Yearly Archives: 2025

The Gospel on the Easter Vigil: 19th April

19/04/2025

Holy Saturday – Vigil Mass
Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 1:1 – 2:2
Psalm: 103 (104):1-2a,5-6,10,12,13-14,24,35c
Second Reading: Genesis 22:1-18
Psalm: 15 (16):5,8,9-10,11
Third Reading: Ezekiel 14:15 – 15:1
Psalm: Ezekiel 15:1-2,3-4,5-6,17-18
Fourth Reading: Isaiah 54:5-14
Psalm: 29 (30):2,4,5-6,11,12a,13b
Fifth Reading: Isaiah 55:1-11
Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6
Sixth Reading: Baruch 3:9-15,32 – 4:4
Psalm: 18 (19):8,9,10,11
Seventh Reading: Ezekiel 36:16-17a,18-28
Psalm: 41 (42):3.5bcd; 42 (43):3,4
Eighth Reading: Romans 6:3-11
Psalm: 117 (118):1-2,16ab-17,22-23

Gospel: Luke 24:1-12

At daybreak on the first day of the week the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb… Read more »

Liturgy of the Hours on Easter Saturday – 19th April 2025, 9:30am

19/04/2025   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 »

Lord, deliver us from the temptation to control our own lives or anyone else’s – The Archbishop

Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday

18/04/2025   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Fl-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann dwar il-Passjoni ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu, l-aħħar kelma ta’ Ġesù hi “kollox hu mitmum” (Ġw 19:30) u l-evanglista juża l-verb għażiż ‘radd’ – “mejjel rasu u radd ruħu” (Ġw 19:30).

Li trodd ruħek tfisser li r-ruħ u l-ħajja tiegħek titlaqhom totalment f’idejn il-Missier.

F’din il-kelma għażiża tal-Evanġelju skont San Ġwannn, hemm ukoll dak li tlabna fis-salm responsorjali llum, “Missier, nerħi ruħi f’idejk” (Lq 23:46)… Read more »

Pope Francis visits prison inmates on Holy Thursday

18/04/2025

Pope Francis visits Regina Coeli Prison  (Vatican Media)

Pope Francis marked Holy Thursday with a visit to Rome’s Regina Coeli prison, continuing a tradition he has observed since the beginning of his pontificate: drawing close to those living behind bars. While unable this year to celebrate the liturgy of the Lord’s Supper and the Washing of the Feet, the Pope greeted inmates personally, offered them words of encouragement, and gifted each of them with a Rosary and a pocket-sized Gospel… Read more »

The Gospel on Good Friday: 18th April

18/04/2025

Good Friday
Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12
Psalm: 30 (31):2,6,12-13,15-16,17, 25
Second Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9

Gospel: John 18:1 – 19:42
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to St John

Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. Judas his betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. So Judas got a band of soldiers and guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons… Read more »

A love that kneels down

Solemn Commemoration of the Lord’s Supper

17/04/2025   Corradino Correctional Facility, Paola

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Illum qed infakkru waħda mill-aktar ġranet speċjali fil-ħajja ta’ Ġesù – lejla qaddisa  li tkellem direttament lill-qalb tagħna, aħna min aħna. Tkellem lilna lkoll, u għandha tifsira kbira f’post bħal dan. Ħamis ix-Xirka mhuwiex dwar glorja jew setgħa. Mhuwiex dwar ħakma u poter. Huwa dwar l-imħabba, is-servizz, u t-tama li tinfed anke l-aktar rokna mudlama ta’ ħajjitna.

F’dan il-lejl, Ġesù qasam ikla mad-dixxipli tiegħu, l-iktar ħbieb qrib tiegħu… Read more »

The Lord loved us even when we were his enemies – The Archbishop

Solemn Commemoration of the Lord’s Supper

17/04/2025   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Int, Mulej, taħsilli saqajja?” Ġesù wieġbu: “Int għalissa ma tafx x’qiegħed nagħmel jien; tifhmu aktar ’il quddiem. Qallu Pietru: “Ma jkun qatt li inti taħsilli saqajja! Wieġbu Ġesù: “Jekk ma naħsillekx saqajk, ma jkollokx x’taqsam miegħi” (Ġw 13:6-8). Kemm hi qawwija din ir-risposta ta’ Ġesù. Pietru qed joġġezzjona għax ma jistax jifhem kif il-Mulej u l-Imgħallem, jitbaxxa daqshekk, li jieħu fuqu x-xogħol u r-rwol tal-ilsir, jinża’ l-mantar, jitħażżem b’fardal, u jaħsel saqajn id-dixxipli… Read more »

Liturgy of the Hours on Good Friday – 18th April 2025, 9:30am

18/04/2025   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 »