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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: 1 Samuel 1:24-28
Psalm: 1 Sam 2:1,4-5,6-7,8abcd
Gospel: Luke 1:46-55
In those days, Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. … Read more »
Il-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Eċċellenza Sur President, Onor. Prim Ministru, Sur Speaker, Onor. Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni, għeżież ħuti Maltin u Għawdxin, aħna u noffru lil xulxin l-awgurju sabiħ tal-Milied it-tajjeb, qegħdin ukoll noffru lil xulxin l-ikbar don tal-paċi u tal-imħabba ta’ Alla.
800 sena ilu ġo raħal ċkejken fl-Italja, Greccio, San Franġisk kellu din l-idea straordinarja li fil-lejl tal-Milied jipprova joħloq l-atmosfera tal-għar ta’ Betlehem… Read more »
Fil-jiem li għaddew il-Kummissjoni Djoċesana Tfal organizzat attività djoċesana għat-tfal kollha bl-isem: ‘Ħolqa ma’ Ħolqa ma’ Marija’ fil-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ San Ġuzepp, il-Kalkara.
Bl-iskop prinċipali kien li tfal minn kull parroċċa jiltaqgħu flimkien fil-preżenza tal-Arċisqof Scicluna, din is-sena saret it-talba tar-rużarju b’differenza. Ħames kummissjonijiet tat-tfal minn parroċċi diversi, ħadu ħsieb l-animazzjoni tal-ħames misteri tal-ferħ. Wara kull rappreżentazzjoni, it-tfal stess mexxew it-talba tas-Sliema u l-Qaddisa, fejn qabel kull waħda inqrat intenzjoni partikolari… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Eight hundred years ago, at Christmas in 1223, Saint Francis organized the living Nativity scene in Greccio. While Nativity scenes are being prepared or completed in homes and other places, it is good for us to rediscover their origins.
How did the crib come about? What was St Francis’ intention? He said this: “I want to depict the Child born in Bethlehem, and in some way see with the eyes of the body the hardships in which He found Himself for want of the things necessary for an infant: how He was laid in a manger and how He lay on the straw between the ox and the ass” (Tommaso da Celano, Vita prima, XXX, 84: FF 468)… 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: Songs of Songs 2:8-14 or Zephaniah 3:14-18a
Psalm: 32 (33):2-3,11-12,20-21
Gospel: Luke 1:39-45
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb.
And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. … Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Taqbeż bil-ferħ ruħi b’Alla tiegħi.” Dan hu li għidna fis-salm illum, u rrepetejnieh, u din in-nota ta’ ferħ narawha llum f’kull silta tal-kelma ta’ Alla. Rajna fl-Ewwel Qari mill-Profeta Isaija: “Nifraħ fuq li nifraħ fil-Mulej, taqbeż bil-ferħ ruħi b’Alla tiegħi” (Isaija 61:10). U anke fit-Tieni Qari, fl-Ewwel Ittra lit-Tessalonkin, San Pawl jgħidilhom: “Ifirħu dejjem” (1 Tess 5:16).
Kif nafu dan hu l-Ħadd speċjali, fejn aħna naħsbu fuq din it-tema tal-ferħ, il-ferħ li jġib il-Milied – il-ġrajja tal-Iben ta’ Alla li sar bniedem fostna… 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: Isaiah 7:10-14
Psalm: 23 (24):1-2,3-4ab,5-6
Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you.” But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.”
Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. Read more »
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