News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Tobit 1:3; 2:1a-8
Psalm: 111 (112):1-2,3-4,5-6
Gospel: Mark 12:1-12
Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey… Read more »
The Most Holy Trinity – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 34:4b-6,8-9
Psalm: Daniel 3:52,53,54,55,56
Second Reading: 2 Cor 13:11-13
Gospel: John 3:16-18
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 51:17-27
Psalm: 18 (19):8,9,10,11
Gospel: Mark 11:27-33
In those days, Jesus and his disciples came to Jerusalem again. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?” Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 44:1,9-13
Psalm: 149 (150):1-2,3-4,5-6a & 9b
Gospel: Mark 11:11-26
After he entered Jerusalem, Jesus went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sir 42:15-26
Psalm: 32 (33):2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9
Gospel: Mk 10:46-52
In those days, as Jesus together with his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way… Read more »
Visitation of the Virgin Mary – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Zephania 3:14-18
Psalm: 12:2-6
Gospel: Luke 1:39-56
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 35:1-15
Psalm: 49 (50):5-6,7-8,14 & 23
Gospel: Mark 10:28-31
In those days, Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” Read more »
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Mary, Mother of the Church – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Genesis 3: 9-15,20 or ACTS 1:12-14
Psalm: 86 (87):1-2,3 & 5,6-7
Gospel: John 19:25-34
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home… Read more »
Pentecost Sunday – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 2:1-11
Psalm: 103 (104):1ab,24ac,29bc-30,31,34
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7,12-13
Gospel: John 20:19-23
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 28:16-20,30-31
Psalm: 10 (11):4,5 u 7
Gospel: John 21:20-25
Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved, the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper and had said, “Master, who is the one who will betray you?” When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus said to him, “What if I want him to remain until I come? … Read more »
