Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Psalm: 32 (33):12-13,18-19,20-21

Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30

In those days, Jesus told his disciples this parable: “For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25
Psalm: 32 (33):1-2,4-5,10ab & 11

Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Psalm: 89 (90):3-4,12-13,14 & 17

Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51

Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Revelations 21:9b-14
Psalm: 144:10-13,17-18

Gospel: John 1:45-51

In those days, Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?”

Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a,13-17
Psalm: 138 (139):1-3,4-6

Gospel: Matthew 23:23-26

Jesus said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgement and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel! … Read more »

Readings of the day

First reading: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-5,11b-12
Salm: 95 (96):1-2a,2b-3,4-5

Gospel: Matthew 23:13-22

Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 43:1-7a
Psalm: 84 (85):9ab-10,11-12,13-14

Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12

Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm: 106 (107):2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9

Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 36:23-28
Psalm: 50 (51):12-13,14-15,18-19

Gospel: Matthew 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 »