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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: Jeremiah 3:14-17
Psalm: Jeremiah 31:10,11-12ab,13
Gospel: Matthew 13:18-23
Jesus said to His disciples: “Hear then the parable of the sower. The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy… Read more »
Photo: Manuel Ciantar and Suzanne Ciantar Ferrito o.b.o. ASC Conservation Centre Ltd
A painting depicting St John the Baptist and St Paul in the chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at Casa Manresa, Floriana, has been restored to mark the 240th anniversary of the chapel’s consecration by Bishop Vincenzo Labini on 23 July 1786.
The oil on canvas, by celebrated artist Antoine Favray, was restored over the past six months by conservator Amy Sciberras and her team… 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: Galatians 2:19-20
Psalm: 33:2-11
Gospel: John 15:1-8
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you… Read more »
Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace – Arċdjoċesi ta’ Malta L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Nisel ħażin u infidil!” (Mt 12:39) Dan hu l-mod kif Ġesù jirreferi għall-kittieba u l-Fariżej wara l-mistoqsija li għamlulu, li għall-bidu tidher mistoqsija li tista’ tweġibha jew ma tweġibhiex, imma li ma hemmx diffikultà fuqha. Kienu qalulu: “xtaqna kieku naraw sinjal mingħandek!” (Mt 12:38) Imma din kienet ir-reazzjoni ta’ Ġesù, u meta jgħid “nisel ħażin u infidil”, qed jgħid ħaġa iebsa ħafna – li tgħaqqad ma’ dak li jgħid ftit qabel, fl-istess Evanġelju skont San Mattew, meta jgħid: “Ja nisel il-lifgħat” (Mt 12:34)… 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: Song of Songs 3:1-4a
Psalm: 62:2-6,8-9
Gospel: John 20:1-2,11-18
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb… Read more »
Photo: Vatican Media
Pope Leo XIV visits the Abbey of Montecassino and its monastic community and prays at the tomb of St. Benedict “entrusting to him his plea for peace in those regions of the world marked by bloodshed and conflict.”
Vatican News
On Monday morning, July 20, Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Abbey of Montecassino and its monastic community… 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 »
