News from the Church in Malta
Visitation of the Virgin Mary – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18
Psalm: 12:2-6
Gospel: Luke 1:39-56
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 19:1-8
Psalm: 67 (68):2-3,4-5ac,6-7ab
Gospel: John 16:29-33
The disciples said to Jesus, “Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech. Now we realise that you know everything and that you do not need to have anyone question you. Because of this we believe that you came from God.”
Jesus answered them, “Do you believe now? … Read more »
Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 1:1-11
Salm: 46 (47):2-3,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23
Gospel: Luke 24:46-53
And he said to them, “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 18:23-28
Psalm: 46 (47):2-3,8-9,10
Gospel: John 16:23b-28
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 18:9-18
Psalm: 47(46):2-3,4-5,6-7
Gospel: John 16:20-23a
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 18:1-8
Psalm: 97 (98):1,2-3ab,3cd-4
Gospel: John 16:16-20
“A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.” Some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?” They said, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 17:15,22 – 18:1
Psalm: 148:1-2,11-12ab,12c-13a,13bcd-14
Gospel: John 16:12-15
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 16:22-34
Psalm: 137 (138):1-2a,2bc-3,7c-8
Gospel: John 16:5-11
Jesus said to his disciples: “Now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts. But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 16:11-15
Psalm: 149:1-2,3-4,5-6a & 9b
Gospel: John 15:26 – 16:4a
Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning… Read more »
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 15:1-2,22-29
Psalm: 66 (67):2-3,5,6 & 8
Second Reading: Revelation 21:10-14,22-23
Gospel: John 14:23-29
Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me… Read more »
