News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Sam 18:9-10,14b,21a,24-25a,30; 19:3
Psalm: 85 (86):1-2,3-4,5-6
Gospel: Mark 5:21-43
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea. One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the point of death… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Samuel 15:13-14,30; 16:5-13a
Psalm: 3:2-3,4-5,6-7
Gospel: Mark 5:1-20
Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain… Read more »
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-5,17-19
Psalm: 71(70):1-2,3-4a,5-6ab,15ab,17
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:31; 13:1-13
Gospel: Luke 4:21-30
Jesus began speaking in the synagogue saying: “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’”
And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Samuel 12:1-7a,10-17
Psalm: 51(50):12-13,14-15,16-17
Gospel: Mark 4:35-41
On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.”
Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Samuel 11:1-4a,5-10a,13-17
Psalm: 51(50):3-4,5-6a,6bc-7,10-11
Gospel: Mark 4:26-34
Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:18-19,24-29
Psalm: 132(131):1-2,3-5,11,12,13-14
Gospel: Mark 4:21-25
Jesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light. Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.” He also told them, “Take care what you hear… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-8
Psalm: 96(95):1-2a,2b-3,7-8a,10
Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest… Read more »
Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 22:3-16
Psalm: 117(116):1,2
Gospel: Mark 16:15-18
Jesus said to the eleven: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Sam 5:1-7,10
Psalm: 89(88):20,21-22,25-26
Gospel: Mk 3:22-30
The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.”
Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan?
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand… Read more »
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Neh 8, 2-4a. 5-6. 8-10
Psalm: 18 (19), 8. 9. 10. 15
Second Reading: 1 Cor 12, 12-30
Gospel: Lk 1, 1-4; 4, 14-21
Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed.
Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom… Read more »
