News from the Church in Malta
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Wisdom 6, 12-16
Psalm: 62 (63), 2.3-4.5-6.7-8
Second Reading 1 Thess 4, 13-18
Gospel: Mt 25, 1-13
Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Phil 4, 10-19
Psalm: 111 (112), 1-2.5-6.8a & 9
Gospel: Lk 16, 9-15
Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes. “Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? No slave 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… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Phil 3, 17 – 4, 1
Psalm: 121 (122), 1-2.3-4a.4b-5
Gospel: Lk 16, 1-8
Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’
The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Phil 3, 3-8a
Psalm: 104 (105), 2-3.4-5.6-7
Gospel: Lk 15, 1-10
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So to them he addressed this parable. “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Phil 2, 12-18
Psalm: 26 (27), 1.4.13-14
Gospel: Lk 14, 25-33
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Phil 2, 5-11
Psalm: 21 (22), 26b-27.28-30a.31-32
Gospel: Lk 14, 15-24
One of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God.” He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.’
But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves… Read more »
All Souls
Readings of the day
First Reading: Job 19, 1.23-27a
Psalm: 26
Second Reading Rom 19, 1.23-27a
Gospel: Jn 6, 37-40
In those days, Jesus told the crowd: “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away; for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.” Read more »
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All Saints – Solemnity
First Reading: Rev 7, 2-4,9-14
Psalm: 23 (24), 1-2.3-4ab.5-6
Second Reading: 1 Jn 3, 1-3
Gospel: Mt 5, 1-12a
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Phil 1, 18b-26
Psalm: 41 (42), 2.3.5bcd
Gospel: Lk 14, 1.7-11
On a Sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honour at the table… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Phil 1, 1-11
Psalm: 110 (111), 1-2.3-4.5-6
Gospel: Lk 14, 1-6
On a Sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy.
Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath or not?” But they kept silent; so he took the man and, after he had healed him, dismissed him… Read more »
