Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 25:14-30 The Holy Gospel according to Matthew.Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said to the disciples:] “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. Then he went away. The one who had received the five talents went…
Christ the King Sunday
Matthew 25:31-46 The holy gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said to the disciples:] “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,…
Seventeenth sunday after Pentecost
GOSPEL READING Matthew 20:1-16The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.[Jesus said to the disciples:] “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others…
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 18:21-35 ForgivenessThen Peter came and said to [Jesus], “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.”The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts…
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 18:15-20 The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.[Jesus said to the disciples:] “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. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be…
fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 16:21-28 Jesus Foretells His Death and ResurrectionFrom 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 priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen…
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 16:13-20 The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon…
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…