News from the Church in Malta
The Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima – Memorial
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 19:1-8
Psalm: 67 (68):2-3,4-5ac,6-7ab
Gospel: John 16:29-33
The disciples said to Jesus, “Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech. Now we realise that you know everything and that you do not need to have anyone question you. Because of this we believe that you came from God.”
Jesus answered them, “Do you believe now? … Read more »
The Seventh Sunday of Easter – The Ascension of the Lord
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 1:1-11
Psalm: 46 (47):2-3,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Ephesians 4:1-13
Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 18:23-28
Psalm: 46 (47):2-3,8-9,10
Gospel: John 16:23b-28
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. I have told you this in figures of speech… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 18:9-18
Psalm: 47(46):2-3,4-5,6-7
Gospel: John 16:20-23a
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world… Read more »
Saint George Preca, Priest and Founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine, M.U.S.E.U.M – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 21:11-17,21
Psalm: 119:33-42
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 2:1-11
Gospel: Mark 16:14a,15-20
Later Jesus appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at the table; and he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptised will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and proclaimed the good news everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 17:15,22 – 18:1
Psalm: 148:1-2,11-12ab,12c-13a,13bcd-14
Gospel: John 16:12-15
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 16:22-34
Psalm: 137 (138):1-2a,2bc-3,7c-8
Gospel: John 16:5-11
Jesus said to his disciples: “Now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts. But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 16:11-15
Psalm: 149:1-2,3-4,5-6a & 9b
Gospel: John 15:26 – 16:4a
Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning… Read more »
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48
Psalm: 97(98):1,2-3ab,3cd-4
Second Reading: 1 John 4:7-10
Gospel: John 15:9-17
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.
You did not choose me but I chose you… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 16:1-10
Psalm: 99 (100):1-2,3,5
Gospel: John 15:18-21
Jesus said to his disciples: “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you… Read more »
