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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: Acts 15:22-31
Psalm: 56 (57):8-9,10-12
Gospel: John 15:12-17
Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing… Read more »
Your Eminence Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See
Your Excellency, Archbishop Hon Tai-Fai, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
Hon. Bonnici, Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts, and Local Government
President of the Opera della Primaziale Pisana
President, Council members and staff of the St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation
Your Excellence Mr Zammit, Malta’s Ambassador to the Holy See
Guest speakers
Ladies and Gentlemen
In today’s world, our cultural heritage and its aesthetic beauty and spirituality are facing the challenges of degradation, temporality and contingency… Read more »
Brothers and sisters!
It is with great joy today that I greet His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, and the distinguished delegation that is accompanying him.
His Holiness Tawadros accepted my invitation to come to Rome to celebrate with me the fiftieth anniversary of the historic meeting of Saint Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III in 1973… 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: Acts 15:7-21
Psalm: 95 (96):1-2a,2b-3,10
Gospel: John 15:9-11
Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.” Read more »
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The Church in Malta will shortly have four new priests. Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna will ordain the first three deacons to the priesthood at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta on Saturday, 13th May, at 9:30am. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Church.mt and Newsbook.com.mt.
These three deacons are: Rev. Gylan Camilleri from St Anne’s Parish in Marsaskala; Rev… 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: Acts 15:1-6
Psalm: 121 (122):1-2,3-4a,4b-5
Gospel: John 15:4a,5b
Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Min iżomm il-kmandamenti tiegħi u jħarishom, dak hu li jħobbni” (Ġw 14:21). Hekk jgħid Ġesù llum, fl-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann, lid-dixxipli tiegħu; u f’din is-silta qasira jenfasizza ħafna l-imħabba – isemmiha seba’ darbiet. Imma mhux hawn biss. Anke ftit qabel, f’dan l-istess diskors tal-Aħħar Ċena, Ġesù kien tkellem fuq l-imħabba u qal lid-dixxipli: “Nagħtikom kmandament ġdid: li tħobbu lil xulxin. Bħalma ħabbejtkom jien, hekk ukoll ħobbu intom lil xulxin” (Ġw 13:34)… Read more »
