Monthly Archives: October 2023

The Gospel of the day: 30th October

Readings of the day

First Reading: Romans 8:12-17
Psalm: 67 (68):2 & 4,6-7ab,20-21

Gospel: Luke 13:10-17

Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 

When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” 

But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! … Read more »

Pope Francis calls for a ceasefire in the Holy Land

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire in the Holy Land. Addressing the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus, the Holy Father invited everyone to “continue to pray … for the serious situation in Palestine and Israel”. In particular, he asked that humanitarian aid be allowed to enter Gaza and that all hostages be freed. 

The situation in Gaza has intensified over the last few days… Read more »

Mass on Sunday – 29th October 2023, 9:30am

  The Chapel of the Sisters of Charity, Ħal Balzan

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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 Sunday Gospel: 29th October

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Exodus 22:20-26
Psalm: 17 (18):2-3a,3bc-4,47,51ab
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10

Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 28 ta’ Ottubru 2023, 9:30am

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 Gospel of the day: 28th October

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22
Psalm: 18:2-5

Gospel: Luke 6:12-16

Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor… Read more »

Truly following the right path – Bishop Galea-Curmi

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Tafu taqraw wiċċ is-sema, u wiċċ l-art ukoll; mela ż-żmien ta’ issa kif ma tafux tfissruh?” (Lq 12:56). Dan huwa l-kliem li jgħid Ġesù llum fl-Evanġelju lin-nies. Hawnhekk qiegħed jilmenta magħhom illi fejn jidħol it-temp, in-nies kapaċi jaraw is-sinjali, u jgħidu jekk hix ġejja x-xita jew jekk hix se tagħmel is-sħana; imma mbagħad, ma kinux kapaċi jaraw is-sinjali taż-żmien, jiġifieri, li Alla ġie jżurhom permezz ta’ Ibnu Ġesù. 

Kellu raġun jilmenta Ġesù? … Read more »

Pope Francis appeals for peace in a war-torn world

Photo: Vatican Media As today we observe a Day of Prayer, Fasting, and Penance for Peace, especially in the Holy Land, we recall various occasions when Pope Francis has spiritually mobilized Christians to pray for the gift of fraternity, as he continues to denounce war as “a defeat for humanity”.

Throughout the ten years of his pontificate, Pope Francis has repeatedly called on believers and non-believers alike to dedicate days of prayer and fasting for the precious gift of peace… Read more »

The Pope: Clericalism is a scourge that defiles the face of the Lord’s bride; it enslaves God’s people

Intervention of Pope Francis at the 18th General Congregation of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

I like to think of the Church as God’s faithful people, saint and sinner, a people convoked and called with the force of the beatitudes and of Matthew 25.

Jesus, for His Church, did not take up any of the political schemes of his time: not the Pharisees, nor Sadducees, nor Essenes, nor Zealots. No “closed corporation”; He simply takes up the tradition of Israel: “You shall be My people and I will be your God”… Read more »

Book fair to be organised in aid of St Patrick’s School in Sliema

Why do the Salesians of Don Bosco organize cultural and artistic events? The answer comes from Don Bosco himself, he who dedicated all his life to the education of the young people, especially the most poor. “He had a humanist approach to education”.

Don Bosco wrote books, published books and had a very organized library because he believed that a good book is the best friend to a young person in the process of his education and maturity… Read more »