Monthly Archives: October 2025

Mass & Rosary – 17th October 2025, 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: 17th October

Readings of the day

First Reading: Romans 4:1-8
Psalm: 31 (32):1-2,5,11

Gospel: Luke 12:1-7

In those days, the crowd gathered by the thousands, so that they trampled on one another. And Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known.  … Read more »

Liberating us from ruin – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

Mass on the Feast of Our Lady of Tal-Ħerba

  The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tal-Ħerba, Birkirkara

Photo: Aleteia L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Int u dieħel f’dan it-tempju, ftakar li hu mbierek mill-Mulej u fih Marija għażlet li tagħmel id-dar tagħha”. Din hi x’tgħid l-iskrizzjoni, li hi bil-Latin, li hemm int u dieħel f’din il-knisja. Tfisser b’mod sabiħ ħafna dak li hi għalina l-knisja li fiha niltaqgħu flimkien.

Titlu li jidher stramb

Qed niċċelebraw il-Festa tal-Madonna tal-Ħerba f’din il-knisja ddedikata lilha… Read more »

A centurion who teaches us – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Mass during a celebration by the Armed Forces of Malta

  The Basilica of Christ the King, Paola

Ritratt: AFM Public Affairs Office L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Resaq fuqu wieħed ċenturjun” (Mt 8:5). Dan hu li naqraw fl-Evanġelju skont San Mattew, li għadna kif smajna llum. Ma kinetx ħaġa komuni fil-ħajja ta’ Ġesù u fil-ħidma tiegħu li jersaq lejh ċenturjun, wisq inqas li jersaq lejh għax ried xi ħaġa mingħandu.

Resaq biex jitolbu

Dan iċ-ċenturjun kien bniedem ta’ dixxiplina… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Despite everything, Jesus sustains us

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechetical Cycle – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ, Our Hope IV. The Resurrection of Christ and the Challenges of the Contemporary World. 1. The Risen One, Living Source of Human Hope

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

In the Jubilee Year catecheses, until now, we have retraced the life of Jesus, following the Gospels, from his birth to his death and resurrection… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 16th October 2025, 9:30am

  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: 16th October

Readings of the day

First Reading: Romans 3:21-30
Psalm: 129 (130):1-2,3-4b,4c-6

Gospel: Luke 11:47-54

The Lord said: “Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building.

Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building… Read more »

€228,600 collected by the Maltese and Gozitans for the people in Gaza

Ritratt: Caritas Internationalis

F’perjodu ta’ għaxar ġimgħat, il-poplu Malti u Għawdxi ġabar is-somma ta’ €228,581.98b’risq il-persuni fi tbatija kbira f’Gaża. Din il-kampanja ta’ ġbir ta’ fondi ġiet ikkoordinata minn Caritas Malta fuq talba tal-Isqfijiet ta’ Malta u Għawdex.

Id-donazzjonijet ingħataw mill-parroċċi, komunitajiet reliġjużi, individwi f’Malta u Għawdex, kumpaniji u entitajiet oħra privati.

Il-flus miġbura għaddew lil Caritas Internationalis. Sa mill-2023, Caritas Internationalis, flimkien mal-kollaboraturi tagħha, għenet aktar minn 1.7 miljun persuna f’Gaża permezz ta’ ikel, kenn u djar dinjitużi, ilma, sanità u iġene, għajnuna finanzjarja, u appoġġ psikosoċjali… Read more »

Jubilee of Culture: live music and poetry

“MA’ (with) TA’ (of)” is inspired by the Maltese word TAMA – hope. It reminds us that hope is never solitary; it is something we build with others, something we carry as part of society.
It is a one-off event of live music, poetry, and shared voices in a collective celebration of hope on the occasion of the Jubilee of Culture within the Year of Hope happening on Saturday 18 October, with doors opening at 11am… Read more »

The Pope: I urge every Catholic parish in the world to take part in World Mission Sunday

To mark World Mission Day on 19 October, the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, is asking every single parish in the world to help support missionaries who are working and serving in the remotest corners of the earth.

In a video message, Pope Leo XIV emphasises how World Mission Day, which next year celebrates its centenary, is a special day in which the whole Church unites in prayer for missionaries and for the fruitfulness of their apostolic labours… Read more »