News from the Church in Malta
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Today we examine two deadly vices that we find in the great lists that the spiritual tradition has left us: envy and vainglory.
Let us start with envy. If we read Holy Scripture (cf. Gen 4), it appears to us as one of the oldest vices: Cain’s hatred of Abel is unleashed when he realizes that his brother’s sacrifices are pleasing to God… 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: Jeremiah 17:5-10
Psalm: 1:1-2,3,4 and 6
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table… Read more »
Mix-xellug: Dun Evan Caruana, Dun Franco Fenech, Dun Albert Buhagiar Dun Bastjan Caruana, Dun Reuben Micallef, l-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna, l-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi, Dun Daniel Cardona, Dun Karm Farrugia u Dun Robin Camilleri.
Il‑Kulleġġ tal‑Kappillani tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta ħatar Kunsill ġdid tal‑Kappillani għas‑snin 2024‑2026 u li se jkun magħmul minn tmien kappillani.
Fl‑ewwel laqgħa tal‑Kunsill tal‑Kulleġġ tal‑Kappillani, l‑Isqfijiet ta’ Malta awguraw lill‑membri l‑ġodda sabiex il‑ħidma tagħhom tħalli l‑frott mixtieq fil‑parroċċi u fil‑Knisja f’Malta… Read more »
Ritratt: Vatican Media
A statement released by the Holy See Press Office on Wednesday said Pope Francis visited the Gemelli Hospital on Rome’s Tiber Island straight after the General Audience, where he underwent some diagnostic tests. Following the tests, he was driven back to the Vatican.
Some scheduled papal audiences were cancelled in the past days as a precautionary measure due to flu symptoms the Pope was experiencing… Read more »
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization has issued a new resource on prayer aimed at inviting the faithful to “intensify prayer as a personal dialogue with God” and to reflect on their faith and commitment in today’s world.
The new guidebook, entitled Teach Us to Pray (Italian: “Insegnaci a pregare”), is the latest in a series of resources provided by the Dicastery to assist the Church as she prepares for the celebration of Jubilee 2025… 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: Jeremiah 18:18-20
Psalm: 30 (31):5-6,14,15-16
Gospel: Matthew 20:17-28
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something… Read more »
At least 15 Catholics attending Sunday Mass were killed on Sunday in jihadi-ridden Burkina Faso during a terrorist attack, reported local Church sources.
The attack occurred in Essakane village in the country’s North-Eastern Oudalan province, a jurisdiction of the Catholic Diocese of Dori bordering Mali and Niger.
According to a media release issued by the Vicar General of diocese on behalf of the Bishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré, twelve worshippers died at the scene of the attack, while three succumbed to their injuries and two others are in hospital… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Hemm ħames kelmiet li jgħid Ġesù llum fl-Evanġelju li jagħtu direzzjoni importanti għall-ħajja tagħna. Ġesù jgħid: Ħennu, tiġġudikawx, tikkundannawx, aħfru, agħtu.
Ġesù jgħid: “Ħennu bħalma hu ħanin Missierkom” (Lq 6:36). Irid minna li aħna jkollna qalb li tagħder, mimlija kompassjoni. Meta ngħidu ħniena ma jfissirx li jien qiegħed fuq pedestall u nħares ’l isfel lejn in-nies, imma li nimxi magħhom, fit-triq tagħhom, u li nkun tassew qrib tagħhom bl-imħabba… Read more »
