News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:25-31
Responsorial: Psalm 44 (45):11-12,14-15,16-17
Gospel: Luke 6:20-26
Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh… Read more »
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Micah 5:1-4a
Responsorial: Psalm 12:6
Second Reading: Rom 8:28-30
Gospel: Mt 1:1-16,18-23
An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram, and Aram the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 5:1-8
Responsorial: Psalm 5:5-6,7,12
Gospel: Luke 6:6-11
On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him… Read more »
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 33:7-9
Responsorial: Psalm 94 (95):1-2,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Romans 13:8-10
Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20
Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:6b-15
Responsorial: Psalm 144 (145):17-18,19-20,21
Gospel: Luke 6:1-5
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Responsorial: Psalm 36 (37):3-4,5-6,27-28,39-40
Gospel: Luke 5:33-39
In those days the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.”
Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23
Responsorial: Psalm 23 (24):1-2,3-4ab,5-6
Gospel: Luke 5:1-11
While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Responsorial: Psalm 32 (33):12-13,14-15,20-21
Gospel: Luke 4:38-44
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:10b-16
Responsorial: Psalm 144 (145):8-9,10-11,12-13ab,13ċd-14
Gospel: Luke 4:31-37
Jesus then went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority.
In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, Ha! … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Responsorial: Psalm 118 (119):97,98,99,100,101,102
Gospel: Luke 4:16-30
Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor… Read more »
