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 »

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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 »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Cor 8:1b-7,11-13
Psalm: 138 (139):1-3,13-14ab,23-24

Gospel: Lk 6:27-38

Jesus said to his disciples : “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:25-31
Psalm: 44 (45):11-12,14-15,16-17

Gospel: Luke 6:20-26

Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11
Psalm: 149:1-2,3-4,5-6a u 9b

Gospel: Luke 6:12-19

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 »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 5:1-8
Psalm: 5:5-6,7,12

Gospel: Luke 6:6-11

On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:6b-15
Psalm: 144 (145):17-18,19-20,21

Gospel: Luke 6:1-5

While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”

Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry? … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Psalm: 36 (37):3-4,5-6,27-28,39-40

Gospel: Luke 5:33-39

In those days the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same ; but yours eat and drink.”

Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23
Psalm: 23 (24):1-2,3-4ab,5-6

Gospel: Luke 5:1-11

While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore… Read more »