News from the Church in Malta
Monday of the Third Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 6, 8-15
Psalm: 118 (119), 23-24.26-27.29-30
Gospel: Jn 6, 22-29
The day after Jesus had walked on the sea, the crowd that remained across the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat, but only his disciples had left… Read more »
Third Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 2, 14.22-33
Psalm: 15 (16) 1-2a.5.7-8.9-10.11
Second Reading: 1 Pt 1, 17-21
Gospel: Lk 24, 13-35
That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred… Read more »
Saint Mark, Evangelisation – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Pt 5, 5b-14
Psalm: 88, 2-3.6-7.16-17
Gospel: Mk 16,15-20
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.
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages… Read more »
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 5, 34-42
Psalm: 26 (27), 1.4.13-14
Gospel: Jn 6, 1-15
Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples… Read more »
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 5, 27-33
Psalm: 33 (34), 2 & 9.17-18.19-20
Gospel: Jn 3, 31-36
The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven is above all… Read more »
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 5, 17-26
Psalm: 33 (34), 2-3.4-5.6-7.8-9
Gospel: Jn 3, 16-21
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him… Read more »
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 4, 32-37
Psalm: 92 (93), 1ab.1c-2.5
Gospel: Jn 3, 7b-15
Jesus said to Nicodemus: “’You must be born from above.’The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Nicodemus answered and said to him, “How can this happen?” Jesus answered and said to him, “You are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this? … Read more »
Monday of the Second Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 4, 23-31
Psalm: 2, 1-3.4-6.7-9
Gospel: Jn 3, 1-8
There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a person once grown old be born again? … Read more »
Second Sunday of Easter/ Divine Mercy Sunday
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 2, 42-47
Psalm: 117 (118), 2-4.13-15.22-24
Second Reading: 1 Pt 1, 3-9
Gospel: Jn 20, 19-31
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, «Peace be with you.» When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side… Read more »
Saturday of Easter Week
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 4, 13-21
Psalm: 117 (118), 1 & 14-15.16ab-18.19-21
Gospel: Mk 16, 9-15
When Jesus had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told his companions who were mourning and weeping… Read more »
