Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Amos 7:12-15
Psalm: 84 (85):9-14
Second Reading: Ephesians 1:3-14

Gospel: Mark 6:7-13

In those days, Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. 

He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. If any place will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” 

So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent. They cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.  Read more »

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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 2:2-5
Salm: 122(123):1-2a,2bcd,3-4
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Gospel: Mark 6:1-6

Jesus departed from there and came to his native place,  accompanied by his disciples.
When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, “Where did this man get all this? … Read more »

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24
Psalm: 29(30):2,4,5-6,11,12a,13b
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:7,9,13-15

Gospel: Mark 5:21-43

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death… Read more »

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Job 38:1,8-11
Psalm: 106(107):23-24,25-26,28-29,30-31
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:14-17

Gospel: Mark 4:35-41

On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.”
Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was… Read more »

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 17:22-24
Salm: 91(92):2-3,13-14,15-16
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:6-10

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34

In those days, Jesus said to the crowd: “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.” 

He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.” 

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.  Read more »

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Readings of the day

First Reading:  Genesis 3:9-15
Psalm: 129 (130):1-2,3-4ab,4c-6,7-8
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:13 – 5:1

Gospel: Mark 3:20-35

Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.”

Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan? … Read more »

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Ex 24:3-8
Psalm: 115(116):12-13,15,16bc,17-18
Second Reading: Hebrews 9:11-15

Gospel: Mk 14:12-16,22-26

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 

So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, “The Teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready… Read more »

The Most Holy Trinity – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40
Psalm: 32(33):4-5,6,9,18-19,20,22
Second Reading: Romans 8:14-17

Gospel: Matthew 28: 16-20

In those days, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you… Read more »

Pentecost Sunday – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 2:1-11
Psalm: 103 (104):1ab,24ac,29bc-30,31,34
Second Reading:  Galatians 5:16-25

Gospel: John 15:26-27;16:12-15 

Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning… Read more »

The Seventh Sunday of Easter – The Ascension of the Lord
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 1:1-11
Psalm: 46 (47):2-3,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Ephesians 4:1-13

Gospel: Mark 16:15-20

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;  they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it… Read more »