News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 10:5-7,13-16
Psalm: 93 (94):5-6,7-8,9-10,14-15
Gospel: Mt 11:25-27
At that time Jesus exclaimed, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father… Read more »
180 persons left Malta yesterday to start the annual four-day pilgrimage to Lourdes for Maltese patients, organised by the Maltese Association for the Transport of the Sick to Lourdes (UMTAL).
This pilgrimage is led by Fr Joe Mizzi, UMTAL’s spiritual director, along with four other priests who will provide spiritual guidance to the patients and pilgrims throughout the pilgrimage.
A dedicated medical team comprising five doctors, eight nurses, three pharmacists, and a radiographer will ensure that the 50 Maltese patients receive continuous and attentive care during the trip… 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: Isaiah 7:1-9
Psalm: 47 (48):2-3a,3b-4,5-6,7-8
Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24
Jesus began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not repented. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Meta kull sena niċċelebraw il-festa ta’ San Benedittu, hemm ir-riskju li nħarsu lejh bħala qaddis ta’ żmien imbiegħed; bniedem li għex ħmistax-il seklu ilu, f’dinja li donnha m’għandha x’taqsam xejn ma’ tagħna. Nammirawh, inqimuh, nitolbu l-interċessjoni tiegħu, iżda forsi naħsbu li l-messaġġ tiegħu kien tajjeb għal żmienu, mhux għaż-żmien tagħna.
Iżda mhux hekk. Kieku San Benedittu kellu jidħol fid-dinja tagħna llum, naħseb li jagħraf minnufih ħafna mis-sinjali li kien ra fi żmienu stess… Read more »
Ritratt: OPR
Nhar it-Tlieta, 30 ta’ Ġunju, il-Palazz ta’ Sant’Anton laqa’ għadd ta’ mistiedna għal serata mużikali organizzata mill-Assoċjazzjoni Henry u Inez Casolani, taħt il-patroċinju tal-President ta’ Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono. L-avveniment sar bħala parti mill-ħidma kontinwa favur il-kawża tal-Beatifikazzjoni tal-koppja Maltija Henry u Inez Casolani.
F’diskors dakinhar il-President semmiet kif sentejn qabel, fil-5 ta’ Lulju 2024, kellha l-okkażjoni tattendi għall-għeluq tal-Fażi Djoċesana tal-Kawża, mument li ddeskrivietu bħala pass importanti fil-mixja lejn il-Beatifikazzjoni tal-koppja… 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: Is 1:10-17
Psalm: 49 (50):8-9,16bc-17,21 u 23
Gospel: Mt 10:34 – 11:1
Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man ‘against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s enemies will be those of his household.’
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
In today’s liturgy, the Evangelist Matthew presents us with the Parable of the Sower (cf. Mt 13:1–23), which describes the generosity and trust with which God sows his Word in our hearts and his power in us.
Jesus himself, the Word made flesh, who gave his life for our salvation, is the seed that the Father continues to sow throughout the world so that, by dying, he may bear much fruit (cf. Jn 12:24). It is true that sometimes he finds in us hard and unresponsive soil, at other times distracted soil, like the beaten path, the rocky ground, or the thorny bushes. Yet there are also moments when he finds receptive and fertile ground, and then miracles of love are set in motion that have the power to transform everything — as we ourselves have no doubt experienced in our own lives. For this reason, the Father never ceases to sow, because he knows that the power of his love is stronger than our weakness (cf. 2Cor 12:9–10)… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Meta kull sena niċċelebraw il-festa ta’ San Benedittu, hemm ir-riskju li nħarsu lejh bħala qaddis ta’ żmien imbiegħed; bniedem li għex ħmistax-il seklu ilu, f’dinja li donnha m’għandha x’taqsam xejn ma’ tagħna. Nammirawh, inqimuh, nitolbu l-interċessjoni tiegħu, iżda forsi naħsbu li l-messaġġ tiegħu kien tajjeb għal żmienu, mhux għaż-żmien tagħna.
Iżda mhux hekk. Kieku San Benedittu kellu jidħol fid-dinja tagħna llum, naħseb li jagħraf minnufih ħafna mis-sinjali li kien ra fi żmienu stess… Read more »
