News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 3:14-21
Psalm: 32 (33):1-2,4-5,11-12,18-19
Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptised, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 3:2-12
Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6
Gospel: Luke 12:39-48
Jesus said to his disciples: “Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” Then Peter said, “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?”
And the Lord replied, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute the food allowance at the proper time? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Eph 2:12-22
Psalm: 84 (85):9ab-10,11-12,13-14
Gospel: Lk 12:35-38
Jesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10
Psalm: 99 (100):2,3,4,5
Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
Then he told them a parable… Read more »
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 53:10-11
Psalm: 32 (33):4-5,18-19,20,22
Second Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16
Gospel: Mark 10:35-45
In those days, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.”
But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23
Psalm: 8:2-3a,4-5,6-7
Gospel: Luke 12:8-12
Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God. Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven… Read more »
Saint Luke, Evangelist – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Tim 4: 10-17b
Psalm: 144: 10-13. 17-18
Gospel: Lk 10: 1-9
In those days, the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest. … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 1:1-10
Psalm: 97 (98):1,2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6
Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
The Lord said: “Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building.
Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 5:18-25
Psalm: 1:1-2,3,4 & 6
Gospel: Luke 11:42-46
The Lord said: “Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others. Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honour in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 5:1-6
Psalm: 118 (119):41,43,44,45,47,48
Gospel: Luke 11:37-41
After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal. The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil… Read more »
