News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Baruch 4:5-12,27-29
Psalm: 68 (69):33-35,36-37
Gospel: Luke 10:17-24
The seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power ‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Baruch 1:15-22
Psalm: 78 (79):1-2,3-5,8,9
Gospel: Luke 10:13-16
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But at the judgement it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 23:20-23a
Psalm: 90:1-6,10-11
Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5,10
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven… Read more »
Qari tal-jum
First Reading: Nehemiah 2:1-8
Psalm: 136 (137):1-2,3,4-5,6
Gospel: Luke 9:57-62
As Jesus and His disciples were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
And to another he said, “Follow me.”
But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”
But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead… Read more »
Readings of he day
First Reading: Zechariah 8:20-23
Psalm: 86 (87):1-3,4-5,6-7
Gospel: Luke 9:51-56
When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; but they did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. When his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” But he turned and rebuked them. Then they went on to another village. As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Saint of the day: Saint Jerome, priest & doctor of the Church Read more »
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Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael, archangels – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Daniel 7:9-10.,13-14 or Revelation 12:7-12a
Psalm: 137:1-5
Gospel: John 1:47-51
In those days: When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?”
Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! … Read more »
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Amos 6:1a,4-7
Psalm: 145 (146):7,8-9a,9bc-10
Second Reading: 1 Timothy 6:11-16
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Readings: Zechariah 2:5-9,14-15a
Psalm: Jeremiah 31:10,11-12ab,13
Gospel: Luke 9:43b-45
In those days, while everyone was amazed at all that he was doing, he said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.”
But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was concealed from them, so that they could not perceive it… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Haggai 1:15b – 2:1-9.
Psalm: 43(42):1,2,3,4
Gospel: Luke 9:18-22
Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Messiah of God.” He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Haggai 1:1-8
Psalm: 149 (150):1-2,3-4,5-6a & 9b
Gospel: Luke 9:7-9
In those days, Herod the ruler heard about all that had taken place, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead, by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the ancient prophets had arisen. Herod said, “John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he tried to see him. Read more »
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