News from the Church in Malta
First Reading: Joel 2, 12-18
Psalm: 50 (51), 3-4.5-6a.12-13.14 & 17
Second Reading: 2 Cor 5, 20 – 6, 2
Gospel: Mt 6, 1-6.16-18
Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father…
First Reading: Sir 35, 1-15
Psalm: 49 (50), 5-6.7-8.14 & 23
Gospel: Mk 10, 28-31
Peter began to say to Jesus, “We have given up everything and followed you.”
Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.”
But many that are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
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F’dak iż-żmien, waqt li Ġesù kien se jaqbad it-triq, mar fuqu wieħed jgħaġġel, niżel għarkupptejh quddiemu u qallu: “Mgħallem tajjeb, x’għandi nagħmel biex nikseb il-ħajja ta’ dejjem?”. Ġesù qallu: “Għaliex qiegħed issejjaħli tajjeb? Ħadd ma hu tajjeb ħlief Alla biss…
First Reading: Sir 27, 5-8
Psalm: 91 (92), 2-3.13-14.15-16
Second Reading: 1 Cor 15, 54-58
Gospel: Lk 6, 39-45
Jesus told his disciples a parable: “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? …
First Reading: Sir 17, 1-13
Psalm: 102 (103), 13-14.15-16.17-18a
Gospel: Mk 10, 13-16
People were bringing children to Jesus that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these…
First Reading: Sir 6, 5-17
Psalm: 118 (119), 12.16.18.27.34.35
Gospel: Mk 10, 1-12
Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The Pharisees approached and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him…
First Reading: Sir 5, 1-10
Psalm: 1, 1-2.3.4 & 6
Gospel: Mk 9, 41-50
Jesus said to his disciples: «Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward. Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea…
First Reading: Sir 4, 12-22
Psalm: 118 (119), 165.168.171.172.174.175
Gospel: Mk 9, 38-40
John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.”
Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him…
First Reading: Sir 2, 1-13
Psalm: 36 (37), 3-4.18-19.27-28.39-40
Gospel: Mk 9, 30-37
Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death he will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him…
First Reading: Sir 1, 1-10
Psalm: 92 (93), 1ab.1c-2.5
Gospel: Mk 9, 14-29
As Jesus came down from the mountain with Peter, James, John and approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing with them. Immediately on seeing him, the whole crowd was utterly amazed…
