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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 »
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 »
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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: 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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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 »
First Reading: Romans 7:18-25a
Psalm: 118 (119):66,68,76,77,93,94
Gospel: Luke 12:54-59
In those days, Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain’; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time? And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
Thus, when you go with your accuser before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle the case, or you may be dragged before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you in prison. I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.” Read more »
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