News from the Church in Malta
First Reading: Is 65, 17-21
Psalm: 29 (30), 2 & 4.5-6.11-12a & 13b
Gospel: Jn 4, 43-54
At that time Jesus left Samaria for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honour in his native place. When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast…
First Reading: Josh 5, 9a.10-12
Psalm: 33 (34), 2-3.4-5.6-7
Second Reading: 2 Cor 5, 17-21
Gospel: Lk 15, 1-3.11-32
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So to them he addressed this parable…
First Reading: Hos 6, 1-6
Psalm: 50 (51), 3-4.18-19.20-21ab
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…
First Reading: Hos 14, 2-10
Psalm: 80 (81), 6c-8a.8bc-9.10-11ab.14 & 17
Gospel: Mk 12, 28b-34
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! …
First Reading: Jer 7, 23-28
Psalm: 94 (95), 1-2.6-7.8-9
Gospel: Lk 11, 14-23
Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke and the crowds were amazed. Some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.”
Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven…
First Reading: Deut 4, 1.5-9
Psalm: 147, 12-13.15-16.19-20
Gospel: Mt 5, 17-19
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place…
First Reading: Dan 3, 25.34-43
Psalm: 24 (25), 4bc-5ab.6-7bc.8-9
Gospel: Mt 18, 21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times…
First Reading: Is 7, 10-14; 8, 10
Psalm: 39, 7-11
Second Reading: Heb 10, 4-10
Gospel: Lk 1, 26-38
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary…
First Reading: Ez 3, 1-8a.13-15
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.3-4.6-7.8 & 11
Second Reading: 1 Cor 10, 1-6.10-12
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? …
First Reading: Mic 7, 14-15.18-20
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.3-4.9-10.11-12
Gospel: Lk 15, 1-3.11-32
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them, he addressed this parable…
