Gospel: Mt 23:1-12
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees sat on the seat of Moses. So
you shall do and observe all they say, but do not do as they do, for they do not do what they say. They tie up heavy burdens and load
them on the shoulders of the people, but they do not even raise a finger to move them. They do everything in order to be seen by

Gospel: Mt 22:34-40
When the Pharisees heard how Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came
together. One of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to test him with this question, “Teacher,
which is the most important commandment in the Law?“ Jesus answered, “You

Gospel: Mt 22:1-14
Jesus went on speaking to them in parables: “This story throws light on the kingdom of heaven. A king celebrated the wedding of his son. He sent
his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding feast, but the guests refused to come. Again he sent other servants ordering them
to say to the invited guests: ‘I have prepared a banquet, slaughtered my fattened calves and other animals, and now everything is ready;
come then, to the wedding feast.’ But they paid no attention and went away, some to their fields, and others to their work. While the rest seized

Gospel: Mt 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 the workers a salary of a silver coin for the day, and sent them to his vineyard. He went out again at about nine in the
morning, and seeing others idle in the square, he said to them: ‘You, too, go to my vineyard and I will pay you what is just.’ So they went.
The owner went out at midday and again at three in the afternoon, and he did the same. Finally he went out at the last working hour it was

Gospel: Mt 19:23-30
Then 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 a needle than for the one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.”
On hearing this the disciples were astonished and said, “Who, then, can be saved?” Jesus looked steadily at them and

Gospel: Mt 19:16-22
It was then that a young man approached him and asked, “Master, what good work must I do to receive eternal life?”
Jesus answered, “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Only one is Good. If you want to enter eternal life, keep the
commandments.” The young man said, “Which commandments?” Jesus replied, “Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not

Gospel: Lk 1:39-56
Mary then set out for a town in the Hills 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 Holy Spirit, and giving a loud cry, said, “You are most blessed among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb! How
is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me? The moment your greeting sounded in my ears, the baby within me suddenly leapt for joy. Blessed are you who believed

Gospel: Mt 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

Gospel: Mt 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?” Jesus replied, “Have you not read that in the beginning the Creator made them male and female,
and he said: Man has now to leave father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one body?
So they are no longer two but one body; let no one separate what God has joined.” They asked him, “Then, why did Moses

Gospel: Mt 18:21—19:1*
Then Peter asked him, “Lord, how many times must I forgive the offenses of my brother
or sister? Seven times?” Jesus answered, “No, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
(...)A king decided to settle the accounts of his servants. Among the first was one who owed