Monthly Archives: February 2024

Photos: People’s Sunday in Ħaż-Żabbar

18/02/2024   Ħaż-Żabbar

Nhar il-Ħadd 18 ta’ Frar 2024 sar il-pellegrinaġġ penitenzjali ta’ Ħadd in-Nies li jsir ta’ kull sena fit-toroq ta’ Ħaż-Żabbar fl-ewwel Ħadd tar-Randan. Wara l-pellegrinaġġ saret quddiesa fis-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Grazzja ċelebrata mill-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna.

Fi tmiem l-omelija, l-Arċisqof talab lill-Madonna tal-Grazzja “tbierek lil pajjiżna u tnissel fil-qalb ta’ kull wieħed u waħda minna l-barkiet tad-dehen, tal-ħniena, tas-saħħa, tal-għaqda u s-sliem.”

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Pope at Angelus – Lent is the time for prayer and silence

18/02/2024   Saint Peter's Square, The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!

Today, first Sunday of Lent, the Gospel presents us with Jesus tempted in the desert (cf. Mk 1:12-15). The text says: “He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan”. We too, during Lent, are invited to “enter the wilderness”, that is, silence, the inner world, listening to the heart, in contact with the truth… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 19th February 2024, 9:30am

19/02/2024   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 »

The Gospel of the day: 19th February

19/02/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: Leviticus 19:1-2,11-18
Psalm: 8 (19):8,9,10,15

Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46

Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats… Read more »

The fasting that comes from a heart full of love – Bishop Galea-Curmi

16/02/2024   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Għaliex aħna u l-Fariżej insumu, u d-dixxipli tiegħek ma jsumux?” (Mt 9:14). Din hija d-domanda li għamlu d-dixxipli ta’ Ġwanni lil Ġesù, kif naqraw fl-Evanġelju skont San Mattew illum. Dawn qed jagħmluha b’mod ġenwin. Hawn qed nitkellmu fuqhom, mhux fuq il-Fariżej li kemm-il darba staqsew lil Ġesù bi skop ieħor. Dawn għandhom domanda ġenwina.

Ġesù jgħidilhom ċar li waqt li d-dixxipli qegħdin miegħu, jiċċelebraw il-fatt li qegħdin miegħu… Read more »

Mass on the First Sunday of Lent – 18th February 2024, 9:30am

18/02/2024   Saint Nicholas' Parish Church, Siggiewi

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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 »

The Sunday Gospel: 18th February

18/02/2024

First Sunday of Lent
Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 9:8-15
Psalm: 24 (25):4-5ab,6-7bc,8-9
Second Reading: 1 Peter 3:18-22

Gospel: Mark 1:12-15

In those days the Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.

After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfilment… Read more »

Five blessings for our country

Pastoral Letter for Lent 2024

17/02/2024

The Pastoral Letter by the Bishops

For this year’s Lent, we Bishops are proposing that as a country, and as Christians, we ought to reflect on the five gifts of God that Dun Karm Psaila, the national poet, reminds us of in Malta’s national anthem: sound judgement, mercy, health, unity and peace.

“Guide me in your truth”

The first gift is sound judgement: the ability to understand, recognise and decide to choose good over evil… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 17th February 2024, 9:30am

17/02/2024   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 »

Gospel of the day: 17th February

17/02/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 58:9b-14
Psalm: 85 (86):1-2,3-4,5-6

Gospel: Luke 5:27-32

Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.”
And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed Him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for Him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them… Read more »