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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 »
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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 »
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The St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation is delighted to announce that The Set of Tapestries will be exhibited at St John’s Co-Cathedral after an extensive restoration process that lasted 16 years at De Wit Laboratories in Belgium. The last time they were displayed was during Pope St John Paul II’s visit to Malta in 1990.
The set of tapestries was commissioned by Grand Master Ramon y Perellos upon his election in 1697… Read more »
From Thursday, 6th April 2023, the Archbishop’s Curia, including the Marriage Office in Floriana, and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal in Valletta, will be closed for the Easter holidays.
The Archbishop’s Curia, the Marriage Office, the Ecclesiastical Tribunal will reopen on Tuesday, 11th April 2023. Read more »
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“Jekk l-Iben jeħliskom, tkunu tabilħaqq ħielsa.” Ġw 8:36
F’Ħadd il-Palm nisimgħu dwar ir-rakkont tal-passjoni ta’ Ġesù, kif ukoll id-daħla tiegħu f’Ġerusalemm waqt il-purċissjoni bil-friegħi, li ssir qabel ma nibdew il-quddies.
Fl-antik il-friegħi tal-palm kienu simbolu ta’ rebħa. Fit-Testment il-Qadim, insibu li l-palm kien jintuża f’okkażjonijiet ta’ festi, ferħ u vittorja. Infatti s-slaten kienu jiġu milqugħin bi friegħi tal-palm mifruxin quddiemhom… Read more »
Hundreds flocked to Valletta on Friday afternoon to participate in a national pilgrimage led by Archbishop Charles Scicluna.
The national pilgrimage started at the Ta’ Ġieżu Church at 6pm and passed through various streets of Valletta. It will conclude with an episcopal blessing by the Archbishop. It is being organised by the Archconfraternity of the Holy Cross with the collaboration of the Franciscan friars of Valletta and the Archdiocese of Malta… Read more »
Pope Francis was in hospital on Wednesday afternoon for a “previously scheduled check-up,” the Vatican said.
“The Holy Father has been at Gemelli (Hospital) since this afternoon for some previously scheduled checks,” Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said in a one-sentence statement.
In a later update, the Vatican said Pope Francis has “a respiratory infection that requires some days of appropriate medical therapy in hospital.”
This was shown by tests carried out on him this afternoon at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome… 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 »
The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples of the Holy See has appointed Fr Victor Agius as the new director of MISSIO Malta for the next five years (2023‑2028).
MISSIO aims to help the Pope in spreading the missionary spirit among priests, religious, adults and children and encourages supporting the poor through financial aid for projects in Third World countries. MISSIO also takes care of spreading the Word of God in countries that have never been evangelised… Read more »
