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Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 49:8-15
Psalm: 144 (145):8-9,13cd-14,17-18
Gospel: John 5:17-30
In those days, Jesus answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Ir-raġel emmen il-kelma li qallu Ġesù” (Ġw 4:50). Dan hu li naqraw fl-Evanġelju skond San Ġwann fuq dan l-uffiċċjal tas-sultan li ġie jfittex lil Ġesù biex jgħidlu ħa jmur ifejjaq lil ibnu, għax ibnu kien ħażin ħafna. Nafu li lil Ġesù għamillu talba ħerqana: “Inżel, Mulej, qabel ma jmutli t-tifel” (Ġw 4:49). Hija verament talba li ġejja mill-qalb. U nafu li Ġesù ma marx, imma qallu: “Mur, ibnek ħaj” (Ġw 4:50)… 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: Ezekiel 47:1-9,12
Psalm: 45 (46):2-3,5-6,8-9
Gospel: John 5:1-3a,5-16
There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes. In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled.
One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
The Fourth Sunday of Lent is called “laetare”, that is, “rejoice”. What is the reason for this joy, right in the middle of Lent? The reason for this joy is God’s great love for humanity, as today’s Gospel passage tells us: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (Jn 3:16)… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!
On this fourth Sunday of Lent, the Gospel presents us with the figure of Nicodemus (cf. Jn 3:14-21), a pharisee, “a ruler of the Jews” (Jn 3:1). He saw the signs Jesus performed, he recognized in Him a teacher sent by God, and he went to meet Him by night, so as not to be seen… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Ġesù jibda tixbiha għażiża ħafna għalina f’dawn il-jiem tar-Randan meta fid-djar tagħna, fis-soċjetajiet kulturali u filarmoniċi tagħna, fl-ambjenti tagħna nerfgħu x-xbieha sabiħa għażiża tas-salib. Hi tradizzjoni sabiħa li kull Randan timlieni b’faraġ kbir u hi espressjoni mhux biss kulturali imma tal-imħabba li aħna għandna lejn Ġesù li ta ħajtu għalina.
“Kif Mosè refa’ s-serp fid-deżert hekk jeħtieġ li jkun merfugħ Bin il-bniedem” (Ġw 3:14)… 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: Isaiah 65:17-21
Psalm: 29 (30):2,4,5-6,11-12a,13b
Gospel: John 4:43-54
At that time Jesus left Samaria for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honour in his native place. When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast… Read more »
Kappillan ġdid għall-parroċċa tal-Imqabba Dun Blake Camilleri
L‑Arċisqof Charles Scicluna qed jafda l‑ħidma pastorali tal‑parroċċa ta’ Santa Marija fl‑Imqabba f’idejn Dun Blake Camilleri bħala l‑kappillan ta’ din il‑parroċċa. Mons. Arċisqof jirringrazzja lil Dun John Philip Curmi tal‑ħidma tiegħu bħala kappillan f’din il‑parroċċa għal dawn l‑aħħar 10 snin.
Dun Blake Camilleri twieled fit‑8 ta’ Mejju 1984. Beda l‑mixja għas‑saċerdozju fis‑Seminarju Maġġuri tal‑Arċisqof f’Tal‑Virtù fir‑Rabat u studja fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija fl‑Università ta’ Malta minn fejn iggradwa fil‑Filosofija u t‑Teoloġija… Read more »
