Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 6.1-6: "Then Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honour except in his hometown, and among his own kin, and in his own house'. And Jesus could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And Jesus was amazed at there unbelief".

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 5.21-43: "Jesus said to the woman suffering from hemorrhages, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed of your disease'".

"I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Corinthians 12.9-10)

The Birth of St. John the Baptist

St. Luke 1.75-66,80: "Fear came over all their neighbours, and all these things were talked about throughout the entire hill country of Judea. All who heard them pondered them and said, 'What then will this child become?' For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him."

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 4.26-34: "The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed which at the time of its sowing in the soil is the smallest of all seeds on earth; yet once it is sown it grows into the biggest shrub of them all and puts forth big branches so that the birds of the air can shelter in its shade".

Solemnity of Corpus Christi (the Body and Blood of Christ)

St. Mark 14.12-16,22-26: "While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, 'Take; this is my Body'. Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks gave it to them, and all of them drank from it'. He said, 'This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many'".

"Let the whole of mankind tremble the whole world shake and the heavens exult when Christ, the Son of the living God, is on the altar in the hands of a priest. O admirable heights and sublime lowliness! O sublime humility! O humble sublimity! That the Lord of the universe, God and the Son of God, so humbles Himself that for our salvation He hides Himself under the little form of bread! Look, brothers, at the humility of God and pour out your hearts before Him! Humble yourselves, as well, that you may be exalted by Him. Therefore, hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves so that He Who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally" (St. Francis of Assisi).

Thursday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 12. 28-34: "'Which commandment is the greatest of all?' Jesus answered, 'The first is Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbour as yourself'".

"As charity comprises the two commandments to which the Lord related the whole Law and the prophets...so the Ten Commandments were themselves given on two tablets. Three were written on one tablet and seven on the other" (St. Augustine).

Wednesday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 12.18-27: "And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'? "He is God not of the dead, but of the living".

"How great will your glory and happiness be, to be allowed to see God, to be honoured with sharing the joy of salvation and eternal light with Christ your Lord and God,...to delight in the joy of immortality in the Kingdom of heave with the righteous and God's friends" (St. Cyprian).

Tuesday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 12.13-17: "Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor's and to God the things that are God's".

Monday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 11.1-12: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes."

"Often the Church is called the building of God. The Lord compared himself to a stone which the builders rejected, but which was made into the cornerstone. On this foundation the Church is built by the apostles and from it the Church receives solidarity and unity" (CCC756).

Most Holy Trinity

St. Matthew 28.16-20: "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, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

"We define that there are two, the Father and the Son, and three with the Holy Spirit, and this number is made by the pattern of salvation... [which] brings about unity in trinity, interrelating the three, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  They are three, not in dignity, but in degree, not in substance but in form, not in power but in kind.  They are of one substance and power, because there is one God from whom these degrees, forms and kinds devolve in the name of Father, Son and Holy Spirit" (Tertullian).

Saturday, Eighth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 11.27-33: "Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Did the baptism of John come from heaven or was it of human origin? Answer me".