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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 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 27:30 – 28:7
Responsorial: Psalm 102 (103):1-2,3-4,9-10,11-12
Second Reading: Romans 14:7-9
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… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Ħażin għalija jekk ma nxandarx l-Evanġelju” (1 Kor 9:16). Dan hu l-kliem ta’ San Pawl fl-Ewwel Ittra tiegħu lill-Korintin, u din il-konvinzjoni kienet proprju tal-Knisja fil-bidu, li għandha din il-missjoni: li xxandar l-Evanġelju, li xxandar il-ħajja u l-kliem ta’ Ġesù – Ġesù, is-Salvatur tad-dinja. Din il-konvinzjoni għandha tkun ukoll tagħna llum.
Kultant ikun hemm min ma jifhimx sewwa r-responsabbiltà tal-Knisja li twassal l-Evanġelju, li twassal il-Kelma ta’ Alla… 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: 1 Corinthians 10:14-22
Responsorial: Psalm 115 (116):12-13.17-18
Gospel: Luke 6:43-49
Jesus said to his disciples : “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles… 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: 1 Corinthians 9:16-19,22b-27
Responsorial: Psalm 83 (84):3,4.5-6,12
Gospel: Luke 6:39-42
Jesus told his disciples a parable : “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? … 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: 1 Cor 8:1b-7,11-13
Responsorial: Psalm 138 (139):1-3,13-14ab,23-24
Gospel: Lk 6:27-38
Jesus said to his disciples : “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic… Read more »
Catechesis.The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS12-22). 2. Human dignity: gift and responsibility.
Brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!
The Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS), by dedicating the first chapter to the dignity of the human person, emphasizes that it is the foundation and condition for “those values which are most highly prized today”, but these must not lose sight of their “divine source”, in order to avoid possible distortions arising from the “taint in man’s human heart” (GS, 11)… Read more »
