News from the Church in Malta
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sir 35, 12-14.16-18
Psalm: 33, 2-3.17-18.19 & 23
Second Reading: 2 Tim 4, 6-8. 16-18
Gospel: Lk 18, 9-14
Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.
“Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Rom 8, 1-11
Psalm: 23 (24), 1-2.3-4ab.5-6
Gospel: Lk 13, 1-9
Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. He said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Rom 7, 18-25a
Psalm: 118 (119), 66.68.76.77.93.94
Gospel: Lk 12, 54-59
Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain and so it does; and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot and so it is… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Rom 6, 19-23
Psalm: 1, 1-2.3.4 & 6
Gospel: Lk 12, 49-53
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Rom 6, 12-18
Psalm: 123 (124), 1-3.4-6.7-8
Gospel: Lk 12, 39-48
Jesus said to his disciples: “Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”
Then Peter said, “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?”
And the Lord replied, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute the food allowance at the proper time? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Rom 5, 12.15b.17-19.20b-21
Psalm: 39 (40), 7-8a.8b-9.10.17
Gospel: Lk 12, 35-38
Jesus said to his disciples: “Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival… Read more »
First Reading: Rom 4, 20-25
Psalm: Lk 1, 69-70.71-72.73-75
Gospel: Lk 12, 13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
Then he told them a parable…
First Reading: Ex 17, 8-13
Psalm: 120 (121), 1-2.3-4.5-6.7-8
Second Reading: 2 Tim 3, 14 – 4,2
Gospel: Lk 18, 1-8
Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.
He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being…
First Reading: Rom 4, 13. 16-18
Psalm: 104 (105), 6-7.8-9.42-43
Gospel: Lk 12, 8-12
Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God…
First Reading: 2 Tim 4, 10-17b
Psalm: 144, 10-13.17-18
Gospel: Lk 10, 1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the labourers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out labourers for his harvest…
