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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: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a,13-17
Psalm: 138 (139):1-3,4-6
Gospel: Matthew 23:23-26
Jesus said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgement and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel! … Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
At the heart of today’s Gospel (Lk 13:22-30), we find the image of the “narrow gate,” which Jesus uses in his answer to someone who asks him if only a few will be saved. Jesus says, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able” (v 24)… Read more »
Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC
Dear brothers and sisters,
I extend heartfelt greetings to all gathered in Stockholm for the 2025 Ecumenical Week marking the centenary of the 1925 Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work, as well as the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, a profound event in the history of Christianity.
In the year 325, bishops from across the known world gathered in Nicaea… 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: 1 Thessalonians 1, 1-5.8b-10
Psalm: 149, 1-2.3-4.5-6a & 9b
Gospel: Matthew 23, 13-22
In those days, Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! … Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
“Jiena ngħolli għalihom sinjal, u nibgħat […] lejn ix-xtut imbiegħda li qatt ma semgħu bija, u qatt ma raw is-sebħ tiegħi, u huma jxandru s-sebħ tiegħi qalb il-ġnus” (Iż 66:19).
Qed niltaqgħu hawnhekk fil-Qawra, fejn din il-Kelma ta’ Iżaija seħħet qrib is-sena 60 W.K., meta raġel imbiegħed mill-art tiegħu li għadda minn għarqa flimkien ma’ 275 sieħeb (ara Atti 27:37), ġie nawfragat fuq dawn l-inħawi… Read more »
Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Josef Mifsud tkellem dwar kif xi drabi donnu li nitilgħu fuq pedestal u naħsbu li għandna l-awtorità niġġudikaw lill-oħrajn jew inħossuna xi ħaġa speċjali.
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 »
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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 »
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 66:18-21
Psalm: 116 (117):1,2
Second Reading: Hebrews 12:5-7,11-13
Gospel: Luke 13:22-30
Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” He answered them, Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough… Read more »
