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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: 1 Kings 8:1-7,9-13
Psalm: 131 (132):6-7,8-10
Gospel: Mark 6:53-56
After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was… 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 »
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 58:7-10
Psalm: 111 (112):4-5,6-7,8a,9
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16
Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot… Read more »
Għadna kemm smajna tiġi proklamata paġna traġika mill-Evanġelju skont San Mark. Ġwanni l-Battista kellu l-kuraġġ jitkellem il-verità lill-poter: kif nghidu b’esperessjoni qawwija bl-Ingliż: ‘He had the courage to speak truth to power’ u tilef rasu. Aħna bil-Malti meta ngħidu ‘tilef rasu’ nifhmu li bniedem jew siker f’xi passjoni, tista’ tkun il-poter jew ir-regħba, jew litteralment tilef rasu. Ġwanni l-Battista tilef rasu għax qatgħuhilu. Ftit ’il bogħod minn hawn għandna kapulavur ta’ Carvaggio, l-unika wieħed li ffirma, li jimmortalizza din ix-xena tremenda u traġika, tal-poter li quddiem il-verità m’għandux risposta oħra ħlief il-vjolenza… Read more »
Photo: Zakir Rushanly
A group of University of Malta academics and senior clinical staff at Mater Dei Hospital have expressed support for the Government’s proposed changes to Malta’s organ donation law, provided that ethical safeguards remain fully applicable.
In a position paper responding to the public consultation on proposed amendments to the Human Organs, Tissues and Cell Donation Act, the group is receptive to amendments that would extend Malta’s current framework – which allows organ donation only after brain death – to include donation after circulatory death… Read more »
Filmed and edited by: Miguela Xuereb; interview: Maria Emma Buhagiar
Id-djaknu Jesmond Schembri li nhar il-Ħadd 8 ta’ Frar 2026 se jiġi ordnat qassis tal-Knisja Griega Kattolika stqarr ma’ Newsbook Malta li ħafna nies jitħawdu meta jaraw realtà bħal tiegħu. Dan għaliex ir-Rev. Schembri apparti li huwa djaknu, huwa wkoll raġel miżżewweġ, missier ta’ żewġt ulied u nannu ta’ żewġ neputijiet… 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: 1 Kings 3:4-13
Psalm: 118 (119):9,10,11,12,13,14
Gospel: Mark 6:30-34
The Apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat. So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place… 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 »
