News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:17-26,33
Psalm: 39 (40):7-8a,8b-9,10,17
Gospel: Luke 7:1-10
When Jesus had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave… Read more »
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 50:5-9a
Psalm: 114(116):1-2,3-4,5-6,8-9
Second Reading: James 2:14-18
Gospel: Mark 8:27-35
Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly… Read more »
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Numbers 21:4b-9
Psalm: 77:1-2,34-38
Second Reading: Philippians 2:6-11
Gospel: John 3:13-17
In those days, Jesus told Nicodemus: “No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” Read more »
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Qari tal-jum
L-Ewwel Qari: 1 Kor 9:16-19,22b-27
Salm: 83 (84):3,4,5-6,12
L-Evanġelju: Lq 6:39-42
F’dak iż-żmien, Ġesù qal parabbola lid-dixxipli tiegħu: “Jista’ agħma jmexxi agħma ieħor? Mhux it-tnejn jaqgħu fil-ħofra? Id-dixxiplu mhuwiex aqwa mill-imgħallem tiegħu; imma kull min itemm it-taħriġ tiegħu jsir bħall-imgħallem tiegħu.
Għax tara t-tibna f’għajn ħuk, u ma tarax it-travu li għandek f’għajnek int? Kif tista’ tgħidlu lil ħuk: “Ħi, ejja nneħħilek it-tibna li għandek f’għajnek”, meta m’intix tara t-travu li għandek f’għajnek int? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Cor 8:1b-7,11-13
Psalm: 138 (139):1-3,13-14ab,23-24
Gospel: Lk 6:27-38
Jesus said to his disciples : “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:25-31
Psalm: 44 (45):11-12,14-15,16-17
Gospel: Luke 6:20-26
Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11
Psalm: 149:1-2,3-4,5-6a u 9b
Gospel: Luke 6:12-19
Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 5:1-8
Psalm: 5:5-6,7,12
Gospel: Luke 6:6-11
On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him… Read more »
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Micah 5:1-4a
Psalm: 12:6
Second Reading: Romans 8:28-30
Gospel: Matthew 1:1-16,18-23
An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram, and Aram the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:6b-15
Psalm: 144 (145):17-18,19-20,21
Gospel: Luke 6:1-5
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry? … Read more »
