News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Titus 1:1-9
Psalm: 23 (24):1-2,3-4ab,5-6
Gospel: Luke 17:1-6
Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur. It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin… Read more »
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Kings 17:10-16
Psalm: 145(146):7,8-9a,9bc-10
Second Reading: Hebrews 9:24-28
Gospel: Mark 12:38-44
In those days, Jesus was teaching in the temple and he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honour at banquets! … Read more »
Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12
Psalm: 46(45):2-3,5-6,8-9
Gospel: John 2:13-22
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”
His disciples recalled the words of scripture, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” At this the Jews answered and said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?”
But he was speaking about the temple of his body… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Philippians 3:17 – 4:1
Psalm: 121 (122):1-2,3-4a,4b-5
Gospel: Luke 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: Philippians 3:3-8a
Psalm: 104 (105):2-3,4-5,6-7
Gospel: Luke 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: Philippians 2:12-18
Psalm: 26 (27):1,4,13-14
Gospel: Luke 14:25-33
Great crowds were travelling 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: Philippians 2:5-11
Psalm: 21 (22):26b-27,28-30a,31-32
Gospel: Luke 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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Philippians 2:1-4
Psalm: 131(130):1,2,3
Gospel: Luke 14:12-14
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. He said to the host who invited him, “When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbours, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment… Read more »
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Deuteronomy 6:2-6
Psalm: 17:2-3a,3bc-4,47,51ab
Second Reading: Hebrews 7:23-28
Gospel: Mark 12:28b-34
In those days, one of the scribes came near Jesus and asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” Jesus answered, “The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and 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.”
Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that “he is one, and besides him there is no other’; and “to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and “to love one’s neighbour as oneself,’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask him any question. Read more »
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Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Readings of the day
First Reading: Job 19:1.23-27a
Psalm: 26
Second Reading: Romans 19:1,23-27a
Gospel: John 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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