News from the Church in Malta
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 48:1-14
Salm: 96 (97):1-2,3-4,5-6,7
Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15
Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Kings 2:1,6-14
Psalm: 30 (31):20,21,24
Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6,16-18
Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.
When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Kings 21:17-29
Psalm: 50 (51):3-4,5-6a,11 & 16
Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Kings 21:1-16
Psalm: 5:2-3,5-6,7
Gospel: Matthew 5:38-42
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well… Read more »
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 19:2-6a
Psalm: 99 (100):2,3,5
Second Reading: Romans 5:6-11
Gospel: Matthew 9:36 – 10:8
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness… Read more »
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Memorial
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 61:9-11
Psalm: 1 Samuel 2:1,4,2,8
Gospel: Luke 2:41-51
Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it… Read more »
