Daily Gospel Reading and Reflection

Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Matthew 13:10-17 
“But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

John 20:1-2, 11-18
Jesus said to her,
"Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
'I am going to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.'"
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
"I have seen the Lord,"
and then reported what he told her.

Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Matthew 12:46-50
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
“Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Matthew 12:38-42
"Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, 
so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth
three days and three nights."

Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Matthew 12:1-8
"I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned these innocent men.
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."