News from the Church in Malta
First Reading: Heb 13, 15-17.20-21
Psalm: 22 (23), 1-3a.3b-4.5.6
Gospel: Mark 6, 30-34
The Apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat…
First Reading: Heb 13, 1-8
Psalm: 26 (27), 1.3.5.8b-9abc
Gospel: Mark 6, 14-29
King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; That is why mighty powers are at work in him.” Others were saying, “He is Elijah”; still others, “He is a prophet like any of the prophets.” But when Herod learned of it, he said, “It is John whom I beheaded…
First Reading: Heb 12, 18-19.21-24
Psalm: 47 (48), 2-3a.3b-4.9.10-11
Gospel: Mark 6, 7-13
Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick–no food, no sack, no money in their belts…
First Reading: Heb 12, 4-7.11-15
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.13-14.17-18a
Gospel: Mk 6, 1-6
Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, “Where did this man get all this? …
First Reading: Heb 12, 1-4
Psalm: 21 (22), 26b-27.28 & 30.31-32
Gospel: Mk 5, 21-43
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea. One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward…
First Reading: Heb 11, 32-40
Psalm: 30 (31), 20.21.22.23.24
Gospel: Mark 5, 1-20
Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him…
First Reading: Jer 1, 4-5. 17-19
Psalm: 70 (71), 1-2. 3-4a. 5-6ab. 15ab & 17
Second Reading: 1 Cor 12, 31 – 13, 13
Gospel: Luke 4, 21-30
Jesus began speaking in the synagogue saying: “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth…
First Reading: Mal 3,1-4
Psalm: 23, 7-10
Second Reading: Heb 2, 14-18
Gospel: Luke 2, 22-40
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord…
First Reading: Hebrews 10, 32-39
Psalm: 36 (37), 3-4.5-6.23-24.39-40
Gospel: Mark 4, 26-34
Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how…
First Reading: Hebrews 10, 19-25
Psalm: 23 (24), 1-2.3-4ab.5-6
Gospel: Mark 4, 21-25
Jesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light…
