News from the Church in Malta
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jer 31, 31-34
Psalm: 50(51), 3-4,12-13,14-15
Second Reading: Heb 5, 7-9
Gospel: Jn 12, 20-33
In those days, there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the feast.
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jer 11, 18-20
Psalm: 7, 2-3.9bc-10.11-12
Gospel: Jn 7, 40-53
In those days, some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said, “This is truly the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But others said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee, will he? Does not scripture say that the Messiah will be of David’s family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” So a division occurred in the crowd because of him… Read more »
Saint Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Sam 7, 4-5a.12-14a.16
Psalm: 88, 2-5.27.29
Second Reading: Rum 4, 13.16-18.22
Gospel: Mt 1, 16.18-21.24a (or Lk 2, 41-51a)
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 32, 7-14
Psalm: 105 (106), 19-20.21-22.23
Gospel: Jn 5, 31-47
In those days, Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true.
But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 49, 8-15
Psalm: 144 (145), 8-9.13cd-14.17-18
Gospel: Jn 5, 17-30
In those days, Jesus answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezek 47, 1-9.12
Psalm: 45 (46), 2-3.5-6.8-9
Gospel: Jn 5, 1-3a.5-16
There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes. In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 65, 17-21
Psalm: 29 (30), 2 & 4.5-6.11-12a & 13b
Gospel: Jn 4, 43-54
At that time Jesus left Samaria for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honour in his native place. When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast… Read more »
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Cron 36, 14-16.19-23
Psalm: 136 (137), 1-2.3.4-5.6
Second Reading: Eph 2, 4-10
Gospel: Jn 3, 14-21
In those days, Jesus said to Nicodemus, “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hos 6, 1-6
Psalm: 50 (51), 3-4.18-19.20-21ab
Gospel: Lk 18, 9-14
Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity – greedy, dishonest, adulterous – or even like this tax collector… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hos 14, 2-10
Psalm: 80 (81), 6c-8a.8bc-9.10-11ab.14 & 17
Gospel: Mk 12, 28b-34
In those days, one of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher… Read more »
