News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 3:7-14
Psalm: 9:2-3,6 u 16:8-9
Gospel: Luke 11:15-26
But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven. But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house. … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 3:1-5
Psalm: Luke 1:69-70,71-72,73-75
Gospel: Luke 11:5-13
Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 2:1-2,7-14
Psalm: 85 (86):3-4,5-6,9-10
Gospel: Luke 11:1-4
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come… Read more »
Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Malta – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Kings 8:22-23,27-30
Psalm: 83:3-5,10-11
Gospel: Luke 19:1-10
He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.
He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. … Read more »
Our Lady of the Rosary
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 1:6-12
Psalm: 110 (111):1-2,7-8,9 u 10c
Gospel: Luke 10:25-37
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.” He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbour?”
Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho… Read more »
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Genesis 2:18-24
Psalm: 127(128):1-2,3,4-5,6
Second Reading: Hebrews 2:9-11
Gospel: Mark 10:2-16
Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Job 42:1-3,5-6,12-17
Psalm: 118 (119):66,71,75,91,125,130
Gospel: Luke 10:17-24
The seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power ‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Job 38:1,12-21; 40:3-5
Psalm: 139(138):1-3,7-8,9-10,13-14ab
Gospel: Luke 10:13-16
Jesus said to them, “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Job 19:21-27
Psalm: 26 (27):7-8a,8b-9abc,13-14
Gospel: Luke 10:1-12
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the labourers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out labourers for his harvest… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 23:20-23a
Psalm: 90:1-6,10-11
Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5,10
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven… Read more »
