News from the Church in Malta
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 12:1-4
Psalm: 21 (22):26b-27,28 & 30,31-32
Gospel: Mark 5:21-43
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea. One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the point of death… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 11:32-40
Psalm: 30 (31):20,21,22,23,24
Gospel: Mark 5:1-20
Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain… Read more »
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13
Psalm: 145 (146):7,8-9a,9bc-10
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12a
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 11:1-2,8-19
Psalm: Luke 1:69-70,71-72,73-75
Gospel: Mark 4:35-41
On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.”
Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 10:32-39
Psalm: 36 (37):3-4,5-6,23-24,39-40
Gospel: Mark 4:26-34
Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-8
Psalm: 96(95):1-2a,2b-3,7-8a,10
Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest… Read more »
Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 22:3-16
Psalm: 117(116):1,2
Gospel: Mark 16:15-18
Jesus said to the eleven: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Hebrews 10:1-10
Psalm: 39 (40):2 & 4ab,7-8a,10,11
Gospel: Mark 3:31-35
The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you.”
But he said to them in reply, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers… Read more »
Readings of the day
First reading: Hebrews 9:15,24-28
Psalm: 97 (98):1,2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6
Gospel: Mark 3:22-30
The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.” Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand… Read more »
The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 8:23b – 9:3
Psalm: 26 (27):1,4,13-14
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17
Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23
When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen.”
From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen… Read more »
