Yearly Archives: 2025

The Gospel of the day: 1st July

01/07/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 19:15-29
Psalm: 25 (26):2-3,9-10,11-12

Gospel: Matthew 8:23-27

As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”

Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm… Read more »

Malta’s top health experts come out strongly against euthanasia

26/06/2025

Photo: flickr

The Malta Association of Public Health Medicine has come out strongly against the government’s proposal to introduce assisted voluntary euthanasia, saying the plan is premature and that it could do more harm than good right now.

MAPHM agrees with the Medical Association of Malta, which has also raised serious concerns about the proposal.

Wrong terms, wrong timing

According to MAPHM, what’s being proposed is actually something different, physician-assisted suicide, where the person takes the final step themselves after being given the means by a doctor… Read more »

Senior Catholic group warns against ‘dangerous’ euthanasia proposal

Christ Our Neighbour Group calls for comprehensive palliative care instead of assisted dying legislation

20/06/2025

A prominent socio-spiritual group comprising senior members of the Maltese community has added its voice to the growing chorus of opposition against the government’s proposed assisted voluntary euthanasia legislation, as the public consultation period nears its conclusion on July 2nd.

Christ Our Neighbour Group (CONG), established in the mid-1970s and consisting of approximately 35 senior community members, has published a comprehensive position paper arguing against the introduction of voluntary euthanasia in Malta… Read more »

Two pillars, one Church – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

Homily on the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

29/06/2025   The Parish Church of the Annunciation, Balzan

Photo: Global Sisters Report L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Today we celebrate two towering figures of our faith – Saint Peter and Saint Paul – men who could not have been more different in personality, yet who together laid the foundation of the Church we cherish today. Peter, the simple fisherman from Galilee, and Paul, the educated Pharisee from Tarsus – so different in background, temperament, and even thought, at times – were united by one central truth: their absolute love for Jesus Christ and their unwavering commitment to his Gospel… Read more »

The communion to which the Lord calls us is a harmony of voices and faces – The Pope

Holy Mass and Blessing of the Sacred Pallium for the new Metropolitan Archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

29/06/2025   St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily by Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today we celebrate two brothers in faith, Peter and Paul, whom we honour as pillars of the Church and venerate as patrons of the diocese and city of Rome.

The story of these two Apostles has much to say to us, the community of the Lord’s disciples, as we make our pilgrim way in today’s world… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 30th June 2025, 9:30am

30/06/2025   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 »

The Gospel of the day: 30th June

30/06/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Gen 18:16-33
Psalm: 102 (103):1-2,3-4,8-9,10-11

Gospel: Mt 8:18-22

When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side.
A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”

Saints of the day: First martyrs of Rome Read more »

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Living faithfully and being witnesses of love – The Archbishop

Mass on the solemnity of the apostles St Peter and St Paul

29/06/2025   The Cathedral of St Paul, Mdina

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Id-data ta’ din il-festa hija antika ħafna. Waħda mit-tradizzjonijiet l-iżjed interessanti hija li fid-29 ta’ Ġunju ta’ kull sena, fil-belt ta’ Ruma antika, kien ikun hemm l-anniversarju tat-tempju mibni lill-fundatur ta’ Ruma, Romulus, li r-Rumani mbagħad meta għamluh wieħed mill-allat tagħhom, f’Ruma pagana, kienu jsejħulu Quirino.

U l-anniversarju tal-bini mill-ġdid tat-tempju tiegħu ta’ dan l-alla Quirino mill-Imperatur Awgustu, kienet propja tiġi ċċelebrata fid-29 ta’ Ġunju… Read more »

Pope to priests: No one here is alone

International meeting with priests, seminarians, and formators titled, 'Joyful Priests—I have called you friends'

26/06/2025   Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome

Pope Leo hugs one of the participants of the International Meeting ‘Happy Priests – I have called you friends’  (Photos: Vatican Media)

As part of the Jubilee of Priests taking place from June 25-27, Pope Leo XIV held an audience with priests, seminarians, and formators at the Auditorium Conciliazione in Rome for an international meeting titled, ‘Joyful Priests—I have called you friends’.

A fraternal experience

About 1,700 people gathered in the Auditorium to listen to opening words from Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy… Read more »

As you have loved us, we wish to love you – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

Homily on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

27/06/2025   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Jiena nfittex il-mitlufa, inreġġa’ lura l-imxerrda, ninfaxxa l-ġrieħi tal-miġrugħa, u nqawwi l-marida” (Eżekjel 34:16). Dan hu l-kliem li jgħid il-Mulej, li nsibu fil-ktieb tal-Profeta Eżekjel, fejn ifisser kif il-Mulej hu r-ragħaj, ir-ragħaj tagħna, kif tlabna wkoll fis-Salm (23). U dan il-kliem diġà jagħtina messaġġ importanti li jgħaqqad, fil-fatt, ma’ dak li nsibu fl-Evanġelju, meta Ġesù jfisser li hu bħal ragħaj li jfittex in-nagħġa l-mitlufa… Read more »