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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: Amos 7:10-17
Psalm: 18:8,9,10,11
Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.” At that, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said, “Why do you harbour evil thoughts? … Read more »
The College of Cardinals gathered with Pope Francis on Monday morning in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace for an Ordinary Public Consistory.
The Pope led the Cardinals residing in Rome in praying Mid-Morning Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours before they proceeded to review the causes of canonization of several Blesseds.
Cardinal Marcelo Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints, presented a brief report—known in Latin as the Peroratio—on the lives and miracles of the 15 people under consideration, after which the Consistory voted and approved their canonization… 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 »
Saint Thomas, apostle – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22
Psalm: 116:1,2
Gospel: John 20:24-29
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Il-kelma ta’ Alla li smajna llum fil-festa tal-Beatu Nazju Falzon hi l-Kelma ta’ Alla li llum tinqara fil-knejjes kollha madwar il-Knisja Kattolika. Noħduha wkoll bħala providenza aħna u nitolbu l-interċessjoni ta’ dan ir-raġel twajjeb, Beatu Malti, wieħed minna, li l-Mulej sejjaħ għall-qdusija bħalma jsejjaħ għall-qdusija lil kull wieħed u waħda minna.
Kien minn familja li kellha l-ġid, familja tajba ħafna… Read more »
Photo: Viktoria Nikolla
A safeguarding commission should be legally required in all situations where organisations provide services to minors and vulnerable adults to protect against and respond to potential abuses, according to the head of the Safeguarding Commission of the Church in Malta, Mark Pellicano.
Pellicano, a social worker who was appointed by Archbishop Charles Scicluna as the head of the Safeguarding Commission last year, made his case as he was being interviewed on the latest edition of Andrew Azzopardi on RTK103… 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: Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12
Psalm: 5:5-6,7,8
Gospel: Matthew 8:23-27
As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Amos 2:6-10,13-16
Psalm: 50(49):16bc-17,18-19,20-21,22-23
Gospel: Matthew 8:18-22
When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side. A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
Saint of the day: Blessed Nazju Falzon, secular cleric Read more »
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