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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 »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Ftit ta’ ġranet ilu, Malta kollha kienet ixxukkjata b’dak li ġara fi Triq is-Selmun, il-Mellieħa, meta kien hemm raġel mill-Ghana li spiċċa fuq bankina, ferut. Jidher li ġara kien li kien qed jaħdem, waqa’ żewġ sulari, u flok ħaduh l-isptar, ħaduh jew qiegħduh hemmhekk fuq bankina, u abbandunawh hemm. Bir-raġun kien hemm dan l-għagħa fost in-nies, għax bniedem ma tabbandunahx f’nofs ta’ triq, speċjalment meta mweġġa’ u għandu bżonn l-għajnuna… Read more »
Waqt laqgħa ta’ konsultazzjoni li saret nhar il-Ħamis 30 ta’ Settembru dwar il-Baġit 2022, bi stedina tal-Prim Ministru Dr Robert Abela, u li fiha attendew rappreżentati ta’ għaqdiet oħra kif ukoll il-Ministri Dr Michael Falzon, Roderick Galdes u Julia Farrugia Portelli – Caritas Malta pproponiet lista ta’ miżuri favur il-ġustizzja soċjali, l-iżvilupp sħiħ tal-bniedem u tnaqqis tal-faqar u l-esklużjoni soċjali.
Sfond għar-Rakkomandazzjonijiet
Iktar kmieni din is-sena Caritas Malta ppubblikat it-tielet edizzjoni ta’ A minimum Essential Budget for a Decent Living 2020 (MEBDL 2020) li flimkien mal-ispiża ta’ basket bażiku għal tliet tipi ta’ familja, jelenka diversi miżuri.Matul is-sena dan l-istudju ġie ppreżentat lil diversi ministeri varji fosthom: il-Ministeru għall-Enerġija, l-Intrapriża u l-Iżvilupp Sostenibbli; il-Ministeru għall-Akkomodazzjoni Soċjali u l-Ministeru għall-Ġustizzja Soċjali u Solidarjetà, il-Familja u d-Drittijiet tat-Tfal, kif ukoll diveri istituzzjonijiet u msieħba soċjali… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Meta ngħidu “nitolbu għal vokazzjonijiet”, moħħna jmur mill-ewwel fis-sejħa li jagħmel Alla għall-ħajja saċerdotali jew reliġjuża. Bir-raġun, imma hemm diversi sejħiet oħra, u waħda mill-vokazzjonijiet importanti hi dik għall-ħajja miżżewġa.
Ħajja li ġejja minn Alla
Il-kelma ta’ Alla, mill-ktieb tal-Ġenesi – ktieb li nkiteb tant snin ilu imma jibqa’ attwali, anzi forsi qatt ma kien daqshekk attwali f’ċerti punti li jagħmel – tgħidilna li ż-żwieġ hu vokazzjoni… Read more »
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Gen 2:18-24
Psalm: 127(128):1-2,3,4-5,6
Second Reading: Heb 2:9-11
Gospel: Mk 10:2-16
Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation, “God made them male and female.’
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them. Read more »
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L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Il-kelma ‘anġlu’ ġejja mill-kelma Griega ‘angelos’ li tfisser messaġġier. Fl-Iskrittura, l-anġli huma l-messaġġiera ta’ Alla, u t-tlieta li jissemmew b’isimhom – li aħna nsejħu arkanġli – huma proprju dawk li qed nagħmlu l-festa tagħhom illum: Mikiel, Gabrijel u Rafel. F’isimhom stess – fit-tifsira ta’ isimhom – hemm miġbura l-missjoni li Alla tahom.
Mikiel, ismu jfisser: min hu bħal Alla? … 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 »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Hemm ċirkustanzi fil-missjoni ta’ Ġesù li ġabulu swied ta’ qalb. Din tal-lum hi waħda minnhom, meta ntebaħ li d-dixxipli kienu qed jitkellmu, fi kliem l-Evanġelju skont San Luqa, dwar min kien l-akbar fosthom: “inqalgħet kwestjoni …dwar min kien l-akbar fosthom”.
Kienet ta’ swied il-qalb għax kienet tmur kontra dak li għallem Ġesù lilhom u dak li wriehom bil-ħajja tiegħu… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi
Aħna l-Maltin – imma naħseb li mhux biss il-Maltin – għandna kultant it-tendenza li nagħmlu bħalma smajna llum fl-Evanġelju: nifirdu n-nies ‘magħna’ u ‘mhux magħna’. Smajna fl-Evanġelju llum lil Ġwanni jgħid lil Ġesù: kien hemm raġel li ridna nżommuh għax mhux magħna u mhux wieħed minn tagħna.
Kultant jiġrilna hekk: li nifirdu n-nies ‘magħna’ u ‘mhux magħna’. Kultant, aktar minn hekk: ‘magħna’ u ‘kontrina’… Read more »
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Num 11:25-29
Psalm: 18(19):8,10,12-13,14
Second Reading: James 5:1-6
Gospel: Mk 9:38-43,45,47-48
In those days, John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us.
For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward… Read more »
