News from the Church in Malta
First Reading: Hag 1, 1-8
Psalm: 149(148),1-2.3-4.5-6a.9b
Gospel: Lk 9:7-9
Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead” ; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
But Herod said, “John I beheaded…
First Reading: Ezra 9, 5-9
Psalm: Tob 13, 2.3-4a.4bcd.5.8
Gospel: Lk 9, 1-6
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic…
First Reading: Ezra 6, 7-8.12b.14-20
Psalm: 121 (122), 1-2.3-4a.4b-5
Gospel: Lk 8, 19-21
The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”
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First Reading: Ezra 1, 1-6
Psalm: 125 (126), 1-2ab.2cd-3.4-5.6
Gospel: Lk 8, 16-18
Jesus said to the crowd : “No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed ; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light…
First Reading: Amos 8, 4-7
Psalm: 112 (113), 1-2.4-6.7-8
Second Reading: 1 Tim 2, 1-8
Gospel: Lk 16, 1-13
Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property…
First Reading: Ephes 4, 1-7.11-13
Psalm: 18, 2-5
Gospel: Mt 9, 9-13
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him…
First Reading: 1 Tim 6, 2c-12
Psalm: 48 (49), 6-7.8-10.17-18.19-20
Gospel: Lk 8, 1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources…
First Reading: 1 Tim 4, 12-16
Psalm: 110 (111), 7-8.9.10
Gospel: Lk 7, 36-50
A Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee…
First Reading: 1 Tim 3, 14-16
Psalm: 110 (111), 1-2.3-4.5-6
Gospel: Lk 7, 31-35
Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance…
First Reading: 1 Tim 3, 1-13
Psalm: 100 (101) 1-2ab.2cd-3ab.5.6
Gospel: Lk 7, 11-17
Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow…
