News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 14:17-22
Psalm: 78 (79):8,9,11 & 13
Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43
Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 John 4:7-16
Psalm: 33:2-11
Gospel: John 11:19-27
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother Lazarus, who had died. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died… Read more »
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Kings 4:42-44
Psalm: 144(145):10-11,15-16,17-18
Second Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6
Gospel: John 6:1-15
In those days, Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.
When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 7:1-11
Psalm: 84(83):3,4,5-6a,8a,11
Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 3:14-17
Psalm: Jeremiah 31:10,11-12ab,13
Gospel: Matthew 13:18-23
Jesus said to His disciples: “Hear then the parable of the sower. The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy… Read more »
Saint James, Apostle – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15
Psalm: 125:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28
The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something. He said to her, “What do you wish?” She answered him, “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.” Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what you are asking… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 1:1,4-10
Psalm: 71(70):1-2,3-4a,5-6ab,15ab,17
Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9
On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 2:19-20
Psalm: 33: 2-11
Gospel: John 15:1-8
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you… Read more »
Saint Mary Magdalene – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Song of Songs 3:1-4a
Psalm: 62:2-6,8-9
Gospel: John 20:1-2,11-18
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping… Read more »
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 23:1-6
Psalm: 22 (23):1-3a,3b-4,5,6
Second Reading: Ephesians 2:13-18
Gospel: Mark 6:30-34
In those days, the apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognised them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.
As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. Read more »
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