Yearly Archives: 2026

Pope tells Christians to respond to hatred with love

22/06/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Message by Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

In today’s Gospel reading (Mt 10:26-33), Jesus sends the disciples out on their mission and addresses them with this exhortation: “What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops” (v. 27).

He draws a parallel between what we hear “in private,” namely, what is in the secret of our hearts, and what we are called to proclaim to everyone… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 22nd June 2026, 9:30am

22/06/2026   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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: 22nd June

22/06/2026

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Kings 17:5-8,13-15a,18
Psalm: 59 (60):3,4-5,12-13

Gospel: Matthew 7:1-5

Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.

Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? … Read more »

Sunday Mass – 21st June 2026, 9:30am

21/06/2026   The Parish Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Paul's Bay

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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 Sunday Gospel: 21st June

21/06/2026

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Jeremiah 20:10-13
Psalm: 68 (69):8-10,14,17,33-35
Second Reading: Romans 5:12-15

Gospel: Matthew 10:26-33

Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops… Read more »

On Solid Foundations – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Mass on the inauguration of the 15th Legislature

20/06/2026   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Today, we gather to pray for the light of the Holy Spirit upon those to whom the people have entrusted the great responsibility of governing our country. This celebration is not merely a tradition that accompanies the opening of a new legislature. Above all, it is an expression of the awareness that every human authority, however important, remains limited if it is not helped by the Lord, enlightened by wisdom, guided by truth, and inspired by a sincere commitment to the common good… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 20th June

20/06/2026

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Chronicles 24:17-25
Psalm: 88 (89):4-5,29-30,31-32,33-34

Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34

Jesus said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat (or drink), or about your body, what you will wear… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 19th June 2026, 9:30am

19/06/2026   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 June

19/06/2026

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Kings 11:1-4,9-18,20
Psalm: 131 (132):11,12,13-14,17-18

Gospel: Matthew 6:19-23

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be… Read more »