Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Matt 19:30 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first. Matt 20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard.…
Lord, if a brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? The Gospel Matt 18:21 Then Peter came and said to Jesus, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Matt 18:22 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times,…
For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them The Gospel Matt 18:15 [Jesus said:] “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one.…
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. The Gospel Matt 16:21 From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief…
“But who do you say that I am?” Matt 16:13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Matt 16:14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the…
“Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish” Matt 15:21 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Matt 15:22 Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my…
The Gospel *** Matt. 14:22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. Matt. 14:23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, Matt. 14:24 but…
Isaiah 55:1-3; Psalm 145 (144); Romans 8:35, 37-49; Matthew 14:13-21 The Gospel *** Matt. 14:13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. Matt. 14:14 When he went ashore, he saw…
Isaiah 55:1-3; Psalm 145 (144); Romans 8:35, 37-49; Matthew 14:13-21 Readings 1 and 3 In the first reading, the prophet alerts people to their unrecognised hungers of the heart. In the Gospel, the disciples point to the unrecognised ordinary hungers of the people. The responsorial Psalm Psalm 145 (144) is an alphabetical psalm, uniquely carrying…
The kingdom of heaven: a treasure, a pearl, a net The Gospel Matt 13:44 [Jesus said:] “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Matt 13:45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven…