Daily Gospel Reading and Reflection

Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Mk 12:13-17 So Jesus said to them, "Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God." They were utterly amazed at him.

Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Mk 12:1-12 " The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?”

Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mk 11:11-26 The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching.

Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr Mt 5:13-19 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.”

Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lk 1:39-56 " 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, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"

Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mk 10:28-31 " But many that are first will be last, and the last will be first."

Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Jn 19:25-34 Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.”

Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Priest Jn 21:15-19 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you."

Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 17:20-26 " Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them."

Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 17:11b-19 " Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”

Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 17:1-11a Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him."

Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 16:29-33 " But I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world."

Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:20-23 Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy."

The Ascension of the Lord Mt 28:16-20 Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:12-15 " He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you."

Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:5-11 " But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you."

Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 15:26—16:4a Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning."

Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 15:12-17 Jesus said to his disciples: "This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends."

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 15:9-11 Jesus said to his disciples: "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love."

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 15:1-8 " Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing."

Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter Jn 14:27-31a Jesus said to his disciples: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."

Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 14:21-26 "I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name-- he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you."

Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter Jn 14:1-6 Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?"

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter Jn 13:16-20 " Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."

Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles Jn 14:6-14 Jesus said to Thomas, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father."