News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cor 11:18,21b-30
Psalm: 33 (34):2-3,4-5,6-7
Gospel: Mt 6:19-23
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. … Read more »
The BOV Volleyball Marathon in aid of id‑Dar tal‑Providenza is back with 53 hours of non‑stop play in the Home’s Siġġiewi car park. The 15th edition of the marathon will get under way by H.E. Dr Myriam Spiteri Debono, President of Malta, on Friday 18th July at 6.30pm and end at midnight of Sunday July 20th 2025. Forty players, selected after six weeks of training, will form 5 teams and enter the challenge of fifty‑three hours of continuous volleyball not for any personal gain but to help others… 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: 2 Corinthians 11:1-11
Psalm: 110 (111):1-2,3-4,7-8
Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. … Read more »
Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. II. The life of Jesus. The Parables. 10. The healing of the paralytic. “When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, ‘Do you want to be well?’”
Dear brothers and sisters,
Let us continue to contemplate Jesus who heals… 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: 2 Cor 9:6-11
Psalm: 111 (112):1-2,3-4,9
Gospel: Mt 6:1-6,16-18
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “Beware of practising your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Bil-Malti hemm espressjoni li tgħid: “patta parapatta”, li tfisser li wieħed ipatti b’azzjoni ħażina għal azzjoni ħażina li jkun irċieva. Tixbah ħafna dak li jgħid Ġesù llum fl-Evanġelju meta jikkwota espressjoni li kienu jużaw qablu, ħafna żmien qablu: “Għajn b’għajn u sinna b’sinna” (Mt 5:38). Meta narawha hekk illum, nifhmu li int għal dak li tirċievi, tpatti bl-istess mod – jekk xi ħadd lilek insultak, tinsultah; jekk xi ħadd weġġgħek, tweġġgħu; jekk xi ħadd għamillek azzjoni ħażina, inti tagħmillu azzjoni ħażina… Read more »
Patri Ivan Attard ġie kkonfermat bħala Promotur Reġjonali tal‑Ewropa għall‑Ġustizzja u Paċi, f’mandat li għandu jservi għal tliet snin. Dan ġie kkonfermat mill-Majjistru, Patri Gerard Timoner III wara l-konfirmazzjoni tal‑Provinċjali Ewropej fl‑IEOP u tal‑promoturi tal‑Ewropa għall‑Ġustizzja u l‑Paċi fi Vjenna permezz ta’ dokument uffiċjali.
Id-Dumnikani għandhom storja twila ta’ impenn fil-qasam tad-drittijiet tal-bniedem u fis-sistemi ekonomiċi, soċjali u oħrajn li jifformaw u jaffettwaw ħajjitna… 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 »
