News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 11, 32-40
Psalm: 30 (31), 20.21.22.23.24
Gospel: Mk 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: Deut 18, 15-20
Psalm: 94 (95), 1-2.6-7.8-9
Second Reading: 1 Cor 7, 32-35
Gospel: Mk 1, 21-28
Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 11, 1-2.8-19
Psalm: Lk 1, 69-70.71-72.73-75
Gospel: Mk 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: Hebrews 10, 32-39
Psalm: 36 (37), 3-4.5-6.23-24.39-40
Gospel: Mk 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… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 10, 19-25
Psalm: 23 (24), 1-2.3-4ab.5-6
Gospel: Mk 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… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 10, 11-18
Psalm: 109 (110), 1.2.3.4
Gospel: Mk 4, 1-20
In those days, Jesus began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land. And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them, “Hear this! … Read more »
Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops – Memorial
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Tim 1, 1-8
Psalm: 95, 1-3.7-8a.10
Gospel: Lk 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 labourers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out labourers for his harvest… Read more »
Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 22, 3-16 or Acts 9, 1-22
Psalm: 116, 1.2
Gospel: Mk 16, 15-18
Jesus said to the eleven: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.
Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned… Read more »
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jonah 3, 1-5.10
Psalm: 24 (25), 4bc-5ab.6-7bc.8-9
Second Reading: 1 Cor 7, 29-31
Gospel: Mk 1, 14-20
After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 9, 2-3.11-14
Psalm: 46 (47), 2-3.6-7.8-9
Gospel: Mk 3, 20-21
Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” Read more »
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