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Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 10:19-25
Psalm: 23 (24):1-2,3-4ab,5-6
Gospel: Mark 4:21-25
Jesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Today we will continue to contemplate Jesus our hope in the mystery of His origins, as narrated by the infancy Gospels.
Whereas Luke lets us do so from the perspective of the mother, the Virgin Mary, instead Matthew takes the perspective of Joseph, the man who assumes the legal paternity of Jesus, grafting him onto the trunk of Jesse and linking him to the promise made to David… 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: Hebrews 10:11-18
Psalm: 109 (110):1,2,3,4
Gospel: Mark 4:1-20
In those days, 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 »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Il-ġrajja tal-konverżjoni ta’ San Pawl mhijiex biss ġrajja straordinarja fil-ħajja ta’ qaddis kbir imma hija wkoll avveniment importanti ħafna fl-Istorja tal-Knisja. Kif smajna fir-rakkont sabiħ tal-Atti tal-Appostli, u jirrepetih ukoll San Pawl fl-Ittra tiegħu lill-Galatin, Sawl – kif kien jismu – kien jaħdem b’entużjażmu biex isib lis-segwaċi ta’ Ġesù u jitfagħhom fil-ħabs. L-intenzjoni tiegħu kienet li lil dawk li ma kinux qed jimxu skont il-liġi ta’ Alla, kif kien jifhimha hu, jagħmel minn kollox biex jippersegwitahom… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Dan Ġesù għandu fih lil Begħelżebul” (Mk 3:22). Din hija l-akkuża li għamlu l-kittieba lil Ġesù – qalu li għandu fih xitan – mhux biss, imma li qiegħed ikeċċi x-xjaten “bis-saħħa tal-Prinċep tax-xjaten” (Mk 3:22). Hija akkuża serja ħafna, iktar u iktar meta nafu min hu Ġesù.
Li tgħid li hu qed ikeċċi lix-xitan bis-saħħa tax-xitan, qed tgħid proprju l-agħar li tista’ tgħid fuq Ġesù… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Kunu dejjem lesti biex tagħtu tweġiba lil min jitlobkom, il-għala tat-tama li għandkom. Xi jfisser dan il-kliem, li San Pietru appostlu jikteb fl-ewwel miż-żewġ ittri tiegħu. Qed jgħidilna li fil-ħajja tagħna niltaqgħu ma’ nies li jinnutaw li għandna tama partikolari, mhix tas-soltu. Jistaqsuna, imma għaliex tittamaw?
L-ewwel nett x’inhi t-tama tagħna? It-tama tagħna hi persuna, it-tama tagħna hi Ġesù… Read more »
Ritratt: Miguela Xuereb
Aktar kmieni dan ix-xahar, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof ingħataw merħba żewġ żgħażagħ li bdew il-perjodu Propedewtiku, jiġifieri fażi ta’ preparazzjoni.
Fi stqarrija ntqal li matul dan il-perjodu, il-propedewtiċi jiġu introdotti għal ħajja aktar organizzata ta’ talb u ta’ dixxerniment personali sabiex jibdew il-vjaġġ tagħhom.
Dawn iż-żewġ żgħażagħ ġew mistiedna jikbru aktar fl-għarfien tagħhom infushom u li jsiru aktar familjari ma’ modi differenti ta’ talb, ma’ ħajja u servizzi fil-komunità, u mal-apprezzament ta’ x’inhi s-sejħa tas-saċerdot fil-Knisja u s-soċjetà Maltija llum… 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: Hebrews 10:1-10
Psalm: 39 (40):2 & 4ab,7-8a,10,11
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 »
