Monthly Archives: February 2025

The joyful Jesus

20/02/2025

Kemm hu ferħan! Araha, dejjem daħkana! Dejjem jitbissem! Dawn huma xi ftit mill-kummenti li, int u jien nagħmlu, meta l-Mulej ilaqqagħna ma’ nies li dejjem narahom jidħku u jitbissmu.

Possibbli dawn in-nies problemi m’għandhomx? Jew inkella dawn in-nies, bl-għerf li jagħtihom l-Ispirtu s-Santu, qed jagħrfu li l-ħajja hi misteru u grazzja u mhux problema u diżgrazzja? Għaliex dawn in-nies jibqgħu ferħana, anki meta jgħaddu mill-provi tal-ħajja bħalma ngħaddu int u jien? … Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 20th February 2025, 9:30am

20/02/2025   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: 20th February

20/02/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 9:1-13
Psalm: 101 (102):16-18,19-21,29 & 22-23

Gospel: Mark 8:27-33

Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, «Who do people say that I am?» They said in reply, “John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Messiah.”

Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him… Read more »

COMECE calls for long-term peace in Syria: “Christians are an essential part of the country”

19/02/2025

Christians praying in a church of Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: Shutterstock/Torsten Pursche)

H.E. Mgr. Mariano Crociata, President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), issued a statement on Wednesday, 19 February 2025, expressing deep concern for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria, which persists more than a decade after the outbreak of conflict. Mgr. Crociata: “Christians communities are an integral and essential part of the history and culture of the region for centuries”. 

Mgr… Read more »

Pope Francis had a restful night and ate breakfast this morning

19/02/2025

“The Pope spent a restful night, woke up and had breakfast,” the Holy See Press Office shared in a note to journalists on Wednesday morning.

In a Tuesday evening press release, the Holy See Press Office stated the Pope has double pneumonia, but nevertheless “remains in good spirits.”

“Laboratory tests, chest X-rays, and the clinical condition of the Holy Father,” it began, “continue to present a complex picture.”

The statement added that the Pope’s “polymicrobial infection, which has arisen in the context of bronchiectasis and asthmatic bronchitis, and has required the use of corticosteroid and antibiotics, makes the therapeutic treatment more complex.”

“A follow-up chest CT scan, to which the Holy Father was subjected this afternoon—prescribed by the Vatican medical team and the medical staff of the “A… Read more »

A sigh that has great meaning – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

17/02/2025   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Tniehed tnehida fih innifsu” (Mk 8:12). Din hija r-reazzjoni ta’ Ġesù, kif naqraw fl-Evanġelju skont San Mark, meta jiġu l-Fariżej u jitolbuh sinjal mis-sema. Hawnhekk, fl-Evanġelju, jgħid li Ġesù l-ewwel reazzjoni kienet li tniehed tnehida fih innifsu – tnehida ta’ frustrazzjoni u fl-istess waqt ukoll ta’ tbatija minħabba li dawn in-nies daqshekk rashom iebsa u qalbhom magħluqa. Imbagħad qalilhom: “Ebda sinjal ma jingħatalu dan in-nisel” (Mk 8:12)… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 19th February 2025, 9:30am

19/02/2025   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: 19th February

19/02/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 8:6-13,20-22
Psalm: 115 (116):12-13,14-15,18-19

Gospel: Mark 8:22-26

When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on him and asked, “Do you see anything?” Looking up he replied, “I see people looking like trees and walking.”

Then he laid hands on his eyes a second time and he saw clearly; his sight was restored and he could see everything distinctly… Read more »

‘I Have Called You Friends’ – weekend seminar for SDC candidates

18/02/2025

From Friday, February 14th, to Sunday, February 16th, 2025, a group of eight candidates in their first two years of formation participated in a weekend seminar titled “I Have Called You Friends” (John 15:15).

Led by SDC members, the sessions featured group activities, case studies, and film screenings. The candidates engaged in reflections and discussions on Christian discipleship and how to follow Jesus closely in life… Read more »

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

18/02/2025   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 »