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Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.    Matthew 22:1-14 Jesus said to the chief priests and Jewish leaders, “The kingdom of heaven is like a king preparing a wedding feast for his son.  The king sent his servants to bring all the people that were invited to the wedding.  But the people would not come.  So the king sent some more servants.  The king said to the servants, ‘Tell all the people I have invited.  My feast is ready. …

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.          Matthew 21:28-32 Jesus said to the chief priests and the Jewish leaders, “Tell me what you think: A man had two sons.  He went and said to the first, ‘My son go and work in the vineyard (grape-field) today.’  The son answered, ‘I will not go,’ but later he thought about it and changed his mind.  He went to work.  The man went to the second son and asked him…

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.          Matthew 20:1-16. The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner, a rich man, that went out very early in the morning looking for workers for his vineyard (grape field).  The man agreed to pay one silver coin to each worker for one day.  He sent them to work in the vineyard (grape field).  At nine o’clock in the morning the rich man went out again.  He saw some people in…

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.      Matthew 18:21-35 Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord every time my brother sins against me, how many times must I forgive him?  Seven times?  Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times but more: seventy-seven times.” “The kingdom of heaven is like a king that decided to collect the money that his servants owed him.  The king asked his servants to come and see him.  The first servant owed the…

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew                 Matthew 18:15-20 Jesus said to his disciples, “If your brother does something wrong to you, go and tell him in private.  If he listens to you, you have saved your brother’s soul.  If he does not listen, bring one or two people with you – two or three witnesses will be able to tell what happened.  If your brother refuses to listen to these people, report it to the community.  If…

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew                  Matthew 16, 21-27 Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he himself would go to Jerusalem.  He said that he would suffer a lot because of the Jewish priests and the scribes.  They would condemn him to death.  But on the third day he himself would rise to life.  Then Peter spoke to Jesus in private: “You will die?  No, this must not happen to you.”  But Jesus turned…

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.      Matthew 16:13-20 Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of God is?”  The disciples said, “Some people say you are John the Baptist, other people say you are Elijah, other say you are Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” Jesus said, “But you, who do you think I am?”  Simon Peter answered, “You are Christ, the Son of the living…

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.                 Matthew 14:22-23 Jesus told his disciples to go in the boat and go to the other side of the lake.  After this Jesus went up into the hills by himself to pray.  It was getting dark, Jesus was alone and the boat was far away in the lake there was a strong wind and the boat was struggling because of the rough sea.  Between three and six o’clock in…

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.            Matthew 14:13-21 When Jesus heard the news about the death of John the Baptist, he left in a boat, and went to a quiet place.  He wanted to be alone, but people knew where Jesus had gone.  They left the town and walked looking for Jesus.  Then Jesus arrived at the shore, he saw a large crowd.  He felt pity for them and he healed the sick people.  It was…

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.    Matthew 13:44-52 Jesus said to his disciples, “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field.  Someone finds the treasure, hides it and covers it up in the field.  That person is happy, sells everything and buys the field. And the kingdom of heaven is like a salesman looking for precious pearls.  One day the salesman found a precious pearl, he went and sold everything he had, and…