News from the Church in Malta
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 38:4-6,8-10
Psalm: 39(40):2,3,4,18
Second Reading: Hebrews 12:1-4
Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 18:1-10,13b,30-32
Psalm: 51(50):12-13,14-15,18-19
Gospel: Matthew 19:13-15
Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray.
The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
After he placed his hands on them, he went away… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 16:1-15,60,63
Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6
Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12
Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 12:1-12
Psalm: 77 (78):56-57,58-59,61-62
Gospel: Matthew 18:21 – 19:1
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10
Psalm: 111:1-2,5-9
Gospel: John 12:24-26
In those days: Jesus told his disciples: “Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hosea 2: 16b,17b,21-22
Psalm: 44:11-12,14-17
Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13
In those days: Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 1:2-5,24-28c
Psalm: 148:1-2,11-12ab,12c-14a,14bcd
Gospel: Matthew 17:22-27
As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were overwhelmed with grief. When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” Yes, he said… Read more »
The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Wisdom 18:6-9
Psalm: 32 (33):1,12,18-19,20,22
Second Reading: Lhud 11:1-2,8-19
Gospel: Luke 12:32-48
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy… Read more »
Transfiguration of the Lord – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Daniel 7:9-10,13-14
Psalm: 96:1-2,5-6,9
Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.” And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” Read more »
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Readings of the day
First Reading: Nahum 2:1,3; 3:1-3,6-7
Psalm: Deuteronomy 32:35cd-36ab,39abcd,41
Gospel: Matthew 16:24-28
Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? … Read more »
