News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 48:1-4,9-11
Psalm: 79 (80):2ac & 3b,15-16,18-19
Gospel: Matthew 17:10-13
In those days, as Jesus descended the mountain, the disciples asked him, “Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He replied, “Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 48:17-19
Psalm: 1:1-2,3,4 & 6
Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19
Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, ‘He is possessed by a demon… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 41:13-20
Psalm: 144 (145):1 u 9,10-11,12-13ab
Gospel: Matthew 11:11-15
Jesus said to the crowds, “Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John came; and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come. Let anyone with ears listen!”
Saint of the day: Saint John of the Cross, priest & doctor of the Church Read more »
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Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 40:25-31
Psalm: 102 (103):1-2,3-4,8 & 10
Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Saint of the day: Saint Lucy, virgin & martyr Read more »
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Our Lady of Guadalupe – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 40:1-11
Psalm: 95 (96):1-2,3 & 10ac,11-12,13
Gospel: Matthew 18:12-14
Jesus said to his disciples: “What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 35:1-10
Psalm: 84 (85):9ab-10,11-12,13-14
Gospel: Luke 5:17-26
One day, while Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting nearby (they had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem); and the power of the Lord was with him to heal. Just then some men came, carrying a paralyzed man on a bed… Read more »
Second Sunday of Advent
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11
Psalm: 84(85):8-9ab,10-14
Second Reading: 2 Peter 3:8-14
Gospel: Mark 1:1-8
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ (the Son of God). As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way.
A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.’”
John (the) Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26
Psalm: 146 (147):1-2,3-4,5-6
Gospel: Matthew 9:35 – 10:1,6-8
Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.”
Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness… Read more »
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Genesis 3:9-15,20
Psalm: 97:1-4
Second Reading: Ephesians 1:3-6,11-12
Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
In those days, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favoured one! … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 26, 1-6
Psalm: 117 (118):1 & 8-9,19-21,25-27a
Gospel: Matthew 7:21,24-27
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”
Saint of the day: Saint Ambrose, bishop & doctor of the Church Read more »
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