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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 »
The Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Kings 10:1-10
Psalm: 36 (37):5-6,30-31,39-40
Gospel: Mark 7:14-23
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Mitt sena ilu, fl-1926, il-poeta nazzjonali Dun Karm, bħalma kien għamel għad-disa’ darba, niseġ poeżija epika, biex ifakkar dan il-jum. Din il-poeżija li mhix sunett, għaliex hija poeżija itwal minn tas-soltu, titkellem l-ewwel fuq it-tempesta, imbagħad il-laqgħa ta’ Pawlu mal-poplu tagħna, imbagħad tagħmel talba biex Malta ma tinfired qatt minn Pawlu.
Tgħajjeb is-sema u ġewwa sħaba sewda… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Normalment, nawfraġju jfisser traġedja. Ifisser telf, biża’, konfużjoni, u sens ta’ impotenza quddiem il-forzi tan-natura. Nawfraġju normalment ma tiċċelebrahx, imma tfakkru b’ċerta dieqa minħabba l-esperjenza qarsa.
Madankollu, fl-10 ta’ Frar ta’ kull sena l-Knisja f’Malta tiċċelebra nawfraġju. Aktarx hi unika, aktarx ma hemm ħadd ieħor li jiċċelebra nawfraġju. Tiċċelebrah għax dan ma kienx inċident każwali, imma mument ta’ grazzja, meta l-Providenza ta’ Alla messet artna u bidlet il-kors tal-istorja tagħna bil-miġja ta’ San Pawl fostna… Read more »
A group of Maltese priests is heading to Poland with an unusual mission: representing the country for the first time in an annual futsal championship for Catholic priests in Europe.
Poland – the reigning champion – is hosting the 18th edition of the European Futsal Championship of Catholic Priests, a championship which was launched in Austria in 2003 and since organised annually, with an interruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic… 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 »
The Apostle St Paul, Patron of Malta – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Wisdom 14:3-7
Psalm: 106:21-31
Second Reading: Acts 27: 13-28,10 or 2 Corinthians 11:18,24-31
Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
In those days, Jesus said to the Eleven, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptised will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it… Read more »
Filming and editing: Miguela Xuereb & Laura Galea; interview: Maria Emma Buhagiar
Dun Jesmond Schembri ġie ordnat qassis tal-Knisja Griega Kattolika. Il-qassis novell li huwa wkoll raġel miżżewweġ, missier, u nannu, irċieva l-ordinazzjoni presbiterali l-Ħadd 8 ta’ Frar minn idejn l-Isqof Benedittin Manuel Nin i Güell, li ftit tal-jiem ilu tħabbar li l-Papa Ljun XIV ħatru bħala l-Eżarka ta’ Grottaferrata… Read more »
Photo: Vatican Media Message of Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
After proclaiming the Beatitudes, Jesus addresses those who put them into practice, saying that thanks to them the earth is no longer the same and the world is no longer in darkness. “You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world” (Mt 5:13-14)… Read more »
Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi
The Word of God we have heard today leaves us with no room for indifference. Through the prophet Isaiah, God speaks clearly and forcefully about the kind of worship that truly pleases him: “Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless, clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own” (Isaiah 58:7)… Read more »
