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We kindly inform you on Friday 7th March 2025, the Archbishop’s Curia and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal will be closed. The Curia and the Tribunal will reopen the day after Saturday, 8 March 2025. 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 »
Ash Wednesday
Readings of the day
First Reading: Joel 2:12-18
Psalm: 50 (51):3-4.5-6a,12-13,14 & 17
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:20 – 6: 2
Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6,16-18
In those days Jesus said to His disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.
When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others… Read more »
“The Pope slept through the night and now continues to rest,” said the Holy See Press Office on Tuesday morning.
The Press Office has reported that the Pope is continuing his respiratory therapy and physiotherapy, and has resumed high-flow ventilation (i.e., not mechanical ventilation), using a nasal cannula for oxygen.
Tuesday morning was devoted to rest and prayer. In the context of a complex condition, the situation currently appears stable… Read more »
L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi qal li fl-Indja għad hemm Ġiżwita Malti, Patri Paul Aquilina li ta’ 93 sena għadu qed jagħti kontribut u servizz f’missjoni li jkompli jxandar fuq il-passi ta’ Ġesù l-bxara t-tajba mad-dinja kollha.
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi said that in India, there is a Maltese Jesuit, Fr Paul Aquilina who is still contributing to the mission.
In comments to Newsbook Malta, Galea-Curmi recounted how he went to India to be part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the first Maltese Jesuits who went to India for their missionary work… 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: Sirach 35:1-15
Psalm: 49 (50):5-6,7-8,14 & 23
Gospel: Mark 10:28-31
In those days, Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
Saint of the day: Saint Casimir Read more »
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Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Nicholas Agius Deguara
This Wednesday, 5th March 2025, marks the commencement of the holy season of Lent for the Catholic Church: 40 days of prayer and penance in preparation for the celebration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Archbishop Charles Scicluna will preside over the Ash Wednesday Mass, which will include the blessing and the placing of ashes, at the Church of the Holy Cross in Floriana (Tal-Kapuċċini)… Read more »
It-tielet edizzjoni tal-Caritas Run For Life 2025 saret fi tmiem il-ġimgħa li għaddiet, hekk kif il-bibien taċ-Ċentru Terapewtiku ta’rijabilitazzjoni mid-droga f’San Blas infetħu beraħ biex laqgħu baħar ta’ persuni li pparteċipaw f’din l-attività annwali.
Din is-sena l-attività rat rekord ta’ iktar minn 1,300 parteċipant, maqsuma bejn dawk li għażlu jagħmlu ġirja ta’ 5km jew 10km, oħrajn li mxew 4km jew 5km u t-tfal b’ġirjiet ta’ kilometru u 2.5 kilometri… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
“Din hi l-għamara ta’ Alla mal-bnedmin; u hu jgħammar magħhom, u huma jkunu l-poplu tiegħu, u Alla nnifsu jkun magħhom, Alla tagħhom.” (Apok 21:3)
Ftit tax-xhur ilu ċċelebrajtu u jiena magħkom, l-25 sena mit-twaqqif ta’ din il-komunità Nisranija bħala parroċċa. Illum qed nikkonsagraw dan it-tempju. Hu mument li fih il-Mulej jirrepeti l-kelma għażiża li smajna mill-ktieb tal-Apokolassi. “Ara se nġedded kollox” (Apok 21:5)… Read more »
