News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Lev 23, 1.4-11.15-16.27.34b-37
Psalm: 80 (81), 3-4.5-6ab.10-11ab
Gospel: Mt 13, 54-58
Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Jn 4, 7-16
Psalm: 33, 2-11
Gospel: Lk 10, 38-42
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying.
But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 34, 29-35
Psalm: 98 (99), 5.6.7.9
Gospel: Mt 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: Exodus 33, 7-11; 34, 5b-9.28
Psalm: 102 (103), 6-7.8-9.10-11.12-13
Gospel: Mt 13, 36-43
In those days, Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 32, 15-24.30-34
Psalm: 105 (106), 19-20.21-22.23
Gospel: Mt 13, 31-35
In those days, Jesus put before the crowd another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
Saints of the day: Saint Joachim & Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Read more »
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Kings 4, 42-44
Psalm: 144(145), 10-11,15-16,17-18
Second Reading: Eph 4, 1-6
Gospel: Jn 6, 1-15
In those days, Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.
When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 24, 3-8
Psalm: 49 (50): 1-2.5-6.14-15
Gospel: Mt 13, 24-30
In those days, Jesus put another parable before the crowd: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well.
And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, “Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Gal 2, 19-20
Psalm: 33, 2-11
Gospel: Jn 15, 1-8
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you… Read more »
Saint Mary Magdalene – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Songs 3, 1-4a
Psalm: 62, 2-6.8-9
Gospel: Jn 20, 1-2.11-18
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 16, 1-5.9-15
Psalm: 77 (78), 18-19.23-24.25-26.27-28
Gospel: Mt 13, 1-9
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! … Read more »
