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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: Daniel 3:25, 34-43
Psalm: 24 (25):4bc-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9
Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Riedu jixħtuh minn hemm fuq għal isfel” (Lq 4:29). Hawnhekk, f’dan l-Evanġelju, naraw din ir-reazzjoni vjolenti ta’ dawn in-nies li kienu qegħdin jisimgħu lil Ġesù fis-sinagoga. Li ġara kien li kif semmielhom xi ħaġa li fil-fatt hi mill-Iskrittura stess u li kienu jafuha, dawn ħaduha bi kbira u, l-Evanġelju jgħid, “kulħadd imtela bil-korla” (Lq 4:28). U mhux biss irrabjaw, imma qamu, ħarġuh barra mill-belt, ħaduh fuq xifer ta’ rdum tal-għolja li fuqha kienet mibnija l-belt tagħhom, u ried jixħtuh minn hemm fuq għal isfel… Read more »
Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi
Today the Church places before us one of the most powerful encounters in all of Scripture: the meeting between Jesus Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well, recounted in the Gospel of John.
Dear elect, who will be receiving the Sacraments of Initiation during the Easter Vigil, this gospel is not simply a story about something that happened long ago… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
Since the first centuries of the Church’s history, the dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman, the healing of the man born blind and the resurrection of Lazarus illuminate the path of those who, at Easter, will receive Baptism and begin a new life. These great Gospel passages, which we read beginning this Sunday, are intended for the catechumens to help them on their journey to become Christians… 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 Kings 5:1-15a
Psalm: 41 (42):2,3; 42 (43):3,4
Gospel: Luke 4:24-30
Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth: “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
It-tliet Evanġelji li se naqraw fil-Ħdud li ġejjin, inkluż dan, huma kollha meħudin mill-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann. Jgħidulna xi ħaġa fuq min hu Ġesù, xi ħaġa milli jgħid hu stess fuqu nnifsu. “Jiena naf li ġej il-Messija, dak li jgħidulu Kristu. Meta jiġi hu, kollox iħabbrilna” (Ġw 4:25), hekk tgħid il-mara Samaritana, li kellha ħamest irġiel, imma dak li kienet miegħu, lanqas hu ma kien ir-raġel tagħha… 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 Third Sunday of Lent
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 17:3-7
Psalm: 94 (95):1-2.6-7.8-9
Second Reading: Romans 5:1-2.5-8
Gospel: John 4:5-42
Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well. It was about noon… Read more »
