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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: Joel 4:12-21
Psalm: 96 (97):1-2,5-6,11-12
Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
While he was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
Saint of the day: Saint Callistus, Pope & martyr Read more »
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“Bis-saħħa ta’ Begħelżebul, il-prinċep tax-xjaten, qiegħed ikeċċihom ix-xjaten” (Lq 11:15). Dan hu li xi wħud min-nies qalu fuq Ġesù, kif naqraw fl-Evanġelju skont San Luqa, u qalu dan wara li Ġesù kien keċċa xitan minn wieħed imbikkem.
Li lil Ġesù għajruh diversi affarijiet nafuha mill-Evanġelju stess. Kien hemm min qallu “wikkiel u sakranazz, ħabib tal-midinbin” (Lq 7:34), “Samaritan” – li għalihom kienet ukoll tgħajjira – “u li għandek fik xitan” (Ġw 8:48)… Read more »
We, the Bishops of Malta and Gozo, are joining the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who, on behalf of the Ordinaries of the Holy Land, appealed for prayers for all those who are suffering in the sea of violence, destruction, and hatred in the Holy Land, a turmoil that has already claimed many victims.
In response to this plea, the Patriarch of Jerusalem has designated Tuesday, 17th October 2023, as a day set aside for prayer and fasting for peace, justice, and reconciliation… 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: Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2
Psalm: 9:2-3,6 & 16,8-9
Gospel: Luke 11:15-26
When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said: “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house… Read more »
Catechesis. The passion for evangelization: the apostolic zeal of the believer. 22. Saint Josephine Bakhita: witness of the transforming power of Christ’s forgiveness
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
In our path of catechesis on apostolic zeal – we are reflecting on apostolic zeal – today we will let ourselves be inspired by the witness of Saint Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese saint… 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: Malachi 3:13-20a
Psalm: 1:1-2,3,4 & 6
Gospel: Luke 11:5-13
Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed… Read more »
Award in Creating and Animating Prayer Spaces is one of the courses offered by the Pastoral Formation Institute
During academic year 2023-2024, the Pastoral Formation Institute will be offering over 30 courses. Courses will be offered in different modes, namely in-person, hybrid, and online.
The courses starting in the first semester in October 2023 are:
