News from the Church in Malta
Sr Frances Farrugia, a Maltese Sister and Head of Dominican Missionary Sisters in Pakistan
Photo: MISSIO Malta
Every summer, several Maltese missionaries return home for a well-deserved period of rest and to reunite with their families.
To celebrate this special time, the Migrant Commission, in collaboration with MISSIO Malta warmly invites all returning Maltese missionaries to a gathering with Archbishop Charles Scicluna… 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 »
Saint Thomas, apostle – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22
Psalm: 116:1,2
Gospel: John 20:24-29
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them… Read more »
In a symbolic gesture on the day in which a public consultation on the government’s proposed legalisation of assisted dying ends, the Life Network Foundation printed out all 11,571 submissions it has received and delivered them to the Office of the Prime Minister at the Auberge de Castille.
The submissions, delivered in large orange boxes, were originally sent to the website established by the foundation for the consultation exercise as part of its Oqtol l-Uġigħ, Mhux Lili campaign… Read more »
Father Francesco Ielpo OFM. Photo: Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV has confirmed the election — conducted by the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor together with his Definitory — of the Most Reverend Father Francesco Ielpo, OFM, as Custos of the Holy Land and Guardian of Mount Zion.
The Minister General of the Franciscan Order, Friar Massimo Fusarelli, announced the news in an official letter sent to the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land… 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: Genesis 21:5,8-20
Psalm: 33 (34):7-8,10-11,12-13
Gospel: Matthew 8:28-34
When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him. They were so savage that no one could travel by that road. They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”
Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding… Read more »
Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Ian Noel Pace
CareMalta, li tmexxi disa’ faċilitajiet ta’ kura għall-anzjani, flimkien ma’ HILA, li tieħu ħsieb sitt idjar li joperaw fil-qasam tad-diżabilità u l-kura għas-saħħa mentali, se jaddottaw il‑linji gwida etiċi ġodda għall‑kura tal‑anzjani mnedija mill‑Knisja f’Malta f’April li għadda.
Il‑kumpanija CareMalta Group ħabbret dan waqt konferenza tal‑aħbarijiet f’Casa Arkati fil‑Mosta, ippreseduta mill‑Arċisqof Charles Scicluna fil-preżenza ta’ membri mit‑tmexxija ta’ CareMalta Group… Read more »
A professor of palliative care and member of the House of Lords has stressed that extensive studies show no medical prognosis can be considered definitive. A prognosis refers to a doctor’s estimate of how long a patient is expected to live with a particular illness.
In an interview with Newsbook Malta at the Palace of Westminster in London, Professor Ilora Finlay recounted how, around 30 years ago, she and three other doctors predicted that one of their patients had only three months to live… 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 »
