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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 »
The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 15:15-20
Psalm: 118 (119):1-2,4-5,17-18,33-34
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10
Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place… 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: Genesis 3:9-24
Psalm: 89 (90):2,3-4,5-6,12-13
Gospel: Mark 8:1-10
In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the disciples and said, My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a great distance.”
His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get enough bread to satisfy them here in this deserted place?” Still he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” “Seven,” they replied… Read more »
The first group of Missio Malta volunteers in three years has left Malta to carry out missionary work. Volunteer groups in foreign countries had been stopped due to the pandemic interruptions.
A group of 12 volunteers left Malta last week, for the Philippines to work on an eco-farming project, as well as the reconstruction of a Mission station which was destroyed by a volcano in 2021… 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 »
The Apostle St Paul, Patron of Malta – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Wisdom 14:3-7
Psalm: 106:21-31
Second Reading: Acts 27: 13-28,10 or 2 Corinthians 11:18,24-31
Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
In those days, Jesus said to the Eleven, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptised will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it… Read more »
Syria (Photo: Pexels)
Next Sunday, 12 February 2023, a number of parishes in Malta will be collecting basic and essential items to be sent to the people struck by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. This initiative is being coordinated by the Archdiocese of Malta through the Fondazzjoni Opri Soċjali.
The products needed include: canned and sealed food, sanitary products, tents, tent mattresses, sleeping bags, torches, batteries and power banks… Read more »
Sors: Newsbook
Minn Praga, fejn bħalissa qed tiltaqa’ l-Assemblea Kontinentali tas-Sinodu, ilbieraħ filgħaxija l-Knejjes fl-Ewropa esprimew il-qrubija tagħhom lejn il-popli tan-nofsinhar tat-Turkija u t-tramuntana tas-Sirja li ntlaqtu minn terremot qawwi fis-6 ta’ Frar.
L-istqarrija tinnota b’sogħba li “ċ-ċifra tal-vittmi mejta għadha tielgħa”, u tesprimi kif it-tbatija kbira tal-popli affettwati messet il-qalb tal-membri kollha tal-Assemblea. “Hi ġerħa kbira”, li fis-Sirja qed tkompli żżid mal-gwerra li ilha tifni t-territorju għal 12-il sena”… Read more »
Catechesis. The Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Last week I visited two African countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. I thank God for permitting me to make this long-desired journey. Two “dreams”: to visit the Congolese people, custodians of an immense country, the green heart of Africa: together with Amazonia, they are the two lungs of the world… Read more »
