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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: Romans 8:12-17
Psalm: 67 (68):2 & 4,6-7ab,20-21
Gospel: Luke 13:10-17
Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight.
When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.”
But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! … Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Ġesu juża din l-espressjoni qawwija ħafna meta lil Pietru jikkonfermah fil-fidi li għadu kemm stqarr (ara Mt16: 18-19). Ħa nibdew minn dak li jgħid Pietru: “Inti l-Messija bin Alla l-ħaj” (Mt 16:16). X’qiegħed jgħid Pietru? “Inti dak li konna qed nistennew għal sekli sħaħ; inti risposta għax-xewqat u x-xenqat tagħna. Mhux biss! Imma għax inti “bin Alla l-ħaj” (Mt 16:16) – Alla tal-ħajjin mhux Alla tal-mejtin… Read more »
The Diocesan Ecumenical Commission is holding the Second Maurice Eminyan SJ Lecture on Ecumenism on Friday 31 October 2025 at 6:30pm, at the Archbihsop’s Curia, Floriana.
This year’s distinguished speaker is Rev. Professor Edward Farrugia SJ from the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He has a long experience in ecumenical relations, especually with the Orthodox Churches.
The theme of the Public Lecture is Shall we ever be united? … 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 »
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 35:12-14,16-18
Psalm: 34(33):2-3,17-18,19,23
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18
Gospel: Luke 18:9-14
Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity–greedy, dishonest, adulterous–or even like this tax collector… Read more »
Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Abigail Zarb qalet li kultant tinkwieta li tagħmel xi ħaġa mhux għall-benefiċċju tagħha imma skont x’jaħseb ħaddieħor dwarha.
Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Malcolm Saliba u Abigail Zarb. 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.
Silta mill-qari tal-lum
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa – Lq 7, 36-50
Wieħed mill-Fariżej stieden lil Ġesù biex jiekol miegħu; Ġesù daħal għand il-Fariżew u qagħad għall-ikel… 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: Romans 8:1-11
Psalm: 23 (24):1-2,3-4ab,5-6
Gospel: Luke 13:1-9
Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. He said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means! … Read more »
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The Trappist Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, will deliver a public talk entitled Living by Hope in a Time of Crisis on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, at 7pm at the MUSEUM Auditorium, Blata l-Bajda.
Bishop Varden, a member of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance and author of several spiritual books, previously served as Abbot of Mount St Bernard Abbey in England before being consecrated bishop of Trondheim in Norway… Read more »
