News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 1:11-14
Responsorial: Psalm 32 (33):1-2.,4-5,12-13
Gospel: Luke 12:1-7
At that time, so many people were crowding together that they were trampling one another underfoot. He began to speak, first to his disciples, “Beware of the leaven, that is, the hypocrisy, of the Pharisees. There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known… Read more »
Homily by Pope Leo XIV
read by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Dean of the College of Cardinals
I will now read the homily prepared by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV.
“The joy of love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church” (Pope Francis, Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, 19 March 2016, 1)… Read more »
Photo: Vatican Media
“The Pope had a good night in the hospital, got up and had breakfast,” the Holy See Press Office said on Thursday morning, two days after Pope Leo underwent a successful lung operation with no complications.
Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery at Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, during which doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, as explained in a statement released by the Holy See Press Office the same evening… Read more »
Archbishop Charles Scicluna said at a Vatican press conference on Wednesday evening that he was returning to Malta with a “renewed commitment” to place the family at the centre of the Church’s pastoral mission, describing Amoris Laetitia as a “fresh document which needs to be rediscovered” ten years after its publication.
Speaking at the briefing, held at the Holy See Press Office to conclude a week-long meeting marking the tenth anniversary of Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation on family life, Archbishop Scicluna emphasised the document’s call for a Church that listens before judging and leads people to an encounter with God’s mercy… 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: Ephesians 1:1-10
Responsorial: Psalm 97 (98):1,2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6
Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
The Lord said: “Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building.
Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building… Read more »
Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta
Archbishop Charles Scicluna met with a number of separated persons at a meeting organised by the Office for Pastoral Care of Separated Persons within the Archdiocese of Malta.
During the meeting, the Archbishop was asked several questions on a wide range of topics. These included responsibilities towards children following separation, particularly in blended families and in situations where care and custody are entrusted to one parent… Read more »
“The night passed calmly for the Pope. Further information will be provided later today,” the Holy See Press Office said on Wednesday, the morning after Pope Leo underwent a successful lung operation with no complications.
Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery at Gemelli Hospital, during which doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung.
A statement released by the Holy See Press Office on Tuesday evening from Dr Luigi Carbone and Prof… 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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 5:18-25
Responsorial: Psalm 1:1-2,3,4 & 6
Gospel: Luke 11:42-46
The Lord said: “Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others. Woe to you Pharisees! … Read more »
