Readings of the day

First Reading: Jeremiah 13:1-11
Psalm: Deuteronomy 32:18-19,20,21

Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35

Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’”

He spoke to them another parable… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15
Psalm: 125:1-6

Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28

The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something. He said to her, “What do you wish?” She answered him, “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.” Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what you are asking… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Jeremiah 3:14-17
Psalm: Jeremiah 31:10,11-12ab,13

Gospel: Matthew 13:18-23

Jesus said to His disciples: “Hear then the parable of the sower. The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.

The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Galatians 2:19-20
Psalm: 33:2-11

Gospel: John 15:1-8

In those days, Jesus told his disciples:  “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Song of Songs 3:1-4a
Psalm: 62:2-6,8-9

Gospel: John 20:1-2,11-18

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Micah 7:14-15,18-20
Psalm: 84 (85):2-4,5-6,7-8

Gospel: Matthew 12:46-50

While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you.”

But he said in reply to the one who told him, “Who is my mother? … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Micah 6:1-4,6-8
Psalm: 49 (50):5-6,8-9,16bc-17,21 & 23

Gospel: Matthew 12:38-42

Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” He said to them in reply, “An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Micah 2:1-5
Psalm: 9 (10):22-23,24-25,28-29,35

Gospel: Matthew 12:14-21

In those days, the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him. When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them, and he ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfil what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 

“Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased… Read more »