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Pope Francis with all the Synod participants at the conclusion of the work of the General Assembly (VATICAN MEDIA Divisione Foto)
The Final Document, adopted today after each of its 155 paragraphs were approved, has been published, and will not become the basis of an Exhortation by the Pope, who has decided that it should be released immediately in order to inspire the life of the Church… Read more »
Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem, stabbilita mill-Kapuċċini fl-1999, illum is-Sibt 26 ta’ Ottubru bi kburija qed tfakkar il-25 anniversarju tagħha, filwaqt li tirrifletti fuq kwart ta’ seklu ta’ servizz iddedikat lill-individwi li qed jesperjenzaw sitwazzjoni li waslithom bla dar f’Malta.
Iggwidata mill-valuri ewlenin tal-kompassjoni, id-dinjità, u l-appoġġ għall-emarġinati, il-Fondazzjoni mhux biss ipprovdiet kenn iżda ħadmet ukoll bla heda biex terġa’ tagħti t-tama u d-dinjità lil dawk fil-bżonn… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, good Sunday!
Today the Gospel of the liturgy (Mk 10:46-52) tells us about Jesus who cures a man from blindness. His name is Bartimaeus, but the crowd in the street ignore him: he is a poor beggar. Those people do not have eyes for the blind man; they leave him, they ignore him. No caring gaze, no feeling of compassion… 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 Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22
Psalm: 18:2-5
Gospel: Luke 6:12-19
In those days, Jesus went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. … Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Ġesù kien jgħallem u juri lin-nies kif għandhom jgħixu, imma kultant Ġesù mhux biss kien jgħid dan, imma kien jagħmel mistoqsijiet. Fil-fatt, ħaġa li tolqtok hi meta tara n-numru ta’ mistoqsijiet li Ġesù kien jagħmel biex iġiegħel lin-nies jaħsbu. U hawn, fl-Evanġelju tal-lum, għandna żewġ mistoqsijiet li Ġesù jagħmel lin-nies. L-ewwel mistoqsija: “…iż-żmien ta’ issa kif ma tafux tfissruh?” (Lq 12:56) U t-tieni mistoqsija: “U għala ma tiġġudikawx intom stess x’inhu s-sewwa?” (Lq 12:57)
L-ewwel mistoqsija li għamel Ġesù hi għaliex ilmenta man-nies kif huma kienu kapaċi jaraw it-temp u jgħidu hix ġejja x-xita jew hux se tagħmel is-sħana – fil-fatt jgħid “tafu taqraw wiċċ is-sema u wiċċ l-art ukoll” (Lq 12:56) – imbagħad jgħid: “mela ż-żmien ta’ issa kif ma tafux tfissruh?” Ġesù qed jgħid: intom kapaċi taqraw it-temp, u taraw hux se jagħmel maltemp jew hix se tkun is-sħana, imma ż-żmien ta’ issa le… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Bilqiegħda mal-ġenb tat-triq” (Mk 10:46). Dan hu li naqraw fl-Evanġelju skont San Mark, fuq dan il-bniedem li kien għama u kien ukoll tallab, li kien bilqiegħda mal-ġenb tat-triq kif kien għaddej Ġesù, flimkien ma’ “kotra kbira ta’ nies” (Mk 10:46). Dal-bniedem kien qiegħed hemmhekk qisu mwarrab, filwaqt li kienu għaddejjin f’din il-mixja, Ġesù, id-dixxipli u nies. Jien nixtieq li nħarsu lejn dawn it-tlieta: lejn dan il-bniedem għama, lejn il-folla tan-nies, u lejn Ġesù, u naraw x’jgħallmuna għall-ħajja tagħna… 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 »
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 31:7-9
Psalm: 125(126): 1-2ab,2cd-3,4-5,6
Second Reading: Hebrews 5:1-6
Gospel: Mark 10:46-52
In those days, as Jesus, his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. … 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 »
