News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Romans 11:29-36
Psalm: 68 (69):30-31,33-34,36-37
Gospel: Luke 14:12-14
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. He said to the host who invited him, “When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbours, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment… Read more »
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Malachi 1:14b,2,1-2b,8-10
Psalm: 131(130):1,2,3
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 2:7b-9,13
Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Romans 11:1-2a,11-12,25-29
Psalm: 93 (94):12-13a,14-15,17-18
Gospel: Luke 14:1,7-11
On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honour, he told them a parable. “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honour, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, “Give this person your place,’ and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place. … Read more »
First Reading: Romans 9:1-5
Psalm: 147:12-13,14-15,19-20
Gospel: Luke 14:1-6
One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body.Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” But they remained silent… Read more »
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Readings of the day
First Reading: Job 19:1,23-27a
Psalm: 26
Second Reading: Romans 19:1,23-27a
Gospel: Jn 6:37-40
In those days Jesus told the crowd: “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away; for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. … Read more »
All Saints – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Revelation 7:2-4,9-14
Psalm: 23 (24):1-2,3-4ab,5-6
Second Reading: 1 John 3:1-3
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12a
In those days: When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.” Read more »
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Readings of the day
First Reading: Romans 8:18-25
Psalm: 125 (126):1-2ab,2cd-3,4-5,6
Gospel: Luke 13:18-21
In those days, Jesus said: “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”
And again he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.” Read more »
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Readings of the day
First Reading: Romans 8:12-17
Psalm: 67 (68):2 & 4,6-7ab,20-21
Gospel: Luke 13:10-17
Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight.
When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.”
But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! … Read more »
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 22:20-26
Psalm: 17 (18):2-3a,3bc-4,47,51ab
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10
Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22
Psalm: 18:2-5
Gospel: Luke 6:12-16
Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor… Read more »
