Yearly Archives: 2024

Gaudete! – Cappella Sanctae Catharinae Presents Italian Christmas Music Concert

11/12/2024

Cappella Sanctae Catharinae returns with Gaudete! – its much anticipated annual Christmas Concert. This year the choir will present a concert of beautiful, but rarely heard, Italian Christmas choral music.

The programme features a mixture of gorgeous Italian Baroque polyphony, by composers such as Pomponio Nenna and Giovanni Belli. It will also include rarely heard Christmas Carols from all over Italy, including Sicily, Veneto, and Naples… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 11th December 2024, 9:30am

11/12/2024   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: 11th December

11/12/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 40:25-31
Psalm: 102 (103):1-2,3-4,8 & 10

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.”

Saint of the day: Saint Damasus, pope Read more »

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Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

01/12/2024

The feast in honour of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal was celebrated in her chapel at Blata l-Bajda on Friday, 29 November, 2024. Eucharistic adoration started at 5:00 pm, during which the Holy Rosary was recited and concluded with a Eucharistic blessing. The solemn feast mass followed, led by Rev. Franco Fenech, the Parish Priest of the Parish of The Immaculate Conception in Ħamrun… Read more »

Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral: The beauty of faith recounted in stone

08/12/2024

“A true act of thanksgiving and an act of faith; do not settle for admiring the magnificent stones. Remember that this is a gift from God and a gift for God.”

Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, the Archbishop of Paris, made that invitation regarding the restoration and partial reconstruction of Paris’s iconic cathedral just weeks before its reopening.

Ahead of the reopening ceremony on Sunday, December 8, Roger Pouivet, a French philosopher of religion and professor emeritus of the University of Lorraine, spoke to Vatican News about the link between culture and heritage… Read more »

Mass for children – 10th December 2024, 9:30am

10/12/2024   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 »

The Gospel of the day: 10th December

10/12/2024

Our Lady of Loreto – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 40:1-11
Psalm: 95 (96):1-2,3 & 10ac,11-12,13

Gospel: Matthew 18:12-14

Jesus said to his disciples: “What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray?  And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray… Read more »

Beauty saves the world – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

08/12/2024   Pembroke Parish Church, Pembroke

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Ilbieraħ filgħaxija, ġewwa Pariġi fi Franza, kien hemm ċelebrazzjoni tal-ftuħ mill-ġdid tal-Katidral ta’ Notre Dame, wara r-restawr estensiv li sar minħabba n-nar li ħakem il-Katidral u għamel ħafna ħsara ħames snin ilu. Kienet ċelebrazzjoni kbira, li għaliha kienu mistiedna ħafna mexxejja minn pajjiżi differenti, u ntwera apprezzament kbir lejn tant nies li ħadmu tul dawn il-ħames snin għar-restwar ta’ din il-knisja… Read more »

Giving hope through Caritas Malta Christmas lunch

Details about the Christmas Lunch at Curia announced

09/12/2024

Caritas Malta qed tistieden lill‑persuni li jinsabu weħidhom jew m’għandhomx il‑mezzi sabiex din is‑sena jqattgħu Milied b’dinjità u jiġu jieklu flimkien għall‑ikla tal‑Milied fil‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof fil‑Furjana. Din l-ikla hi turija ta’ mħabba mgħixha fil‑konkret u sinjal tanġibbli ta’ Knisja li tilqa’ lil kulħadd. 

Il-Vigarju Episkopali għad-Djakonija, Dun Martin Micallef, qal li din l-ikla li ssir ta’ kull sena permezz ta’ Caritas Malta fil-Milied, li “hi festa fejn Ġesù, li ġie fostna, jgħallimna l-lingwa tal-imħabba kif proprju jiġri f’din l-ikla, ġest li l-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna jagħmlu billi jagħti dan il-post biex ngħixu l-kmandament tal-imħabba.”

Dun Martin żied jgħid li għal dan iż-żmien fil‑Knisja f’Malta hemm diversi kappillani li fil‑Milied jew fl‑ewwel tas‑sena jorganizzaw ikla għal nies weħidhom jew li għaddejjin minn diffikultajiet differenti fil-parroċċi tagħhom… Read more »

Pope: Place your hopes in God’s infinite mercy

08/12/2024   Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and happy feast day!

Today, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the Gospel tells us about one of the most important, most beautiful moments in the history of humanity: the Annunciation (cf. Lk 26-38), when Mary’s “yes” to the Archangel Gabriel permitted the Incarnation of the Son of God, Jesus. It is a scene that inspires the greatest wonder and emotion because God, the Most High, the Omnipotent, by means of the Angel converses with a young girl from Nazareth, asking for her collaboration for His plan of salvation… Read more »