ma’ dawk id-99 li m’għandhomx bżonn indiema… Read more »
Iċ-ċerimonja ta’ gradwazzjoni ta’ 12-il resident li lestew b’suċċess il-programm ta’ rijabilitazzjoni mid-droga, organizzata minn Caritas Malta u li saret ilbieraħ filgħaxija fiċ-Ċentru Terapewtiku ta’ San Blas f’Ħaż-Żebbuġ. It-tema taċ-ċerimonja ta’ din is-sena kienet: ‘Inħarsu ’l Quddiem’, b’referenza għall-pandemija imma wkoll għall-għanijiet li ta’ kuljum irridu naħdmu għalihom sabiex jagħtu sens lil ħajjitna.
Fil-messaġġ tiegħu, l-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna qal li “waħda milll-affarijiet li tolqotni meta nisma’ l-esperjenzi tar-residenti hawnhekk hija kemm jitkellmu mill-qalb u kemm japprezzaw il-fatt li din il-mixja għallmithom mod ġdid kif jaħsbu u jħobbu”… Read more »
