News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Joel 4:12-21
Psalm: 96 (97):1-2,5-6,11-12
Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
While he was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
Saint of the day: Saint John XXIII, pope Read more »
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The CCEE Plenary Assembly opened on Tuesday, 7 October, with a solemn Holy Mass in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, presided by Msgr José Ornelas Carvalho, SCI, Bishop of Leiria-Fátima and President of the Portuguese Bishops’ Conference. At the end of the celebration, the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe entrusted their mission and the continent to the Blessed Virgin Mary through the Act of Consecration… Read more »
Homily by Pope Leo XIV
“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you” (Lk 11:9). With these words, Jesus invites us to turn with trust to the Father for all our needs.
These are also the words we listen to as you gather from all over the world to celebrate the Jubilee of Consecrated Life… Read more »
Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta
The MSSP Oratory Youth will hold a Vigil for Peace on Thursday, 16th October at 8.00pm at the Oratory MSSP in Birkirkara, joining Pope Leo’s worldwide invitation for the Church to dedicate this month to prayer for peace.
The vigil comes at a moment of deep global tension. Wars continue to scar communities in Gaza, Ukraine, and beyond, while countless lives are disrupted by violence, displacement, and loss… 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: Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2
Psalm: 9:2-3,6 & 16,8-9
Gospel: Luke 11:15-26
When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said: “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house… Read more »
Photo: Vatican Media
The Holy See Press Office announces Pope Leo XIV’s first Apostolic Journeys abroad, which will take him to Türkiye on November 27-30 and to Lebanon until December 2, 2025.
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel to Türkiye and Lebanon in late November and early December of this year… Read more »
Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Ian Borg tkellem dwar l-esperjenza tiegħu tas-sejħa bħala membru fil-Museum fejn iħoss li Alla ħawlu f’din is-Soċjetà.
Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Ian Borg u Luca Fenech. 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 6, 12-19
Mela darba fost l-oħrajn Ġesù ħareġ lejn l-għoljiet biex jitlob, u għadda l-lejl fit-talb lil Alla… Read more »
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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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Malachi 3:13-20a
Psalm: 1:1-2,3,4 & 6
Gospel: Luke 11:5-13
Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed… Read more »
