God Time: Daily Gospel reflections for those who want to be Saints!
A daily Catholic podcast offering brief Gospel reflections aimed at helping listeners grow in their faith and encounter Christ. Each episode features a Bible reading and a short commentary by Father Jaime Lorenzo LC. The podcast emphasizes the importance of daily spiritual discipline and provides a simple way to incorporate Scripture into one's routine.
Episodes
October 15, 2026 (Thursday, St Teresa of Avila) - Ways to keep you united to the vine.
GOSPEL - John 15:1-8Jesus said to his disciples:"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.Remain in me, as I remain in you.Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its ownunless it remains on the vine,so
October 14, 2026 (Wednesday) - Living for God from the depths of your heart.
GOSPEL - Luke 11:42-46The Lord said:“Woe to you Pharisees!You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb,but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God.These you should have done, without overlooking the others.Woe to you Pharisees!You love the seat of honor in synagoguesand greetings in marketplaces. Woe to you!You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.”
October 13, 2026 (Tuesday) - Cleanse what is within, starting with living out true selflessness.
GOSPEL - Luke 11:37-41After Jesus had spoken,a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home.He entered and reclined at table to eat.The Pharisee was amazed to seethat he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees!Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish,inside you are filled with plunder and evil.You fools!Did not the maker of the out
October 12, 2026 (Monday) - How much do I really understand all that I believe in?
GOSPEL - Luke 11:29-32While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,“This generation is an evil generation;it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,except the sign of Jonah.Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,so will the Son of Man be to this generation.At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generationand she will condemn them,becaus
October 11, 2026 (28th Sunday of Ordinary Time) - Come to the feast!
GOSPEL - Matthew 22:1-10Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the peoplein parables, saying,"The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a kingwho gave a wedding feast for his son.He dispatched his servantsto summon the invited guests to the feast,but they refused to come.A second time he sent other servants, saying,'Tell those invited: "Behold, I have prepared my
October 10, 2026 (Saturday) - Blessed are those who hear and observe the word of God.
GOSPEL - Luke 11:27-28While Jesus was speaking,a woman from the crowd called out and said to him,“Blessed is the womb that carried youand the breasts at which you nursed.”He replied, “Rather, blessed are thosewho hear the word of God and observe it.”
October 09, 2026 (Friday) - The Kingdom of God has come upon you.
GOSPEL - Luke 11:15-26When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said:“By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons,he drives out demons.”Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.But he knew their thoughts and said to them,“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid wasteand house will fall against house.And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom
October 08, 2026 (Thursday) - Trusting in the love of the Father.
GOSPEL - Luke 11:5-13Jesus said to his disciples:“Suppose one of you has a friendto whom he goes at midnight and says,‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journeyand I have nothing to offer him,’and he says in reply from within,‘Do not bother me; the door has already been lockedand my children and I are already in bed.I cannot get up to give yo
October 07, 2026 (Wednesday, Our Lady of the Rosary) - Lord, teach us to pray.
GOSPEL - Luke 11:1-4Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished,one of his disciples said to him,"Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."He said to them, "When you pray, say:Father, hallowed be your name,your Kingdom come.Give us each day our daily breadand forgive us our sinsfor we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,and do not subject us
October 06, 2026 (Tuesday) - Go where Christ is waiting to encounter you!
Luke 10:38-42Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.She had a sister named Marywho sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,“Lord, do you not carethat my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply,“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and wor
October 05, 2026 (Monday) - Go and do likewise.
GOSPEL -Luke 10:25-37There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said,“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law?How do you read it?”He said in reply,“You shall love the Lord, your God,with all your heart,with all your being,with all your strength,and with all your mind,and your neighbor as yourself.”He replied to him, “You ha
October 04, 2026 (27th Sunday of Ordinary Time) - The vintage time draws near.
GOSPEL - Matthew 21:33-43Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people:"Hear another parable.There was a landowner who planted a vineyard,put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey.When vintage time drew near,he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants an
October 03, 2026 (Saturday) - Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
GOSPEL - Luke 10:17-24The seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus,“Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.”Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky.Behold, I have given you the power‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpionsand upon the full force of the enemyand nothing will harm you.Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits a
October 02, 2026 (Friday, Guardian Angels) - The beautiful mystery of the angels.
GOSPEL - Matthew 18:1-5, 10The disciples approached Jesus and said,“Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.Whoever humbles himself like this childis the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.And whoever receives one child such as this
October 01, 2026 (Thursday, St Therese of Lisieux) - The Kingdom of God is at hand.
GOSPEL - Luke 10:1-12Jesus appointed seventy-two other discipleswhom he sent ahead of him in pairsto every town and place he intended to visit.He said to them,“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest.Go on your way;behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;and greet no one a
September 30, 2026 (Wednesday, St Jerome) - I will follow you wherever you go.
GOSPEL - Luke 9:57-62As Jesus and his disciples were proceedingon their journey, someone said to him,"I will follow you wherever you go."Jesus answered him,"Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."And to another he said, "Follow me."But he replied, "Lord, let me go first and bury my father."But he answ
September 29, 2026 (Tuesday, Feast of the Archangels) - You will see heaven opened and the angels at work!
GOSPEL - John 1:47-51Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,"Here is a true child of Israel.There is no duplicity in him."Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?"Jesus answered and said to him,"Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree."Nathanael answered him,"Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel."Jesus an
September 28, 2026 (Monday) - The least among you is the greatest.
GOSPEL - Luke 9:46-50An argument arose among the disciplesabout which of them was the greatest. Jesus realized the intention of their hearts and took a childand placed it by his side and said to them,"Whoever receives this child in my name receives me,and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.For the one who is least among all of youis the one who is the greatest."Then John sa
September 27, 2026 (26th Sunday of Ordinary Time) - Seeking the will of God with all your heart.
GOSPEL - Matthew 21:28-32Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people:"What is your opinion?A man had two sons.He came to the first and said,'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.'He said in reply, 'I will not,'but afterwards changed his mind and went.The man came to the other son and gave the same order.He said in reply, 'Yes, sir, 'but did not go.Wh
September 26, 2026 (Saturday) - Living in the mystery of God's actions.
GOSPEL - Luke 9:43b-45While they were all amazed at his every deed,Jesus said to his disciples,“Pay attention to what I am telling you.The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” But they did not understand this saying;its meaning was hidden from themso that they should not understand it,and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
September 25, 2026 (Friday) - Who do you say that I am?
GOSPEL - Luke 9:18-22Once when Jesus was praying in solitude,and the disciples were with him,he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah;still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.”He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to
September 24, 2026 (Thursday) - What can I do to make Christ known to all?
GOSPEL - Luke 9:7-9Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening,and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying,“John has been raised from the dead”;others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”;still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”But Herod said, “John I beheaded.Who then is this about whom I hear such things?”And he kept trying to see him.
September 23, 2026 (Wednesday, Padre Pio) - How can you bring everyone you meet today closer to Jesus?
GOSPEL - Luke 9:1-6Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authorityover all demons and to cure diseases,and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of Godand to heal the sick.He said to them, "Take nothing for the journey,neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money,and let no one take a second tunic.Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.And as for those wh
September 22, 2026 (Tuesday) - Hear and act on the word of God.
GOSPEL - Luke 8:19-21The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to himbut were unable to join him because of the crowd.He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outsideand they wish to see you.”He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”
September 21, 2026 (Monday, St Matthew) - It's all about following Jesus and nothing else.
GOSPEL - Matthew 9:9-13As Jesus passed by,he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post.He said to him, "Follow me."And he got up and followed him.While he was at table in his house,many tax collectors and sinners cameand sat with Jesus and his disciples.The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples,"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"He hear
September 20, 2026 (25th Sunday of Ordinary Time) - Are you envious because I am generous?
GOSPEL - Matthew 20:1-16aJesus told his disciples this parable:"The kingdom of heaven is like a landownerwho went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage,he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o'clock,the landowner saw others standing idle in the marketplace,and he said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard,and I w
September 19, 2026 (Saturday) - Knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God has been granted to you!
GOSPEL - Luke 8:4-15When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after anotherjourneying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable. “A sower went out to sow his seed.And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled,and the birds of the sky ate it up.Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew,it withered for lack of moisture.Some seed fell among thorns,and the thorns grew with it
September 18, 2026 (Friday) - Making Christ's presence felt.
GOSPEL - Luke 8:1-3Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another,preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.Accompanying him were the Twelveand some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities,Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza,Susanna, and many otherswho provided for them out of their resourc
September 17, 2026 (Thursday) - Let God's mercy flood your soul!
GOSPEL - Luke 7:36-50A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him,and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.Now there was a sinful woman in the citywho learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment,she stood behind him at his feet weepingand began to bathe his feet with her tears.Then she wiped them with her hair,kissed them,
September 16, 2026 (Wednesday) - Ask for true wisdom from God.
GOSPEL - Luke 7:31-35Jesus said to the crowds:“To what shall I compare the people of this generation?What are they like?They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.’For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine,and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’The Son
September 15, 2026 (Tuesday, Our Lady of Sorrows) - How will you welcome Mary into your home?
GOSPEL - John 19:25-27Standing by the cross of Jesus were his motherand his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,and Mary Magdalene.When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he lovedhe said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”Then he said to the disciple,“Behold, your mother.”And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
September 14, 2026 (Monday, Exaltation of the Cross) - God so loved the world.
GOSPEL - John 3:13-17Jesus said to Nicodemus:"No one has gone up to heavenexcept the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,so must the Son of Man be lifted up,so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,so that everyone who believes in him might not peris
September 13, 2026 (24th Sunday of Ordinary Time) - Gift the mercy that you have received.
GOSPEL - Matthew 18:21-35Peter approached Jesus and asked him,“Lord, if my brother sins against me,how often must I forgive?As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a kingwho decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the accounting,a debtor was brought before him who owed h
September 12, 2026 (Saturday) - Listening and acting on the words of God.
GOSPEL - Luke 6:43-49Jesus said to his disciples:“A good tree does not bear rotten fruit,nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.For every tree is known by its own fruit.For people do not pick figs from thornbushes,nor do they gather grapes from brambles.A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good,but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil;for from the fullnes
September 11, 2026 (Friday) - Be masters of the experience of Christ's mercy and love.
GOSPEL - Luke 6:39-42Jesus told his disciples a parable:"Can a blind person guide a blind person?Will not both fall into a pit?No disciple is superior to the teacher;but when fully trained,every disciple will be like his teacher.Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye,but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?How can you say to your brother,'Brother, let me remove t
September 10, 2026 (Thursday) - Ask for the gift of a generous heart like Christ's.
GOSPEL - Luke 6:27-38Jesus said to his disciples:“To you who hear I say, love your enemies,do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you,pray for those who mistreat you.To the person who strikes you on one cheek,offer the other one as well,and from the person who takes your cloak,do not withhold even your tunic.Give to everyone who asks of you,and from the one who takes what is yours do
September 09, 2026 (Wednesday, St Peter Claver) - Blessed are those who seek the Kingdom of God.
Luke 6:20-26Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said:“Blessed are you who are poor,for the Kingdom of God is yours.Blessed are you who are now hungry,for you will be satisfied.Blessed are you who are now weeping,for you will laugh.Blessed are you when people hate you,and when they exclude and insult you,and denounce your name as evilon account of the Son of Man.Rejoice and leap for joy on
September 08, 2026 (Tuesday, Nativity of Mary) - How must I take Mary into my home?
GOSPEL - Matthew 1:18-23This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,but before they lived together,she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,yet unwilling to expose her to shame,decided to divorce her quietly.Such was his intention when, behold,the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream
September 07, 2026 (Monday) - It is always a good thing to save a life.
GOSPEL - Luke 6:6-11On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught,and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closelyto see if he would cure on the sabbathso that they might discover a reason to accuse him.But he realized their intentionsand said to the man with the withered hand,"Come up and stand before us."And he ro
September 06, 2026 (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time) - There am I in the midst of them.
GOSPEL - Matthew 18:15-20Jesus said to his disciples:"If your brother sins against you,go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.If he does not listen,take one or two others along with you,so that 'every fact may be establishedon the testimony of two or three witnesses.'If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If
September 05, 2026 (Saturday) - The Son of Man is Lord.
GOSPEL - Luke 6:1-5While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath,his disciples were picking the heads of grain,rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.Some Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”Jesus said to them in reply,“Have you not read what David didwhen he and those who were with him were hungry?How he went into the house of God, took the bread
September 04, 2026 (Friday) - Embracing fully the new life in Christ.
GOSPEL - Luke 5:33-39 The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus,
“The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers,
and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same;
but yours eat and drink.”
Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast
while the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
then they will fast in those da
September 03, 2026 (Thursday, St Gregory the Great) - Listening to Christ’s invitation.
GOSPEL - Luke 5:1-11While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God,
he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.
He saw two boats there alongside the lake;
the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.
Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon,
he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore.
Then he sat down and taught the crowds from
September 02, 2026 (Wednesday) - Living today as Jesus did.
GOSPEL - Luke 4:38-44 After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.
Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,
and they interceded with him about her.
He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.
She got up immediately and waited on them.At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases
brought them to him.
He laid his hands on each of them and cured
September 01, 2026 ( Tuesday) - Letting God be God.
GOSPEL - Luke 4:31-37 Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee.
He taught them on the sabbath,
and they were astonished at his teaching
because he spoke with authority.
In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon,
and he cried out in a loud voice,
“What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are–the Holy One of God!”
August 31, 2026 (Monday) - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.
GOSPEL - Luke 4:16-30Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,and went according to his custominto the synagogue on the sabbath day.He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto bring glad tidings to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim liberty to
August 30, 2026 (22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time) - Think as God does and not as human beings do.
GOSPEL - Matthew 16:21-27Jesus began to show his disciplesthat he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatlyfrom the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,"God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you." He turned and said to Peter,"Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle
August 29, 2026 (Saturday, Passion of John the Baptist) - Persevering to the end!
GOSPEL - Mark 6:17-29Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prisonon account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married.John had said to Herod,“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”Herodias harbored a grudge against himand wanted to kill him but was unable to do so.Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man,and kep
August 28, 2026 (Friday, St Augustine) - Stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
GOSPEL - Matthew 25:1-13Jesus told his disciples this parable:“The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virginswho took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps,brought no oil with them,but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps. Since the bridegroom was long delayed,they all became drowsy and fe
August 27, 2026 (Thursday, St Monica) - Embrace the responsibility God has asked of you.
GOSPEL - Matthew 24:42-51Jesus said to his disciples:“Stay awake!For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.Be sure of this: if the master of the househad known the hour of night when the thief was coming,he would have stayed awakeand not let his house be broken into.So too, you also must be prepared,for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.“Who, then, is the faithful a
August 26, 2026 (Wednesday) - Filling our hearts with meaning.
GOSPEL - Matthew 23:27-32Jesus said,“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside,but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.Even so, on the outside you appear righteous,but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing.“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.You build the tombs of the p
August 25, 2026 (Tuesday) - Cleanse first what is within.
GOSPEL - Matthew 23:23-26Jesus said:“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin,and have neglected the weightier things of the law:judgment and mercy and fidelity.But these you should have done, without neglecting the others.Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.You cleanse th
August 24, 2026 (Monday, St Bartholomew) - You will see greater things than this.
GOSPEL - John 1:45-51Philip found Nathanael and told him,"We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law,and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth."But Nathanael said to him,"Can anything good come from Nazareth?"Philip said to him, "Come and see."Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,"Here is a true child of Israel.There
August 23, 2026 (21st Sunday of Ordinary Time) - Who do you say that I am?
GOSPEL - Matthew 16:13-20Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi andhe asked his disciples,"Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter said in reply,"You are the Christ, the Son of the living G
August 22, 2026 (Saturday, Queenship of Mary) - Whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
GOSPEL - Matthew 23:1-12Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying,“The scribes and the Phariseeshave taken their seat on the chair of Moses.Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you,but do not follow their example.For they preach but they do not practice.They tie up heavy burdens hard to carryand lay them on people’s shoulders,but they will not lift a finger to mov
August 21, 2026 (Friday) - Being an apostle of true love.
GOSPEL - Matthew 22:34-40When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,they gathered together, and one of them,a scholar of the law, tested him by asking,“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”He said to him,“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart,with all your soul, and with all your mind.This is the greatest and the first commandment.The second i
August 20, 2026 (Thursday) - Many are invited, but few are chosen.
GOSPEL - Matthew 22:1-14Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables saying, “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a kingwho gave a wedding feast for his son.He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast,but they refused to come.A second time he sent other servants, saying,‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet
August 19, 2026 (Wednesday) - What it means to be a laborer in the vineyard of the Lord.
GOSPEL - Matthew 20:1-16Jesus told his disciples this parable:"The Kingdom of heaven is like a landownerwho went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage,he sent them into his vineyard.Going out about nine o'clock,he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,and he said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard,and I will give you w
August 18, 2026 (Tuesday) - It will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven
GOSPEL - Matthew 19:23-30Jesus said to his disciples:“Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is richto enter the Kingdom of heaven.Again I say to you,it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needlethan for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said,“Who then can be saved?”Jesus looked at them and said,“For
August 17, 2026 (Monday) - What do we still lack?
GOSPEL - Matthew 19:16-22A young man approached Jesus and said,“Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?”He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good?There is only One who is good.If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”He asked him, “Which ones?”And Jesus replied, “You shall not kill;you shall not commit adultery;you shall not steal;you shall not bear false witness;
August 16, 2026 (20th Sunday of Ordinary Time) - Living a humble and surrendered faith.
GOSPEL - Matthew 15:21-28At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out,"Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon." But Jesus did not say a word in answer to her. Jesus' disciples came and asked him,"Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us."He said in
August 15, 2026 (Saturday, Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary)
GOSPEL - Luke 1:39-56Mary set outand traveled to the hill country in hasteto a town of Judah,where she entered the house of Zechariahand greeted Elizabeth.When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,the infant leaped in her womb,and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,cried out in a loud voice and said,“Blessed are you among women,and blessed is the fruit of your womb.And how does this happen to me,th
August 14, 2026 (Friday, St Maximilian Kolbe) - Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.
GOSPEL - Matthew 19:3-12Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying,"Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?"He said in reply, "Have you not read that from the beginningthe Creator made them male and female and said,For this reason a man shall leave his father and motherand be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?So they are n
August 13, 2026 (Thursday) - Forgiving your brother from your heart.
GOSPEL - Matthew 18:21–19:1Peter approached Jesus and asked him,“Lord, if my brother sins against me,how often must I forgive him?As many as seven times?”Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a kingwho decided to settle accounts with his servants.When he began the accounting,a debtor was brought before him who owe
August 12, 2026 (Wednesday) - Praying and sanctifying as Church.
GOSPEL - Matthew 18:15-20Jesus said to his disciples:"If your brother sins against you,go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.If he does not listen,take one or two others along with you,so that every fact may be establishedon the testimony of two or three witnesses.If he refuses to listen to them, tell the Church.If he refuses
August 11, 2026 (Tuesday, St Clare) - It is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost.
GOSPEL - Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14The disciples approached Jesus and said,“Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.Whoever becomes humble like this childis the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.And whoever receives one child such as
August 10, 2026 (Monday, St Lawrence) - Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies...
GOSPEL - John 12:24-26Jesus said to his disciples:“Amen, amen, I say to you,unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,it remains just a grain of wheat;but if it dies, it produces much fruit.Whoever loves his life loses it,and whoever hates his life in this worldwill preserve it for eternal life.Whoever serves me must follow me,and where I am, there also will my servant be.The Father wil
August 09, 2026 (19th Sunday of Ordinary Time) - Lord, save me!
GOSPEL - Matthew 14:22-33After he had fed the people, Jesus made the disciples get into a boatand precede him to the other side,while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone. Meanwhile the boat, already a few miles offshore,was being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was against it. During the fourth watch
August 08, 2026 (Saturday, St Dominic) - If you had faith the size of a mustard seed.
GOSPEL - Matthew 17:14-20A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said,“Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely;often he falls into fire, and often into water.I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.”Jesus said in reply,“O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you?How long will I endure you? Bring the boy here to me.”Jes
August 07, 2026 (Friday) - Take up your cross and follow Jesus.
GOSPEL - Matthew 16:24-28Jesus said to his disciples,“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,take up his cross, and follow me.For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.What profit would there be for one to gain the whole worldand forfeit his life?Or what can one give in exchange for his life?For the Son of Man will come with his
August 06, 2026 (Thursday, Feast of the Transfiguration) - It is good that we are here!
GOSPEL - Matthew 17:1-9Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother, John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light.And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them,conversing with him.Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, “Lord, it is good that we are here.If you wish, I will make three tents here, o
August 05, 2026 (Wednesday) - Lord, help me.
GOSPEL - Matthew 15:21-28At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out,“Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David!My daughter is tormented by a demon.”But he did not say a word in answer to her.His disciples came and asked him,“Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.”He said in reply,“I was sent only to the lost
August 04, 2026 (Tuesday, St John Vianney) - Being apostles and vanguards of the truth!
GOSPEL - Matthew 15:1-2, 10-14Some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders?They do not wash their hands when they eat a meal.”He summoned the crowd and said to them, “Hear and understand.It is not what enters one’s mouth that defiles the man;but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one.”Then his disciples approache
August 03, 2026 (Monday) - Take courage, it is I.
GOSPEL - Matthew 14:22-36Jesus made the disciples get into a boatand precede him to the other side of the sea,while he dismissed the crowds.After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray.When it was evening he was there alone.Meanwhile the boat, already a few miles offshore,was being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was against it.During the fourth watch of the night,he came
August 02, 2026 (18th Sunday of Ordinary Time) - Giving God what we can for Him to do the miracle.
GOSPEL - Matthew 14:13-21When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist,he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself.The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns.When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick.When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said,“This is a deserted place and it is alr
August 01, 2026 (Saturday, St Alphonsus Liguori) - Living for the glory of God alone.
GOSPEL - Matthew 14:1-12Herod the tetrarch heard of the reputation of Jesusand said to his servants, “This man is John the Baptist.He has been raised from the dead;that is why mighty powers are at work in him.”Now Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prisonon account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,for John had said to him,“It is not lawful for you to have her.”Although h
July 31, 2026 (Friday, St Ignatius of Loyola) - Jesus wants to work the miracles in our lives, but he needs faith-filled hearts.
GOSPEL - Matthew 13:54-58Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue.They were astonished and said,“Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?Is he not the carpenter’s son?Is not his mother named Maryand his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?Are not his sisters all with us?Where did this man get all this?”And they took offense at him.But Jesus said to t
July 30, 2026 (Thursday) - Do you understand what the Kingdom of Heaven is all about?
GOSPEL - Matthew 13:47-53Jesus said to the disciples:“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,which collects fish of every kind.When it is full they haul it ashoreand sit down to put what is good into buckets.What is bad they throw away.Thus it will be at the end of the age.The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteousand throw them into the fiery furnace,where
July 29, 2026 (Wednesday, Sts Mary, Martha, and Lazarus) - Choosing the better part in the midst of the craziness.
GOSPEL - Luke 10:38-42Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.She had a sister named Marywho sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,“Lord, do you not carethat my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply,“Martha, Martha, you are anxiou
July 28, 2026 (Tuesday) - What am I willing to do to gain the Kingdom of Heaven?
GOSPEL - Matthew 13:36-43Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house.His disciples approached him and said,"Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom.The weeds are the children of the Evil One,and the enemy who sows them is the Devil.The harv
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