Yearly Archives: 2024

Pope at Audience – Patrimony is built with a great deal of sweat, but can disappear in a moment

  Paul VI Audience Hall, The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

We are continuing our catechesis on vices and virtues, and today we will talk about avarice, that form of attachment to money that keeps man from generosity.

If is not a sin that regards only people with large assets, but rather a transversal vice, which often has nothing to do with the bank balance… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 25th January 2024, 9:30am

  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: 25th January

Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle – Feast

Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 22:3-16
Psalm: 117(116):1,2

Gospel: Mark 16:15-18

Jesus said to the eleven: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages… Read more »

Pope’s Communications Day message: AI can never replace wisdom of human heart

In his message for the 58th World Day of Social Communications, Pope Francis urges humanity to cultivate wisdom of the heart in the age of artificial intelligence.

Pope Francis has released his message for the 2024 World Day of Social Communications, focusing on the theme: Artificial Intelligence and the Wisdom of the Heart: Towards a Fully Human Communication.

Celebrated on 12 May, this year’s theme is closely linked to the Pope’s message for the World Day of Peace, which was devoted to the development of systems of artificial intelligence (AI)… Read more »

Restoration of the façade of the Archbishop’s Palace in Valletta

Following years of meticulous restoration efforts, today marked the inauguration of the renovated façade of the Archbishop’s Palace in Valletta. This project, representing a €225,000 investment, saw 80% of its financing derived from European Union funds, with the remaining funding provided by the Archdiocese of Malta. The inauguration was presided over by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi and Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, who is responsible for European funds… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 24th January 2024, 9:30am

  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: 24th January

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:4-17
Psalm: 88 (89):4-5,27-28,29-30

Gospel: Mark 4:1-20

On another occasion, Jesus began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land. And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them, Hear this! … Read more »

Some throw the net, others fix it – Bishop Galea-Curmi

  Parish Church, Balzan

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Ġesù mar il-Galilija jxandar l-Evanġelju ta’ Alla” (Mk 1:14). Dan hu l-mod kif jiftaħ l-Evanġelju tal-lum, skont San Mark, u mal-ewwel l-enfasi hi fuq il-kelma: il-kelma li Ġesù jwassal li hi l-Aħbar it-Tajba. Għalhekk ‘l-Evanġelju’ – kelma li tfisser l-Aħbar it-Tajba.

F’dan il-Ħadd partikolari – it-Tielet Ħadd tas-Sena – il-Papa Franġisku jistedinna nirriflettu b’mod speċjali fuq il-kelma ta’ Alla, li għandha tkun kelma li aħna nisimgħu, li sservi ta’ ispirazzjoni għall-ħajja tagħna, u li aħna nwasslu lill-oħrajn… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 23rd January 2024, 9:30am

  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: 23rd January

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Samuel 6:12b-15,17-19
Psalm: 23 (24):7,8,9,10

Gospel: Mark 3:31-35

The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you.” But he said to them in reply, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”

And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers… Read more »