Daily Gospel

The Sunday Gospel: 22nd September

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Wisdom 2:12,17-20
Psalm: 53 (54):3-4,5,6,8
Second Reading: James 3:16 – 4:3

Gospel: Mark 9:30-37

In those days, Jesus and his disciples went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. 

Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. 

He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.” Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 21st September

Saint Matthew, apostle & evangelist – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Ephesians 4:1-7,11-13
Psalm: 18:2-5

Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13

In those days, as Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” But when he heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.”  Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 20th September

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20
Psalm: 16 (17):1,6-7,8b & 15

Gospel: Luke 8:1-3

Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.

Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 19th September

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Psalm: 117 (118):1-2,16ab-17,28

Gospel: Luke 7:36-50

In those days, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment.  … Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 18th September

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:31 – 13:13
Psalm: 32 (33):2-3,4-5,12 & 22

Gospel: Luke 7:31-35

Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 17th September

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-14,27-31a
Psalm: 100 (101):1-2ab,2cd-3ab,5,6

Gospel: Luke 7:11-17

Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 16th September

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 »

The Sunday Gospel: 15th September

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 Gospel of the day: 14th September

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 »

The Gospel of the day: 13th September

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 »