News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Kings 17, 5-8.13-15a.18
Psalm: 59 (60), 3.4-5.12-13
Gospel: Mt 7, 1-5
Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? … Read more »
The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jer 20, 10-13
Psalm: 68 (69), 8-10.14.17.33-35
Second Reading: Rom 5, 12-15
Gospel: Mt 10, 26-33
Jesus said to this apostles: Therefore do not be afraid of people. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops… Read more »
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Memorial
Readings of the day
First Reading: Is 61, 9-11
Psalm: 1 Sam 2, 1.4-8
Gospel: Lk 2, 41-51
Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it… Read more »
Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity
First Reading: Deut 7, 6-11
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.3-4.6-7.8.10
Second Reading: 1 Jn 4, 7-16
Gospel: Mt 11, 25-30
At that time Jesus exclaimed, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 48, 1-14
Salm: 96 (97), 1-2.3-4.5-6.7
Gospel: Mt 6, 7-15
Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Kings 2, 1.6-14
Psalm: 30 (31), 20.21.24
Gospel: Mt 6, 1-6.16-18
Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.
When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Kings 21, 17-29
Psalm: 50 (51), 3-4.5-6a.11 & 16
Gospel: Mt 5, 43-48
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Kings 21, 1-16
Psalm: 5, 2-3.5-6.7
Gospel: Mt 5, 38-42
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well… Read more »
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Deut 8, 2-3.14b-16a
Psalm: 146 (147), 12-13.14-15.19-20
Second Reading: 1 Cor 10, 16-17
Gospel: Jn 6, 51-58
Jesus said to the crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Kings 19, 19-21
Psalm: 15 (16), 1-2a & 5. 7-8.9-10
Gospel: Mt 5, 33-37
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you vow.’ But I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King… Read more »
