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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 »
Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10
Psalm: 39:7-11
Second Reading: Hebrews 10:4-10
Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary… 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: Numbers 21:4-9
Psalm: 101 (102):2-3,16-18,19-21
Gospel: John 8:21-30
Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Beda jikteb b’sebgħu fit-trab” (Ġw 8:6). Dan id-dettall, f’din l-istorja kollha, jidher qisu xi ħaġa speċjali, għaliex hawnhekk għandna storja ta’ tensjoni kbira. Ġesù qiegħed fit-tempju, u l-kittieb u l-Fariżej iġibu quddiemu lil waħda mara li nqabdet fl-adulterju. U jġibuha proprju biex jużawha ħa jonsbu lilu – ħalli jġibu lilu dahru mal-ħajt. Meta staqsewh x’għandhom jagħmlu, huma kienu jafu li kien veru li fil-liġi ta’ Mosè kien hemm li min jinqabad fl-adulterju, iħaġġruh – mhux il-mara biss, naturalment, lit-tnejn li huma, imma hawn ġabu lill-mara… Read more »
Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi
Today’s Gospel presents one of the most powerful moments in the ministry of Jesus: the raising of Lazarus. It is not only a miracle story. It is a revelation of who Jesus is and what he has come to do. At the heart of this Gospel stands the great declaration of Jesus to Martha: “I am the Resurrection and the Life” (Jn 11:25)… Read more »
Message by Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
On this Fifth Sunday of Lent, the liturgy proclaims the Gospel of the raising of Lazarus (cf. Jn 11:1-45).
In the Lenten journey, this is a sign that speaks of Christ’s victory over death and of the gift of eternal life, which we receive through Baptism (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1265)… 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: Daniel 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62
Psalm: 22 (23):1-3a,3b-4,5,6
Gospel: John 8:1-11
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle… Read more »
