Gospel Reflections

Luke 15:1-32

Gospel Passage: Luke 15:1-32 All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does…
Luke 14:25-33

Gospel Passage: Luke 14:25-33 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate their father and mother, spouse and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be…
Luke 14.1:7-14

Gospel Passage: Luke 14.1:7-14 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the Sabbath, the lawyers and Pharisees were watching him closely. When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. “When you are invited…
Luke 13:22-30

Gospel Passage: Luke 13:22-30 Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him: “Lord, will only a few be saved?” Jesus said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many I tell you, will try to enter and will not be…
Luke 12:49-53

Gospel Passage: Luke 12:49-53 I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From…
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…
Matthew 15:21-28

Gospel Passage: Matthew 15:21-28 And departing from there, Jesus withdrew into the areas of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan, going out from those parts, cried out, saying to him: “Take pity on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is badly afflicted by a demon.” He did not say a word…