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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: 1 John 2:18-21
Psalm: 95 (96):1-2,11-12,13
Gospel: John 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. … Read more »
Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Chris Ellul semma parir li ngħata meta kien is-seminarju, li meta jmur għall-ikel ma jagħżilx fejn min joqgħod, u jekk dak ta’ quddiemu ma tantx imur tajjeb miegħu, joqgħod jiggosta l-ikel ħalli xorta waħda joħloq klima pożittiva.
Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Chris Ellul u Mariella Porter. The Handbook jixxandar kuljum fuq RTK103 fil-05.30, fis-12:40, fis-19.20 u fid-21.30, kif ukoll fuq Facebook permezz tal-paġna The Handbook… 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: 1 John 2:12-17
Psalm: 95 (96):7-8a,8b-9,10
Gospel: Luke 2:36-40
Mary and Joseph took Jesus to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. There was a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Erodi se jfittex lit-tifel biex joqtlu” (Mt 2:13). Dan hu li naqraw fl-Evanġelju llum, skont San Mattew. Hu l-kliem tal-anġlu li jidher lil Ġużeppi f’ħolma u jgħidlu biex jaħrab lejn l-Eġittu u jieħu miegħu lil Marija u Ġesù, għax Erodi kien qed ifittex li joqtol lil Ġesù. Hi kerha li proprju ftit ġranet wara l-Milied, meta aħna niċċelebraw il-ferħ tat-twelid ta’ Ġesù fostna, naraw li mal-ewwel kien hemm mhux biss min ma laqgħuhx imma min fittex li jeliminah… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“F’dik il-ħabta Ċesari Awgustu ħareġ digriet biex isir ċensiment fid-dinja kollha” (Lq 2:1). Dan huwa kif jibda r-rakkont tat-twelid ta’ Ġesù skont San Luqa. Jibda billi jurina x’ried jagħmel Ċesari Awgustu, l-Imperatur, li ried jgħodd kemm kellu nies, kemm kien kbir l-imperu tiegħu. U filwaqt li naraw f’din id-daħla x’ried jagħmel l-Imperatur, u jissemma wkoll Kirinu li kien “gvernatur tas-Sirja” (Lq 2:2), filwaqt li jissemmew dawn in-nies li kellhom il-poter, li kienu jaħkmu fuq art kbira, imbagħad ir-rakkont idur fuq tnejn min-nies sempliċi – Ġużeppi u Marija – li mexjin biex imorru Betlem ħalli jagħmlu dak li kien qed jitlob id-digriet ta’ Ċesari Awgustu, u meta kienu hemm, jitwieled Ġesù, u jitwieled f’għar… 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: 1 John 2:3-11
Psalm: 95 (96):1-2a,2b-3,5b-6
Gospel: Luke 2:22-35
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”, and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, “Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.”
And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.” Read more »
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L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
F’paġna waħda qasira, San Mattew jagħtina tliet ħolmiet li fihom Ġużeppi rċieva messaġġ qawwi mingħand il-Mulej.
Niftakar darba minnhom kont qed nitkellem mal-Papa Franġisku, li ħalliena din-is-sena u qalli: jgħidu li ħin minnhom San Ġużepp kien jibża’ jorqod għax jgħid ‘jekk noħlom se jerġa’ jagħmilhieli l-Mulej!’
Fil-kitba sabiħa tiegħu dwar San Ġużepp, Patris Corde, l-istess Papa Franġisku jgħallimna li l-Mulej biex isalva lil ibnu u lil omm mill-għawġ u mill-periklu, mit-theddid tal-bnedmin, m’għamilx affarijiet straordinarji… Read more »
