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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 Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:4-5a,12-14a,16
Psalm: 88:2-5,27,29
Second Reading: Romans 4:13,16-18,22
Gospel: Matthew 1:16,18-21,24a (or Luke 2:41-51a)
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about… Read more »
The Archdiocese of Malta launched the publication Sōtēr (Salvatur), which brings together traditional Lent, Holy Week and Easter communal prayers in poetic and artistic form. Through this book, the reader is invited to contemplate the beauty of the Lord’s Passion and the Light of his resurrection through a contemporary lens. The spiritual meditations, with a social accent, include the Veneration of the Cross, Via Matris, Seven Teachings, the Via Crucis and Via Lucis… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Nixtiequ naraw lil Ġesù” (Ġw 12:21). Din kienet it-talba li xi Griegi għamlu lil Filippu, wieħed mid-dixxipli ta’ Ġesù, għax xtaqu jaraw lil Ġesù. Kellhom din il-kurżità, u tkellmu ma’ Filippu, li mbagħad mar isib lil Indrì, dixxiplu ieħor, u t-tnejn li huma marru jgħidu lil Ġesù.
Tolqotna ħafna r-reazzjoni ta’ Ġesù. Jgħid: “Waslet is-siegħa li fiha Bin il-bniedem ikun igglorifikat” (Ġw 12:23)… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!
Today, fifth Sunday of Lent, as we draw closer to Holy Week, Jesus in the Gospel (cf. Jn 12:20-33) tells us something important: that on the Cross we will see His glory and that of the Father (cf. vv. 23, 28).
But how is it possible that the glory of God manifest itself right there, on the Cross? … Read more »
The Social Assistance Secretariat (SAS) of the Malta Catholic Action (VO/1743) will be organising the annual Week of Sacrifice once again. This year the Week of Sacrifice will be held between Friday the 22nd of March, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, and Good Friday the 29th of March 2024. By means of this campaign, SAS intends to raise more awareness among the Maltese population of everyone’s responsibility to help those who are in need. … 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: Daniel 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62
Psalm: 22 (23):1-3a,3b-4,5,6
Gospel: John 8:1-11
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Is-silta li għadna kemm smajna u li qara Dun Martin Cardona, il-kappillan, tibda propju bil-kurżità ta’ xi Griegi li ma kinux Lhud, ma kellhomx il-fidi tal-poplu Lhudi, kienu pagani imma jisimgħu b’dan ir-raġel li qiegħed jgħallem, ifejjaq, u li jqajjem ukoll lin-nies mill-imwiet. Dan għaliex il-qari li smajna llum mill-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann iseħħ wara li Ġesù jqajjem lill-ħabib tiegħu Lazzru mill-imwiet… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“B’wiċċu minn quddiem qiegħed jitkellem” (Ġw 7:26). Dan hu li jgħidu n-nies hawnhekk fuq Ġesù, fl-Evanġelju skond San Ġwann, u qed jiskantaw għax hu qed jitkellem b’wiċċu minn quddiem fit-tempju, imma jafu li hemm min irid joqtlu. Qegħdin hawnhekk fil-festa tal-Għerejjex, u s-seba’ kapitlu ta’ San Ġwann jitkellem proprju fuq din il-festa. Ġesù ma kienx sejjer fil-bidu. Fil-fatt, qabel din is-silta, il-qraba tiegħu jgħidulu: mhux aħjar titla’ inti? … Read more »
