News from the Church in Malta
First Reading: Jer 38, 4-6. 8-10
Psalm: 39 (40), 2.3.4.18
Second Reading: Heb 12, 1-4
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! …
First Reading: Joshua 24, 14-29
Psalm: 15 (16), 1-2a & 5.7-8.11
Gospel: Mt 19, 13-15
Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray.
The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
After he placed his hands on them, he went away…
First Reading: Joshua 24, 1-13
Psalm: 135 (136), 1-3.16-18.21-22 & 24
Gospel: Mt 19, 3-12
Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? …
First Reading: Rev 11, 19a; 12, 1-6a. 10ab
Psalm: 44, 10bc.11-12ab.16
Second Reading: 1 Cor 15, 20-26
Gospel: Lk 1, 39-56
Mary set out in those days and travelled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth…
First Reading: Deut 34, 1-12
Psalm: 65 (66), 1-3a.5 & 16-17
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…
First Reading: Deut 31, 1-8
Psalm: Deut 32, 3-4a.7.8.9 & 12
Gospel: Mt 18, 1-5.10.12-14
The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven…
First Reading: Deut 10, 12-22
Psalm: 147, 12-13.14-15.19-20
Gospel: Mt 17, 22-27
As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were overwhelmed with grief…
First Reading: Wisdom 18, 6-9
Psalm: 32 (33), 1 & 12. 18-19. 20 & 22
Second Reading: Heb 11, 1-2.8-19
Gospel: Lk 12, 32-48
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom…
First Reading: 2 Cor 9, 6-10
Psalm: 111, 1-2.5-9
Gospel: Jn 12, 24-26
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit…
First Reading: Hos 2, 16b. 17b. 21-22
Psalm: 44, 11-12.14-17
Gospel: Mt 25:1-13
