News from the Church in Malta
L-Ewwel Qari: Eżek 37, 21-28
Salm: Ġer 31, 10.11-12ab.13
L-Evanġelju: Ġw 11, 45-56
F’dak iż-żmien, ħafna mil-Lhud, li kienu ġew għand Marija, oħt Lazzru, u raw dak li għamel Ġesù, emmnu fih. Imma xi wħud minnhom marru għand il-Fariżej u qalulhom x’kien għamel Ġesù. Għalhekk il-qassisin il-kbar u l-Fariżej laqqgħu s-Sinedriju u qalu: “X’sejrin nagħmlu? …
First Reading: Rom 8, 31b-39
Psalm: 17
Gospel: Jn 19: 25-27
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.”
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
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First Reading: Gen 17, 3-9
Psalm: 104 (105), 4-5.6-7.8-9
Gospel: Jn 8, 51-59
Jesus said to the Jews: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” So the Jews said to him, “Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’ Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? …
First Reading: Dan 3, 14-20.91-92.95
Psalm: Dan 3, 52.53-54.55-56
Gospel: Jn 8, 31-42
Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone…
First Reading: Num 21, 4-9
Psalm: 101 (102), 2-3.16-18.19-21
Gospel: Jn 8, 21-30
Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?”
He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above…
First Reading: Dan 13, 1-9.15-17.19-30.33-62
Psalm: 22 (23), 1-3a.3b-4.5.6
Gospel: Jn 8, 12-20
Jesus spoke to them again, saying, «I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.» So the Pharisees said to him, “You testify on your own behalf, so your testimony cannot be verified.”
Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I do testify on my own behalf, my testimony can be verified, because I know where I came from and where I am going…
First Reading: Is 43, 16-21
Psalm: 125 (126), 1-2ab. 2cd-3.4-5.6
Second Reading: Phil 3, 8-14
Gospel: Jn 8, 1-11
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them…
First Reading: Jer 11, 18-20
Psalm: 7, 2-3.9bc-10.11-12
Gospel: Jn 7, 40-53
Some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said, “This is truly the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But others said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee, will he? Does not scripture say that the Messiah will be of David’s family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” So a division occurred in the crowd because of him…
First Reading: Wisdom 2, 1a.12-22
Psalm: 33 (34), 17-18.19-20.21 & 23
Gospel: Jn 7, 1-2.10.25-30
Jesus moved about within Galilee; but he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret…
First Reading: Exodus 32, 7-14
Psalm: 105 (106), 19-20.21-22.23
Gospel: Jn 5, 31-47
Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true. But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true…
