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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: 2 Samuel 24:2,9-17
Psalm: 31 (32):1-2,5,6,7
Gospel: Mark 6:1-6
Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? … Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Oħroġ, ja spirtu ħażin, minn dan il-bniedem!” (Mk 5:8) Dan hu li Ġesù jgħid lil dan il-bniedem, kif rajna fl-Evanġelju llum. Huwa każ ta’ Ġesù li jeħles lil dan il-bniedem mill-ispirtu ħażin, anzi minn spirti ħżiena fih. Ġesù kien għadu kif qasam il-baħar bid-dgħajsa, u ġie n-naħa l-oħra flimkien mad-dixxipli tiegħu. U mal-ewwel jersaq fuqu dal-bniedem. Nafu li Ġesù, bħalma għamel f’ċirkustanzi oħra, l-ewwel ħaġa li jagħmel hu li lil dal-bniedem jeħilsu mill-ispirti ħżiena ta’ ġo fih… Read more »
27,000 individuals turned up as guests at the Soup Kitchen OFM Valletta in 2023, the organisation said on Saturday as it published its figures for the previous year.
The majority of the guests were Maltese (86%) and male (62%) the same report shows.
The guests were mainly from Valletta, Floriana, Marsa, Qormi, Żebbuġ, St Paul’s Bay, Kirkop, tal-Pietà, Msida, Gżira, Ħamrun, Ħal Luqa, Bormla, Birkirkara, Paola, Sliema and Fgura… Read more »
Applications from ‘Other Applicants’ for admission to Church schools in Malta and Gozo for the scholastic year commencing in September 2024 will be accepted online from 1st to 14th February and from 20th to 29th February 2024. There is a total of 884 vacant places for students (794 in Malta and 90 in Gozo). Applications from asylum seekers will be accepted in March.
Details on the number of places filled by ‘Criteria One’ applications received and processed by the Secretariat for Catholic Education last November and December can be found on Church.mt… 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: 2 Samuel 18:9-10,14b,21a,24-25a,30 – 19:3
Psalm: 85 (86):1-2,3-4,5-6
Gospel: Mark 5:21-43
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea. One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the point of death… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!
Today’s Gospel shows us Jesus freeing a person possessed by an “evil spirit” (see Mk 1:21-28), tormenting and making them scream (see. vv. 23, 26). This is how the devil acts this is the way he acts: he wants to take possession of us in order to “enchain our souls.” To enchain our souls: this is what the devil wants… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Baqgħu mistagħġbin” (Mk 1:22). Dawn iż-żewġ kelmiet ifissru dak li n-nies ħassew meta kienu qed jisimgħu lil Ġesù fis-sinagoga ta’ Kafarnahum. L-Evanġelju jgħidilna li Ġesù, meta wasal Kafarnahum, malajr daħal fis-sinagoga u qagħad jgħallem; u ħoloq dan l-istagħġib.
X’kienet ir-raġuni? Għaliex stagħġbu meta semgħuh jitkellem? Qal xi ħaġa ta’ barra minn hawn, jew diskors mhux f’postu? Xejn minn dan! … Read more »
In an interview with the Italian newspaper ‘La Stampa’, Pope Francis renews calls for a global ceasefire, warning the world is on the brink of the abyss, and says the recent declaration ‘Fiducia supplicans’ seeks to include, not divide.
“There was the Oslo agreement—so clear—with the solution of the two states. Until that agreement is applied, true peace remains distant.”
This is Pope Francis’ judgment on events in the Holy Land, following the attacks by Hamas and the war that is destroying the cities of the Gaza Strip… Read more »
