News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Galatians 4:22-24,26-27,31 – 5:1
Psalm: 112 (113):1-2,3-4,5a & 6-7
Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation… Read more »
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Wisdom 7:7-11
Psalm: 89(90):12-13,14-15,16-17
Second Reading: Hebrews 4:12-13
Gospel: Mark 10:17-30
In those days, Jesus was setting out on a journey, when a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Gal 3:22-29
Psalm: 104 (105):2-3,4-5,6-7
Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” Read more »
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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 »
