Parable of the network

Gospel (Mt 13,47-53) - At that time, Jesus said to the crowd: «The kingdom of heaven is also similar to a net thrown into the sea, which gathers all kinds of fish. When it is full, the fishermen pull it to the shore and then, sitting down, collect the good fish in the baskets and throw the bad ones away. So it will be at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the evil from the good and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have you understood all these things? They replied: "Yes." And he said to them: "For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old." Having finished these parables, Jesus left from there.

Visit to Nazareth

Gospel (Mt 13,54-58) - At that time Jesus, having come to his homeland, was teaching in their synagogue and the people were amazed and said: «Where do he get this wisdom and the wonders? Isn't this the carpenter's son? And his mother, isn't her name Maria? And his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? And aren't his sisters all staying with us? So where do all these things come from?". And it was a source of scandal for them. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not despised except in his own country and in his own house.” And there, because of their unbelief, he did not perform many wonders.

Martyrdom of the Baptist

Gospel (Mt 14,1-12) - At that time news of the fame of Jesus reached the tetrarch Herod. He said to his courtiers: «This is John the Baptist. He rose from the dead and for this reason he has the power to work wonders! In fact, Herod had arrested John and had him chained and thrown into prison because of Herodias, wife of his brother Philip. In fact, John said to him: "It is not lawful for you to keep her with you!". Herod, although he wanted him to die, was afraid of the crowd because they considered him a prophet. When it was Herod's birthday, Herodias' daughter danced in public and Herod liked her so much that he promised her with an oath to give her whatever she asked for. She, instigated by her mother, said: "Give me here, on a platter, the head of John the Baptist." The king was saddened, but because of the oath and the guests he ordered that it be given to her and sent John to beheaded in the prison. His head was brought on a platter, given to the girl, and she carried it to her…

XVIII of ordinary time

Gospel (Jn 6,24-35) - At that time, when the crowd saw that Jesus was no longer there and neither were his disciples, they got into boats and headed towards Capernaum in search of Jesus. They found him on the other side of the sea and said to him: «Rabbi, when are you came here?”. Jesus answered them: «Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were satisfied. Busy yourselves, not for the food that does not last, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. Because the Father, God, has set his seal on him." They then said to him: "What must we do to do the works of God?". Jesus answered them: "This is the work of God: that you believe in him whom he has sent." Then they said to him: «What sign do you perform so that we see and believe you? What work do you do? Our fathers ate manna in the desert, as it is written: "He gave them bread from heaven to eat." Jesus answered them: «Truly,…

Multiplication of the loaves

Gospel (Mt 14,13-21) - At that time, having heard [of the death of John the Baptist], Jesus left from there in a boat and withdrew to a deserted place by himself. But the crowds, hearing about it, followed him on foot from the cities. When he got out of the boat, he saw a large crowd, felt compassion for them and healed their sick. As evening fell, the disciples approached him and said to him: «The place is deserted and it is now late; send the crowd away to go to the villages to buy food." But Jesus said to them, “There is no need for them to go; you yourselves give them something to eat." They answered him: «Here we have nothing but five loaves and two fish!». And he said, "Bring them here to me." And, after ordering the crowd to sit on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven, recited the blessing, broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowd. Everyone ate their fill, and took away the leftover pieces:…

Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Tabor

Gospel (Mk 9,2-10) - At that time, Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, alone, alone. He was transfigured before them and his clothes became dazzling, very white: no fuller on earth could make them so white. And Elijah appeared to them with Moses and they were conversing with Jesus. Taking the floor, Peter said to Jesus: «Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let's make three booths, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." In fact, he didn't know what to say, because they were scared. A cloud came and covered them with his shadow and a voice came out of the cloud: "This is my beloved Son: listen to him!". And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone except Jesus alone with them. As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to tell anyone what they had seen, except after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. And they kept the matter between themselves, wondering what it meant to rise from the dead.

Healing of the Canaanite's daughter

Gospel (Mt 15,21-28) - At that time, Jesus retreated towards the area of Tire and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman who came from that region began to cry out: «Have mercy on me, Lord, son of David! My daughter is very tormented by a demon." But he didn't even say a word to her. Then his disciples approached him and begged him: "Hear her, because she is coming after us shouting!". He replied: "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she approached him and she prostrated herself before him, saying: «Lord, help me!». And he replied: "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." "It's true, Lord," said the woman, "and yet the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." Then Jesus replied to her: «Woman, great is your faith! Let it happen to you as you wish." And from that moment his daughter was healed.

Profession of faith and primacy of Peter

Gospel (Mt 16,13-23) - At that time, Jesus, having arrived in the region of Caesarea Philippi, asked his disciples: "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?". They replied: "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, others Jeremiah or some of the prophets." He said to them: "But who do you say that I am?". Simon Peter replied: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus said to him: «Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to you: you are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church and the powers of hell will not prevail over it. To you I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." He then ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ. From then on, Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly at the…

Christ's program for his disciples

Gospel (Mt 10,28-33) - At that time, Jesus said to his apostles: «Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but have no power to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who has the power to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not even one of them will fall to the ground without the will of your Father. Even the hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid: you are worth more than many sparrows! Therefore whoever acknowledges me before men, him will I also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven."

Nothing is impossible for those who believe

Gospel (Jn 12,24-26) - At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: «Truly, truly, I say to you: unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Whoever loves their life loses it and whoever hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone wants to serve me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."

XIX of ordinary time

Gospel (Jn 6,41-51) - At that time, the Jews began to murmur against Jesus because he had said: "I am the bread that came down from heaven". And they said: «Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Don't we know his father and mother? How then can he say: 'I have come down from heaven'?" Jesus answered them: «Do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. It is written in the prophets: "And all will be taught by God." Whoever has listened to the Father and learned from him comes to me. Not because anyone has seen the Father; only he who comes from God has seen the Father. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness and died; This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that whoever eats it will not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread he will live forever and the bread…

The temple tax

Gospel (Mt 17,22-27) - At that time, while they were together in Galilee, Jesus said to his disciples: "The Son of Man is about to be handed over into the hands of men, and they will kill him, but on the third day he will rise again." And they were very saddened. When they came to Capernaum, the temple tax collectors approached Peter and said to him, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?" He replied: "Yes." As he entered the house, Jesus preceded him by saying: «What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of this land collect taxes and tributes? From your own children or from others? He replied: “From strangers.” And Jesus: «So the children are exempt. But so that they don't get scandalized, go to the sea, throw the hook and catch the first fish that comes, open its mouth and you will find a silver coin. Take it and give it to them for me and for you."

Who is the greatest?

Gospel (Mt 18,1-5.10.12-14) - At that time, the disciples approached Jesus saying: "Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?". Then Jesus called a child to him, placed him among them and said: «Truly I say to you: unless you convert and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever becomes as small as this child, he will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes even one of these children in my name welcomes me. Be careful not to despise even one of these little ones, because I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and loses one, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains to go in search of the lost one? If he succeeds in finding it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that were not lost. So your heavenly Father does not want even one of these little ones to be lost."

Fraternal correction

Gospel (Mt 18,15-20) - At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: «If your brother commits a fault against you, go and warn him between you and him alone; if he listens to you, you will have gained your brother; if he doesn't listen, take one or two more people with you, so that everything can be resolved on the word of two or three witnesses. If he doesn't listen to them, tell the community; and if he does not even listen to the community, let him be to you like the pagan and the tax collector. Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Truly I say to you again: if two of you on earth agree to ask for anything, my Father who is in heaven will grant it to them. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."

Feast of the Assumption of Mary

Gospel (Lk 1,39-56) - In those days Mary got up and went hastily into the hill country, to a city of Judah. Having entered Zaccarìa's house, she greeted Elizabeth. As soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed in a loud voice: «Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb! What do I owe that the mother of my Lord comes to me? Behold, as soon as your greeting reached my ears, the child leaped for joy in my womb. And blessed is she who believed in the fulfillment of what the Lord told her." Then Mary said: «My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God, my savior, because he looked at the humility of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed. The Almighty has done great things for me and Holy is her name; his mercy to those who fear him from generation to generation. He has shown the power of his arm, he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their…

What God has joined together, let no man put asunder

Gospel (Mt 19,3-12) - At that time, some Pharisees approached Jesus to test him and asked him: "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?". He replied: “Have you not read that the Creator from the beginning made them male and female and said: 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? Thus they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, let not man divide what God has joined together." They asked him: "Why then did Moses order to give her the certificate of divorce and to repudiate her?". He replied to them: «Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives; at the beginning, however, it wasn't like that. But I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except in the case of an illegitimate union, and marries another, commits adultery." His disciples said to him: "If this is the situation of a man with respect to a woman, it is not worth getting married." He replied…

The kingdom belongs to those who are like them

Gospel (Mt 19,13-15) - At that time, children were brought to Jesus so that he could lay his hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said: «Leave them, do not prevent the children from coming to me; in fact, the kingdom of heaven belongs to those who are like them." And after laying his hands on them, he went away from there.

XX of ordinary time

Gospel (Jn 6,51-58) - At that time, Jesus said to the crowd: «I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread he will live forever and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world." Then the Jews began to argue bitterly among themselves: "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I will resurrect him on the last day. For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live through the Father, so he who eats me will live through me. This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like what the fathers ate and died. Whoever eats this bread will live forever."

The rich young man

Gospel (Mt 19,16-22) - At that time, a man approached him and said to him: "Master, what good must I do to have eternal life?". He replied: «Why do you question me about what is good? There is only one good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." He asked him: «Which ones?». Jesus replied, "You shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself." The young man said to him: «All these things I have observed; what else am I missing?". Jesus said to him: «If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you possess, give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; And Come! Follow me!". Having heard this word, the young man went away, sad; in fact he possessed many riches.

Dangers of wealth

Gospel (Mt 19,23-30) - At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: «Truly I say to you: it will be difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. I repeat to you: it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." At these words the disciples were very amazed and said: "Then who can be saved?". Jesus looked at them and said: "This is impossible with men, but with God all things are possible." Then Peter answered him: «Behold, we have left everything and followed you; what then will we have?". And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, you who have followed me, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory at the regeneration of the world, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Whoever leaves houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or fields for my name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. Many who are first will be last, and…

Parable of the generous master

Gospel (Mt 20,1-16) - At that time, Jesus told his disciples this parable: «The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed with them for a denarius a day and sent them into his vineyard. Then going out around nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the square, unemployed, and said to them: “You too go into the vineyard; I will give you what is right." And they went. He went out again about noon, and about three, and did the same. Going out again around five o'clock, he saw others standing there and said to them: "Why do you stand here all day doing nothing?". They replied: "Because no one has hired us." And he said to them, “You too go into the vineyard.” »When it was evening, the owner of the vineyard said to his farmer: “Call the workers and give them their wages, starting from the last to the first”. When those of five in the afternoon came, they each received a denarius. When the first ones arrived, they…

Parable of the wedding banquet

Gospel (Mt 22,1-14) - At that time, Jesus began to speak again in parables [to the chief priests and Pharisees] and said: «The kingdom of heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding feast for his son. He sent his servants to call the guests to the wedding, but they did not want to come. He again sent other servants with this order: “Say to the guests: Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened animals are already killed and everything is ready; come to the wedding!”. But they didn't care and went some to their own fields, some to their own business; others then took his servants, insulted them and killed them. Then the king was indignant: he sent his troops, had those murderers killed and set their city on fire. »Then he said to his servants: “The wedding feast is ready, but the guests were not worthy; go now to the street crossroads and call everyone you find to the wedding." Going out into the streets, those servants gathered everyone they found, bad and good, and…

What is the greatest commandment of the Law?

Gospel (Mt 22,34-40) - At that time, the Pharisees, having heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together and one of them, a doctor of the Law, questioned him to test him: «Teacher, in the Law, what is the great commandment? ». He answered him: «“You will love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind”. This is the great and first commandment. The second then is similar to the one: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments."

The call of Nathanael

Gospel (Jn 1,45-51) - At that time, Philip found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him about whom Moses, in the Law, and the Prophets wrote: Jesus, the son of Joseph, of Nazareth." Nathanael said to him: «Can anything good come from Nazareth?». Philip answered him: "Come and see." Meanwhile, Jesus, seeing Nathanael coming to meet him, said of him: "Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no falsehood." Nathanael asked him: "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him: "Before Philip called you, I saw you when you were under the fig tree." Nathanael replied to him: "Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!". Jesus answered him: «Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these! Then he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."