News from the Church in Malta
Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10
Psalm: 39:7-11
Second Reading: Hebrews 10:4-10
Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary… Read more »
The Archdiocese of Malta has decided that from next month clergy will receive funeral processions at the church door, where a blessing will take place before the Mass, instead of accompanying corteges from the morgue to the funeral service.
A spokesperson for the Archdiocese said: “The bishops have taken this difficult decision, after consultation with parish priests, due to the declining number of clergy in parishes, increasingly lengthy travel times and a long-felt need for priests to be present in church before the funeral service takes place to console relatives and friends as well as hear confessions.”
Priests will continue to be available when loved ones pass away, either in a residence or in hospital, and will also continue to take part in the procession from the church to the cemetery where burial takes place… Read more »
Jiena nixtieq nirringrazzjakom ħafna ta’ din l-istedina. Nirringrazzja lil min qed jospitana. Nirringrazzja lilek ukoll Sur Sindku. Nixtieq nirringrazzja lilek Carmen tal-kelma tiegħek. Lilek ukoll, ħa ngħidlek Andrew, għaliex l-arti tiegħek ġabritna hawn illum, u ħerqan ukoll nara r-riżultat tal-ġenju tiegħek.
Waqt li nagħmlu t-talb tal-barka, nitolbu ħafna b’sufraġju ta’ Enzo, imma nitolbu wkoll biex il-valuri li Enzo ħa u ppromwova bl-arti, bl-umiltà u bl-għerf tiegħu, jibqgħu magħna… 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: Wisdom 2:1a,12-22
Psalm: 33 (34):17-18,19-20,21,23
Gospel: John 7:1-2,10,25-30
Jesus moved about within Galilee; but he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but (as it were) in secret… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Today we will listen to the “magna carta” of evangelization in the contemporary world: Saint Paul VI’s Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii nuntiandi (EN, 8 December 1975). It is topical, it was written in 1975 but it is as though it were written yesterday. Evangelization is more than just simple doctrinal and moral transmission… Read more »
Church schools in Gozo Kinder 1: Entry ballot, 9:30am
Church schools in Gozo Form 1: Entry ballot boys, 11:00am
Church schools in Gozo Form 1: Entry ballot girls, 11:30am Read more »
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L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Dan il-pellegrinaġġ qegħdin nagħmlu xi ħaġa għażiża għalina, li ilna ftit ma nagħmluha. Inħeġġiġkom biex anke għad-Duluri, u fil-purċissjonijiet tal-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa, aħna nieħdu sehem b’devozzjoni kbira bħalma għamilna llejla.
Xi rridu ngħidu bil-preżenza tagħna? Jiġuni dawn iż-żewġ talbiet għeżież li nixtieq noffrihom għalina lkoll. L-ewwel nett, fil-mixja tagħna wara x-xbieha għażiża u devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur, lil Alla qegħdin ngħidulu talba għażiża: ‘Sinjur Alla, jiena għandi bżonnok’… 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: Exodus 32:7-14
Psalm: 105 (106):19-20,21-22,23
Gospel: John 5:31-47
In those days, Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true.
But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true. You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth… Read more »
