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Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 49:8-15
Psalm: 144 (145):8-9,13cd-14,17-18
Gospel: John 5:17-30
In those days, Jesus answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Dan is-sinjal li jagħti l-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann jinkludi wkoll djalogu bħalma rajna l-Ħadd li għadda fid-djalogu li kien hemm bejn Ġesù u r-raġel li twieled għama, il-ġenituri ta’ dan l-għama, Ġesù u l-Fariżej. U fid-djalogu tal-lum hemm xi siltiet li nixtieq noffrihom bħala riflessjoni fil-pellegrinaġġ tagħna ta’ dan ir-Randan.
L-ewwel nett il-kelma, il-mistoqsija ta’ Ġesù. L-aħwa, din il-mistoqsija Ġesù jagħmilha lili u jagħmilha lilek: “Trid tfiq?” (Ġw 5:6)… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Żgur li f’dan ir-rakkont, li nsibuh biss fl-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann, jolqotna kif il-miraklu li jagħmel Ġesù ma’ dan il-bniedem li twieled agħma jieħu biss ftit versi. Il-bqija tar-rakkont hu pjuttost investigazzjoni ta’ dak li sar.
Nixtieq insemmi tliet punti, fost il-ħafna li hemm fl-Evanġelju tal-lum, li huma ta’ għajnuna għall-ħajja tagħna.
Lil Ġesu jinteressah il-ġid tal-bniedem sħiħ
L-ewwel nett, lil Ġesù jinteressah il-ġid tal-bniedem sħiħ… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Ġużeppi, meta qam, għamel kif ordnalu l-anġlu tal-Mulej” (Mt 1:24). Hekk naqraw fl-Evanġelju skont San Mattew illum, f’din is-solennità ta’ San Ġużepp. F’din is-sentenza, nistgħu ngħidu li għandna l-ġabra tal-ħajja ta’ San Ġużepp, l-iktar ħaġa essenzjali, il-kobor tiegħu: il-fatt li hu għamel kif ordnalu l-Mulej.
Hawnhekk fl-Evanġelju naraw – u mhux biss hawn imma diversi drabi meta jidher Ġużeppi – li hu jkollu pjan u jitħarbatlu, jisfrattalu. Meta hu sar jaf li Marija kienet tqila, u ma kinux joqogħdu flimkien, beda jaħseb x’se jagħmel… 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 47:1-9,12
Psalm: 45 (46):2-3,5-6,8-9
Gospel: John 5:1-3a,5-16
There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes. In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled.
One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!
Today, the Gospel depicts Jesus giving sight to a man blind from birth (cf. Jn 9:1-41). But this wonder is badly welcomed by various people or groups. Let us look at the details.
But I would like to say: today, take the Gospel of John and read about this miracle of Jesus… Read more »
“Jiena d-dawl tad-dinja. Min jiġi warajja ma jimxix fid-dlam, iżda jkollu d-dawl tal-ħajja.” Ġwanni 8:12
Fir-raba’ Ħadd tar-Randan jissemma l-fejqan ta’ raġel għama minn twelidu. Fil-Malti nużaw il-frażi “nieqes mid-dawl”. Interessanti kif bil-Grieg, il-lingwa li t-Testment l-Ġdid inkiteb biha, il-kelma ‘dawl’ hi ‘phos’. Apparti li tirreferi għal dawl fiżiku, bħad- dawl tax-xemx jew id-dawl tal-lampa, tirreferi wkoll għall-għerf u l-verità. Il-kelma għami, bil-Grieg hi ‘tuphlos’ u tirreferi wkoll għal xi ħadd dgħajjef spiritwalment, jew nieqes mill-intelliġenza… 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 »
Saint Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:4-5a,12-14a,16
Psalm: 88:2-5,27,29
Second Reading: Romans 4:13,16-18,22
Gospel: Matthew 1:16,18-21,24a (or Luke 2:41-51a)
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about… Read more »
