Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Malachi 1:14b,2,1-2b,8-10
Psalm: 131(130):1,2,3
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 2:7b-9,13

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… Read more »

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Exodus 22:20-26
Psalm: 17 (18):2-3a,3bc-4,47,51ab
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10

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 »

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 45:1,4-6
Psalm: 95 (96):1,3,4-5,7-8,9-10a,c
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b

Gospel: Matthew 22:15-21

The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap him in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth… Read more »

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-10a
Psalm: 22 (23):1-3a,3b-4,5-6
Second Reading: Phil 4:12-14,19-20

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… Read more »

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 5:1-7
Psalm: 79 (80):9,12,13-14,15-16,19-20
Second Reading: Philippians 4:6-9

Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower… Read more »

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 18:25-28
Psalm: 24 (25):4-5,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Philippians 2:1-11

Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ He said in reply, ‘I will not,’ but afterwards he changed his mind and went… Read more »

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 55:6-9
Psalm: 144 (145):2-3.8-9.17-18
Second Reading: Philippians 1:20c-24.27a

Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16

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… Read more »

The Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Sirach 27:30 – 28:7
Psalm: 102 (103):1-2,3-4,9-10,11-12
Second Reading: Romans 14:7-9

Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35

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… Read more »

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 33:7-9
Psalm: 94 (95):1-2,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Romans 13:8-10

Gospel: Matthew 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 »

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-9
Psalm: 62 (63):2,3-4,5-6,8-9
Second Reading: Romans 12:1-2

Gospel: Matthew 16:21-27

Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.

Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! … Read more »