News from the Church in Malta
The Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sir 27, 30 – 28, 7
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.3-4.9-10.11-12
Second Reading: Rom 14, 7-9
Gospel: Mt 18, 21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Cor 10, 14-22
Psalm: 115 (116), 12-13.17-18
Gospel: Lk 6, 43-49
Jesus said to his disciples : “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Cor 9, 16-19.22b-27
Psalm: 83 (84), 3.4.5-6.12
Gospel: Lk 6, 39-42
Jesus told his disciples a parable : “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Cor 8, 1b-7.11-13
Psalm: 138 (139), 1-3.13-14ab.23-24
Gospel: Lk 6, 27-38
Jesus said to his disciples : “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Cor 7, 25-31
Psalm: 44 (45), 11-12.14-15.16-17
Gospel: Lk 6, 20-26
Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh… Read more »
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Micah 5, 1-4a
Psalm: 12, 6
Second Reading: Rom 8, 28-30
Gospel: Mt 1, 1-16. 18-23
The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Cor 5, 1-8
Psalm: 5, 5-6.7.12
Gospel: Lk 6, 6-11
On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him… Read more »
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ezek 33, 7-9
Psalm: 94 (95), 1-2.6-7.8-9
Second Reading: Rom 13, 8-10
Gospel: Mt 18, 15-20
Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Cor 4, 6b-15
Psalm: 144 (145), 17-18.19-20.21
Gospel: Lk 6, 1-5
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Cor 4, 1-5
Psalm: 36 (37), 3-4.5-6.27-28.39-40
Gospel: Lk 5, 33-39
In those days the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same ; but yours eat and drink.”
Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? … Read more »
