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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 »
Qari tal-jum
First Reading: Micah 2:1-5
Psalm: 9 (10):22-23,24-25,28-29,35
Gospel: Matthew 12:14-21
In those days, the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him. When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them, and he ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfil what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
“Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased… Read more »
This year Rev. Anġ Seychell turned 91 years old and Newsbook Malta visited him to find out more about his work with Caritas, the Clergy House, and the Nazareth Foundation for people with disabilities, which he established in his own home.
In a bed surrounded by hundreds of large books, next to the office he used in his home in Żejtun, Dun Anġ spoke to us about his life and what books mean to him… 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 38:1-6,21-22,7-8
Psalm: Isaiah 38:10,11,12abcd,16
Gospel: Matthew 12:1-8
Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”
He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry, how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering, which neither he nor his companions but only the priests could lawfully eat? … Read more »
Ta’ 84 sena, Sister Annie Catania qed tkompli bil-ħidma tagħha qalb il-foqra u l-morda fil-Filippini. Ma’ Newsbook.com.mt qasmet uħud mill-esperjenzi tagħha filwaqt li tgħid li ħajjitha hija l-missjoni.
Minn mindu kienet żgħira, Sister Annie Catania kienet tiġbor għall-Missjoni. Meta daħlet fil-ħajja reliġjuża kompliet tiġbor u saħansitra għamlet madwar 20 sena fil-Moviment Missjunarju fejn għal żmien twil kienet il-President ta’ din l-għaqda li kienet impenjata biex jinġabar ikel u bżonnijiet li kienu jitwasslu fl-artijiet tal-missjoni, fosthom l-Eġittu, fejn Sister Annie u l-voluntiera kienu jaħdmu mal-lebbrużi… 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 26:7-9,12,16-19
Psalm: 101 (102):13-14ab and 15,16-18,19-21
Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” Read more »
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In a message to a gathering of youth ministers in Paraguay, Pope Francis calls on young faithful to let Christ transform them, and to live their youth “as a gift for Jesus” and the world.
“Let Christ transform your natural optimism into authentic love; a love that knows how to sacrifice, that is sincere, real and genuine, so that your youth will be a gift for Jesus and for the world and you will be able to spend your life in a worthy and fruitful way.”
This was the encouragement Pope Francis sent to the XXI Latam Meeting of Caribbean and Latin American national youth ministry leaders, gathered in Asunción, Paraguay, July 15-20… Read more »
Pope Francis met Monday morning with members of six religious congregations – Minims, Clerics Regular Minor, Augustinian Sisters of Divine Love, Clerics of Saint Viator, Reparatrix Sisters of the Sacred Heart and Missionary Sisters of Saint Anthony Mary Claret – who are in Rome for General or Provincial Chapters.
At the beginning of the encounter, the Holy Father asked them how many novices they have – and warned them that, without “children,” their orders will die… Read more »
