A reading from the Holy gospel according to John 4:5, 19-26, 39-42 Jesus came to the Samaritan town called Sychar, near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well is there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat straight down by the well. It was about the...
A reading from the Holy gospel according to Matthew 17:1-9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes...
A reading from the Holy gospel according to Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very hungry, and the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the...
A reading from the Holy gospel according to Matthew 5:17-37 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you if your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees you will never get into the kingdom of heaven. You have learned how it was said to our ancestors:...
A reading from the Holy gospel according to Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, what can make it salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be trampled underfoot by men....
A reading from the Holy gospel according to Matthew 5:1-12 Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them: ‘How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of...
