Category: Mass Readings

“‘Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.
After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking … saying,
‘Lord, open the door for us.’ … ‘We ate and drank in your company … you taught in our streets.’ … he will say … ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!’ … people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at Table in the Kingdom of God. … behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.'”

“‘ … I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!’ … ‘There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none … the gardener … said ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.'”

Jesus said … ‘I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. …'”