Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16
This story throws light on the kingdom of heaven: A landowner went out early in the
morning, to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay each worker the usual daily
wage, and sent them to his vineyard.

Gospel: Matthew 19:23-30
Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I say to you: it will be hard for one who is rich to enter
the kingdom of heaven.Yes, believe me: it is easier for a camel to go through the eye
of the needle than for the one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Gospel: Luke 1:39-56
Mary then set out for a town in the hill country of Judah. She entered the house of
Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leapt
in her womb.Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and, giving a loud cry, said, “You

Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
I have come to bring fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But
I have a baptism to undergo, and what anguish I feel until it is finished! Do you think that
I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.From now on, in
one house five will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

Gospel: Matthew 19:13-15
Then little children were brought to Jesus, that he might lay his hands on them and pray
for them. But the disciples scolded those who brought them. Jesus then said,“Let the
children be! Don’t hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to

Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12
Some Pharisees approached him. They wanted to test him and asked, “Is a
man allowed to divorce his wife for any reason he wants?”

Gospel: Matthew 18:21—19:1
Then Peter asked him, “Lord, how many times must I forgive the offenses of my brother
or sister? Seven times?” Jesusanswered, “No, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Gospel: John 12:24-26
Truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains alone;
but if it dies, it producesmuch fruit. Those who love their life destroy it, and those who
despisetheir life in this world save it even to everlasting life.Whoever wants to serve me,

Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
At that time, the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, “Who is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven?” Then Jesus called a little child, set the child in the midst of the
disciples, and said, “I assure you, that, unless you change, and become like little children,

Gospel: Matthew 17:22-27
While Jesus was in Galilee with the Twelve, he said to them, “The Son of Man will be
delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. But he will rise on the third day.”
The Twelve were deeply grieved.