News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 28:1-17
Psalm: 118 (119):29,43,79,80,95,102
Gospel: Matthew 14:22-36
After he had fed the people, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side of the sea, while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone… Read more »
The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23
Psalm: 89 (90):3-4,5-6,1213,14 & 17
Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-5,9-11
Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
Then he told them a parable… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 26:11-16.24
Psalm: 68 (69):15-16,30-31,33-34
Gospel: Matthew 14:1-12
Herod the tetrarch heard of the reputation of Jesus and said to his servants, “This man is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why mighty powers are at work in him.”
Now Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, for John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” Although he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, for they regarded him as a prophet… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 John 4:7-16
Psalm: 33:2-11
Gospel: John 11:19-27
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother Lazarus, who had died. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 18:1-6
Psalm: 145 (146):2abc,2d-4,5-6
Gospel: Matthew 13:47-53
Jesus said to the disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 15:10,16-21
Psalm: 58 (59):2-3,4-5a,10-11,17,18
Gospel: Matthew 13:44-46
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it”. Read more »
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Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 14:17-22
Psalm: 78 (79):8,9,11 & 13
Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43
Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15
Psalm: 125:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28
The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something. He said to her, “What do you wish?” She answered him, “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.” Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what you are asking… Read more »
The Seventeeth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Genesis 18:20-32
Psalm: 137 (138):1-2a,2bc-3,6-7ab,7c-8
Second Reading: Colossians 2:12-14
Gospel: Luke 11:1-13
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy name… Read more »
Saint Bridget of Sweden, Religious and Patron of Europe – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 2:19-20
Psalm: 33: 2-11
Gospel: John 15:1-8
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit… Read more »
