Category: Liturgical Year A

Matthew 11:2-11 – Third Sunday of Advent

Jesus walks with us when we face the challenges of life. Even St. John the Baptist needed reasurance from Jesus that He is the Saviour, and his massage of hope, peace, joy, and love will prevail over evil. In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives evidence that He is the Messiah. As his message was a consolation…
Matthew 3:1-12 – Second Sunday of Advent

John the Baptist asked for conversion of heart to welcome Jesus. Conversion is more than repentance or regret. It means a radical decision to love God and His Creation. GOSPEL PASSAGE: Matthew 3:1-12 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’…
Matthew 24:37-44 – First Sunday of Advent

Jesus was born as a humble baby at Christmas at an inhospitable time in history. He will come again in glory, unexpectedly. Nevertheless, there will be signs of His second coming that will be discernable for the attentive person. GOSPEL PASSAGE: Matthew 24:37-44 “For as the days of Noah were, so will be the Son…
Matthew 25:31-46 – Christ the King

Gospel Passage: Matthew 25.31-46 Jesus said to his 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 from one another as the shepherd separates the…
Matthew 25:14-30 – Thirtythird Sunday of ordinary Time

Gospel Passage: Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus spoke this parable to his 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…
Matthew 25:1-13 – Thirtysecond Sunday of ordinary Time

Gospel Passage: Matthew 25:1-13 Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: “The kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five of them were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the…
Matthew 18:21-35

Gospel Passage: Matthew 18:21-35 Then Peter, drawing near to him, said: “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Even seven times? Jesus said to him: “I do not say to you, even seven times, but even seventy times seven times. Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is compared to…
Matthew 18:15-20

Gospel Passage: Matthew 18:15-20 But if your brother has sinned against you, go and correct him, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have regained your brother. But if he will not listen you, invite with you one or two more, so that every word may stand by the mouth…
Matthew 16:21-27

Gospel Passage: Matthew 16:21-27 From that time, Jesus began to reveal to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and to suffer much from the elders and the scribes and the leaders of the priests, and to be killed, and to rise again on the third day. And Peter, taking…
Matthew 16:13-20

Gospel Passage: Matthew 16:13-20 Then Jesus went into parts of Caesarea Philippi. And he questioned his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, and others say Elijah, still others say Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” Jesus said to them, “But who…