Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 36, 23-28
Psalm: 50 (51), 12-13.14-15.18-19

Gospel: Mt 22, 1-14

Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables saying,
“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 34, 1-11
Psalm: 22 (23), 1-3a.3b-4.5.6

Gospel: Mt 20, 1-16a

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’ So they went off… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 28, 1-10
Psalm: Dewt 32, 26-27ab.27cd-28.30.35cd-36ab

Gospel: Mt 19, 23-30

Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” Then Peter said to him in reply, “We have given up everything and followed you… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 24, 15-24
Psalm: Deut 32, 18-19.20.21

Gospel: Mt 19, 16-22

A young man approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?”
He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, ” ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honour your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbour as yourself.’”

The young man said to him, “All of these I have observed… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 16, 1-15.60.63
Psalm: Is 12, 2-3.4bcd.5-6

Gospel: Mt 19, 3-12

Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 12, 1-12
Psalm: 77 (78), 56-57.58-59.61-62

Gospel: Mt 18, 21 – 19, 1

Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 9, 1-7; 10, 18-22
Psalm: 112 (113), 1-2.3-4.5-6

Gospel: Mt 18, 15-20

Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 2, 8 – 3, 4
Psalm: 118 (119), 14.24.72.103.111.131

Gospel: Mt 18, 1-5.10.12-14

The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven… Read more »