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Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 28:1-17
Psalm: 118 (119):29,43,79.80.95.102
Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21
When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick… Read more »
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Exodus 16:2-4,12-15
Psalm: 77(78):3,4bc,23-24,25,54
Second Reading: Ephesians 4:17,20-24
Gospel: John 6:24-35
In those days, when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”
Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 26, 11-16.24
Psalm: 68 (69), 15-16.30-31.33-34
Gospel: Matthew 14, 1-12
Herod the tetrarch heard of the reputation of Jesus and said to his servants, “This man is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why mighty powers are at work in him.”
Now Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, for John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” Although he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, for they regarded him as a prophet… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 26:1-9
Psalm: 68 (69):5,8-10,14
Gospel: Matthew 13:54-58
Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 18:1-6
Psalm: 145 (146):2abc,2d-4,5-6
Gospel: Matthew 13:47-53
Jesus said to the disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 15:10,16-21
Psalm: 58 (59):2-3,4-5a,10-11,17,18
Gospel: Matthew 13:44-46
In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.”
Saint of the day: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest Read more »
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Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 14:17-22
Psalm: 78 (79):8,9,11 & 13
Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43
Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: 1 John 4:7-16
Psalm: 33:2-11
Gospel: John 11:19-27
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother Lazarus, who had died. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died… Read more »
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: 2 Kings 4:42-44
Psalm: 144(145):10-11,15-16,17-18
Second Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6
Gospel: John 6:1-15
In those days, Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.
When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jeremiah 7:1-11
Psalm: 84(83):3,4,5-6a,8a,11
Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well… Read more »
