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Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 18:23-28
Psalm: 46 (47):2-3,8-9,10
Gospel: John 16:23b-28
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. I have told you this in figures of speech… Read more »
On Sunday, 21st May 2023, the Greek-Catholic parish in Malta will have a new deacon. The diaconal ordination of subdeacon Jesmond Schembri will take place with the blessing of Archbishop Charles Scicluna and with the laying of the hands of Mgr Manuel Nin O.S.B., Apostolic Exarch to Greece and Titular Bishop of Carcabia. The ordination Mass will be celebrated at 9.00 a.m. at the Church of St Nicholas of Myra (Tal-Erwieħ) in Valletta… 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 18:9-18
Psalm: 47(46):2-3,4-5,6-7
Gospel: John 16:20-23a
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Continuing our itinerary of the Catecheses with some exemplary models of apostolic zeal, today we recall, we are speaking about evangelization, about apostolic zeal, of bearing the name of Jesus. And there are many women and men in history who have done this in an exemplary way. Today, for example, we choose as an example, Saint Francis Xavier, who some say is considered the greatest missionary of modern times… Read more »
In preparation for the solemnity of Pentecost, when we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church, the traditional devotion of the Easter season, the Via Lucis or Way of Light, will be prayed at St Joseph the Worker Parish Church, Birkirkara, on Saturday May 20 at 8pm.
Everyone is invited to join in the contemplation of these 14 Stations of Light… Read more »
Photo by Pixabay L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Kif ħabbejtkom jien.” Dan huwa l-kliem li jgħid Ġesù lid-dixxipli tiegħu fl-Evanġelju llum, meta kien qed ifissrilhom il-kmandament tal-imħabba. Qalilhom: “Dan hu l-kmandament tiegħi: li tħobbu lil xulxin kif ħabbejtkom jien” (Ġw 15:12). Hawnhekk Ġesù qed jgħid lid-dixxipli tiegħu li hu jrid li l-imħabba tkun il-qalba tal-ħajja tagħhom, anke tal-ħajja tagħhom flimkien. Imma mbagħad jispjegalhom x’qed ifisser bl-imħabba… 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 18:1-8
Psalm: 97 (98):1,2-3ab,3cd-4
Gospel: John 16:16-20
“A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.” Some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?” They said, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? … Read more »
