Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28 The holy gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus] called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they…
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
SCRIPTUREMatthew 14:22-33 (NRSVUE) The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.[Jesus] made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side [of the Sea of Galilee], while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time the…
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
GOSPEL Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus] put before [the crowds] another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and…
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he…
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus spoke to the crowd saying:] “To what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor…
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 10:24-39 “A disciple is not above the teacher nor a slave above the master;it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! Whom to Fear “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered and…
Third Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 9:35-10:8, [10:9-23] The Harvest Is Great, the Laborers Few Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness.When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to…
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Mathew 9:9-13, 18-26 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with Jesus and his disciples.When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your…
Holy Trinity Sunday
Matthew 28:16-20 Now 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, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the…
Pentecost Sunday
John 20:19-23 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be…