Monthly Archives: January 2025

Hospice Malta opens St Michael Hospice, a palliative care complex that champions life and dignity

19/01/2025

St Michael Hospice in Santa Venera was inaugurated today, enabling Hospice Malta to expand its dedicated palliative services to over 1,500 patients annually, while continuing to uphold its fundamental values of care, compassion and dignity.

This is a milestone for Hospice Malta, which first opened its doors in 1989, and will enhance palliative care in Malta through its expanded community services, improved facilities, for day therapy and inpatient services, as well as educational facilities… Read more »

“Celebrating life, not death” – Archbishop’s message at the inauguration of St Michael Hospice

Mass on the inauguration of St Michael Hospice

19/01/2025   St Michael Hospice, Santa Venera

Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

The First Reading from the Prophet Isaiah gives us the general theme of the readings today, the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.  It is a lovely message for the occasion we are celebrating today. The Lord insists that our relationship with Him is a love relationship. “For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your builder marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you” (Is 62:5)… Read more »

Sunday Mass and the inauguration of St Michael Hospice – 19th January 2025, 9:30am

19/01/2025   St Michael Hospice Chapel, Santa Venera

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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 Sunday Gospel: 19th January

19/01/2025

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalm: 95:1-2a,2b-3,7-8a,9-10ac
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11

Gospel: John 2:1-11

In those days, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 

When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? … Read more »

Faith, hope and love – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

17/01/2025   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Merfugħ minn erbgħa min-nies” (Mk 2:3e). Hekk jiddeskrivi San Mark fl-Evanġelju tiegħu lil dan il-mifluġ li ħadu quddiem Ġesù, u jenfasizza li dawn kienu n-nies li ħadu lil dan il-mifluġ għand Ġesù. Nafu li ma setgħux idaħħluh minħabba l-folla, u għalhekk fetħu toqba fis-saqaf u daħħluh minn hemm quddiem Ġesù.

Ħa nħarsu l-ewwel lejn dawn l-erbgħa min-nies. X’jolqotna fihom? … Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 18th January 2025, 9:30am

18/01/2025   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: 18th January

18/01/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 4:12-16
Psalm: 18 (19):8,9,10,15

Gospel: Mark 2:13-17

Jesus went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them. As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him… Read more »

New SDC Mission in the Philippines

17/01/2025

Three Maltese members and an Australian member have recently departed for the Philippines to establish the first SDC community in the Archdiocese of Lipa, in the province of Batangas. This marks the first SDC community to be set up on the Asian continent.

The commissioning ceremony for Daniel Attard took place in Melbourne on 7 January 2025, while the Maltese members, Superior Oliver Aquilina, Lawrence Fenech, and Gabriel Pace, were commissioned on Wednesday, 15 January 2025, by the Superior General… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 17th January 2025, 9:30am

17/01/2025   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 »

The Gospel of the day: 17th January

17/01/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 4:1-5,11
Psalm: 77 (78):3 & 4bc,6c-7,8

Gospel: Mark 2:1-12

When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home.
Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preached the word to them. They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men… Read more »