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Readings of the day
First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9
Psalm: 147:12-13,15-16,19-20
Gospel: Mathew 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Hu għadda minn ġo nofshom u baqa’ sejjer” (Lq 4:30). Hekk naqraw fi tmiem dan ir-rakkont mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa, u b’dal-mod Ġesù ħeles minn attentat ta’ qtil, għax dawn in-nies riedu jixħtuh minn fuq l-għolja fejn kienet mibnija l-belt tagħhom, jixħtuh għal isfel. Imma hu għadda minn ġo nofshom u baqa’ sejjer. Hawnhekk tolqotna ħafna kif dawn in-nies kellhom din ir-reazzjoni vjolenti għal dak li qal Ġesù, u mhux biss irrabjaw, imma r-rabja ġegħlithom ukoll li jfittxu li joqtluh… Read more »
Pope Francis goes to confession during a Lenten penance service in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 25, 2022, as part of the “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten prayer initiative. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis will open the eleventh edition of the ’24 Hours for the Lord’ Lenten initiative this Friday, March 8, at the Roman parish of San Pio V, according to a statement from the Dicastery for Evangelization… Read more »
Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi with MCESD social partners and members of the Justice and Peace Commission. Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Ian Noel Pace
Archbishop Charles Scicluna urged the importance of including non-Maltese residents in decision-making, strongly advocating against treating them as second-class citizens.
He expressed this view during a meeting at the Archbishop’s Curia, attended by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi, and also involved the participation of the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue, the Hon… 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: Daniel 3:25,34-43
Psalm: 24 (25):4bc-5ab,6-7bc,8-9
Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants… Read more »
Ċentru Studji Dun Ġorġ, within the Society of Christian Doctrine MUSEUM, is organising a public lecture about Oliver Friggieri and St George Preca by Dr David Aloisio.
Prof. Friggieri used describe Dun Ġorġ as “a man who did not belong in this world and who lived waiting to go back to his place. In the meantime, he tried to drag everyone with him, with the word that was action and the action that was revealed in the word”… Read more »
Għeżież ħuti, il-jum it-tajjeb!
L-Evanġelju tal-lum itina xena iebsa: Ġesù jkeċċi lil-merkanti mit-tempju (ara Ġw 2:13-25), Ġesù jkeċċi lill-bejjiegħa, jaqleb il-bankijiet tas-sarrafa tal-flus u jwiddeb lil kulħadd b’dal-kliem: “Id-dar tiegħi tagħmulhiex dar tan-negozju: (v. 16). Nieqfu ftit fuq il-kuntrast bejn dar u suq: dawn huma żewġ modi kif bniedem jippreżenta ruħu quddiem il-Mulej.
Fit-tempju meqjus bħala suq, biex wieħed ikun f’postu ma’ Alla kien biżżejjed jixtri nagħġa, iħallas tagħha u jikkunsmaha fuq il-ħatab tal-altar… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Dar Missieri tagħmluhiex dar tan-negozju” (Ġw 2:16) Dan hu li qal Ġesù dak inhar li daħal fit-tempju u għamel xi ħaġa li baqgħet tissemma fost in-nies – tant hu hekk li huma l-erba’ evanġelisti li lkoll jagħtuna r-rakkont ta’ din il-ġrajja. Ġesù daħal fit-tempju u beda jkeċċi lil dawk li kienu qed ibigħu l-annimali għas-sagrifiċċju u jaqleb l-imwejjed u jxerred il-flus ta’ dawk li kienu jsarrfu l-flus, u qalilhom: “Dar Missieri tagħmluhiex dar tan-negozju”… 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 »
