Yearly Archives: 2025

The Gospel of the day: 23rd August

23/08/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ruth 2:1-3,8-11; 4:13-17
Psalm: 127 (128):1-2,3,4,5

Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12

In those days, Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them They do all their deeds to be seen by others; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.  … Read more »

UN reports record number of aid worker deaths in 2024

22/08/2025

Photo by Mathurin NAPOLY / matnapo on Unsplash

The United Nations has revealed that at least 383 humanitarian workers have been killed globally since the beginning of 2024, describing the toll as a “shocking record” and a stark reflection of the growing dangers faced by aid personnel.

The figures, released on Tuesday to mark World Humanitarian Day, show a 31% increase in fatalities compared to the previous year… Read more »

Day of prayer and fasting for peace

22/08/2025

At the request of Pope Leo XIV, today, Friday, 22 August 2025, Christians are invited to observe a day of fasting and prayer, asking the Lord to grant us peace and justice, and to console all those who are suffering because of war.

The Holy Father draws particular attention to the immense suffering endured by so many in the Holy Land, in Ukraine, and in other parts of the world… Read more »

“Mary is the lady of hope” – Fr Josef Mifsud

22/08/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, f’jum il-festa tat-tlugħ fis-sema ta’ Marija, Fr Josef Mifsud qal li Marija hija l-mara tat-tama għax bil-paċi u t-trankwillità tagħha twassalna għand Ġesù.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Josef Mifsud u Daniela Borg. 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… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 22nd August 2025, 9:30am

22/08/2025   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: 22nd August

22/08/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ruth 1:1,3-6,14b-16,22
Psalm: 145 (146):5-6,7,8-9a,9bc-10

Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40

In those days, when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 

He said to him, ” “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”  Read more »

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Agostinian missionary work in Peru

21/08/2025

Matul ix-xahar ta’ Lulju, 2025, Patri  Mario Abela OSA; id-Direttur tas-Segretarjat Missjonijiet Agostinjani Amigos, flimkien ma’ Patri Terence Spiteri OSA; u sitt  żgħażagħ Maltin għamlu ħidma missjunarja fil-Perù qalb il-familji u t-tfal foqra f’Iquitos u Nauta.

Is-Segretarjat Missjonijiet Agostinjani, ilu għal dawn l-aħħar 31 sena, sa mill-1994, itella’ gruppi ta’ żgħażagħ kull sena f’diversi pajjiżi fosthom il-Brażil, Mozambique u l-Kenja fl-Afrika. Din is-sena għall-ewwel darba saret ħidma f’Iquitos u Nauta fil-Perù… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Even at darkest moment, never too late to love and forgive

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025

20/08/2025   Audience Hall, Vatican City

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025: Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 3. Forgiveness. «He loved them to the end» (Jn 13:2)

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today we will look at one of the most striking and luminous gestures in the Gospel: the moment when Jesus, during the last supper, offers a morsel to the one who is about to betray him… Read more »

Concert inaugurates the restoration of Dominican Church titular painting in Vittoriosa

21/08/2025   The Church of the Annunciation, Birgu

Fl-okkażjoni tal-inawgurazzjoni tar-restawr li sar fuq il-kwadru ta’ Sidtna Marija Annunzjata fil-Knisja ta’ San Duminku fil-Birgu, se jittella’ kunċert bid-direzzjoni tas-Surmast Stephen Camilleri, nhar il-Ħadd 24 t’Awwissu 2025 fis-7:15pm. Matul il-kunċert, Valentina Lupo minn Atelier del Restauro Ltd, se tagħti spjegazzjoni dettaljata dwar il-proċess tar-restawr u Rev. P. Tonio Mallia Milanes OP se jagħmel diskors tal-okkażjoni. Dakinhar se jkun espost fil-knisja l-abbozz tal-istess pittura.

Il-kwadru ta’ Marija Annunzjata sar fl-1959 mill-artist Emvin Cremona biex ikun il-kwadru titulari tal-knisja l-ġdida tad-Dumnkani fil-Birgu… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 21st August 2025, 9:30am

21/08/2025   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 »