Yearly Archives: 2026

The Gospel of the day: 20th May

20/05/2026

Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 20:8-38
Psalm: 68(67):29-30,33-35a,35b-36c

Gospel: John 17:11b-19

Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying: “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are. When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled… Read more »

They’re His – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

19/05/2026   The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Aħna u deħlin hawnhekk f’din il-pjazza ta’ ħdejn is-Santwarju, hemm miktub fuq il-bieb: “Fik ittamaw missirijietna, fik ittamaw u inti ħlisthom”. Miktuba b’Malti antik, l-iskrizzjoni hi tal-1719, u hija talba li nsibu fis-Salm 22, u li hawnhekk ġiet adattata proprju bħala talba lill-Madonna tal-Mellieħa. Imma forsi ftit jiftakru li din is-silta hi meħuda mis-Salm 22, li jibda: “Alla tiegħi, Alla tiegħi, għaliex tlaqtni?” (Salm 22:2)… Read more »

The Pope: The challenge is not technological but anthropological

Message of Pope Leo XIV for the 60th World Day of Social Communications

19/05/2026   The Vatican

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta Message by Pope Leo XIV Preserving Human Voices and Faces

Dear brothers and sisters,

Our faces and voices are unique, distinctive features of every person; they reveal a person’s own unrepeatable identity and are the defining elements of every encounter with others. The ancients understood this well. To define the human person, the ancient Greeks used the word “face” (prósōpon), because it expresses etymologically what is before one’s gaze, the place of presence and relationship… Read more »

Mass with the new priests – 19th May 2026, 9:30am

19/05/2026   The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa

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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 »

The Gospel of the day: 19th May

19/05/2026

Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 20:17-27
Psalm: 67 (68):10-11,20-21

Gospel: John 17:1-11a

In those days, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed. “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world… Read more »

Walking on the victorious path – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

18/05/2026   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Fid-dinja tbatu jkollkom” (Ġw 16:33). Dan hu li jgħid Ġesù lid-dixxipli tiegħu fl-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann. Hawnhekk qiegħed jitkellem fl-Aħħar Ċena, fl-aħħar parti tad-diskors tiegħu, u lid-dixxipli jgħidilhom li se jkollhom ibatu. Mhijiex komuni li xi ħadd jgħid lil dawk li jsegwuh: se jkollkom tbatu. Imma Ġesù dejjem ninnutaw li jgħid mhux dak li d-dixxipli jixtiequ jisimgħu, imma dak li għandhom jisimgħu… Read more »

Joy that lasts – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

15/05/2026   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Il-ferħ tagħkom ħadd ma jeħodhulkom” (Ġw 16:22). Dan huwa l-kliem ta’ Ġesù fl-aħħar ta’ din is-silta, hu u jkellem lid-dixxipli tiegħu. Imma, qabel ma wasal għal dan, qalilhom affarijiet oħra. Ġesù qalilhom l-ewwel nett: “Intom għad tibku u tingħu” (Ġw 16:20). Imbagħad qalilhom: “In-niket tagħkom għad jitbiddel f’hena, u l-ferħ tagħkom ħadd ma jeħodhulkom” (Ġw 16:22).

Hawn Ġesù qiegħed fl-Aħħar Ċena mad-dixxipli, u jolqtok kif Ġesù jitkellem fuq dan kollu meta hu qed jara minn xiex se jgħaddi, u wkoll minn xiex se jgħaddu d-dixxipli tiegħu… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 18th May 2026, 9:30am

18/05/2026   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 »