News from the Church in Malta
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Job 38, 1,8-11
Psalm: 106(107), 23-24,25-26,28-29,30-31
Second Reading: 2 Cor 5, 14-17
Gospel: Mk 4, 35-41
On that day, when evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cor 12, 1-10
Psalm: 33 (34), 8-9.10-11.12-13
Gospel: Mt 6, 24-34
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cor 11, 18.21b-30
Psalm: 33 (34), 2-3.4-5.6-7
Gospel: Mt 6, 19-23
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The eye is the lamp of the body… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cor 11, 1-11
Psalm: 110 (111), 1-2.3-4.7-8
Gospel: Mt 6, 7-15
In those days, Jesus told his diciples: “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cor 9, 6-11
Psalm: 111 (112), 1-2. 3-4. 9
Gospel: Mt 6, 1-6.16-18
In those days, Jesus told his diciples: “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cor 8, 1-9
Psalm: 145 (146), 1b-2. 5-6.7.8-9a
Gospel: Mt 5, 43-48
In those days, Jesus told 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, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cor 6, 1-10
Psalm: 97 (98), 1.2-3ab.3cd-4
Gospel: Mt 5, 38-42
In those days, 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, Do not resist an evildoer.
But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your cloak as well; and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second mile. Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you. Read more »
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Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezek 17, 22-24
Salm: 91(92), 2-3,13-14,15-16
Second Reading: 2 Cor 5, 6-10
Gospel: Mk 4, 26-34
In those days, Jesus said to the crowd: “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.”
He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples. Read more »
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Immaculate Heart of Mary – Memorial
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cor 5, 14-21
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.3-4.8-9.11-12
Gospel: Mt 5, 33-37
In those days, Jesus said to his disciples: “Again, you have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, “You shall not swear falsely, but carry out the vows you have made to the Lord.’ But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
Let your word be “Yes, Yes’ or “No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one. Read more »
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Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hos 11, 1.3-4.8c-9
Psalm: Is 12, 2-3.4bcd. 5-6
Second Reading: Eph 3, 8-12.14-19
Gospel: Jn 19, 31-37
Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity… Read more »
