The Lord said this parable, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants,... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Matthew 19:16-26
Hello, happy Sunday! At that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, "Good Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" And he said to him, "Why do you call me good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments." He said... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Matthew 17:14-23
Hello, happy Sunday! At that time, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Matthew 5:14-19
Hello, Sunday! The Lord said to his disciples, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
Hello, happy Sunday! At that time, getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven." And behold, some of the... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Matthew 8:5-13
Hello, happy Sunday! At that time, as Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress." And he said to him, "I will come and heal him." But the centurion answered him, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Matthew 6:22-33
Hello, happy Sunday! The Lord said, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: John 7:37-52; 8:12
Hello, happy Sunday! On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: John 5:1-15
Hello, happy Sunday! At that time, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8
Hello, happy Sunday! Apologies for the late post. At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion,... Continue Reading →
