This Sunday

Sixth Sunday after Holy Cross (24 October 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A wealthy, devout man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. He has kept the commandments all his life. Jesus tells him he lacks one thing.

Gospel: Luke 18:18–27

Question for the family: If Jesus said to you “you lack one thing”, what do you think he would name?

Fifth Sunday after Holy Cross (17 October 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus warns the crowds about religious leaders who say the right things and do not do them, who love titles and the best seats. The greatest among you, he says, will be the servant.

Gospel: Matthew 23:1–12

Question for the family: Is there something we ask of others at home that we do not do ourselves?

Fourth Sunday after Holy Cross (10 October 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus says that whoever is faithful in small things will be faithful in large ones. Then he says what everyone already suspected: you cannot serve God and money.

Gospel: Luke 16:9–18

Question for the family: Does money serve our family, or does it sometimes feel like our master?

Third Sunday after Holy Cross (3 October 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Walking through a field on the Sabbath, the disciples pick ears of grain to eat. The Pharisees object. Jesus reminds them of what David once did when he was hungry.

Gospel: Mark 2:23–28

Question for the family: How do we keep Sunday? Does it feel like a gift or a burden?

Second Sunday after Holy Cross (26 September 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The disciples cross the lake and realise they forgot to bring bread. Jesus warns them about yeast, and they think he is talking about lunch.

Gospel: Matthew 16:5–12

Question for the family: What “yeast” gets into our thinking during the week? Is it good or bad?

First Sunday after Holy Cross (19 September 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus tells his disciples that no one knows the day or hour of his return, not even the angels. So he gives them one word for everyone: watch.

Gospel: Mark 13:28–37

Question for the family: If Jesus came back tonight, what would you want him to find you doing?

Fourth Sunday after Shunoyo (12 September 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus takes the old rule of “an eye for an eye” and goes far beyond it. Turn the other cheek, go the second mile, love your enemies, and be perfect as your Father is perfect.

Gospel: Matthew 5:38–48

Question for the family: Who is hardest for you to love right now? Would you be willing to pray for them this week?

Third Sunday after Shunoyo (5 September 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Tax collectors ask Peter whether his teacher pays the Temple tax. Jesus says the king’s children should be free, but pays anyway, with a coin Peter finds in the mouth of a fish.

Gospel: Matthew 17:22–27

Question for the family: Is there a right you have been insisting on that you could give up for someone else’s sake?

Second Sunday after Shunoyo (29 August 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus tells his friends to keep asking, seeking and knocking. If a human father gives his child a fish, not a snake, how much more will God give the Holy Spirit to those who ask?

Gospel: Luke 11:9–20

Question for the family: What have you stopped praying for because it seemed God was not answering?

First Sunday after Shunoyo (22 August 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus asks why we notice the speck in someone else’s eye and miss the log in our own. Then he says you can tell a tree by its fruit, and a person by what comes out of their mouth.

Gospel: Luke 6:39–45

Question for the family: What do our words at home this week say about what is in our hearts?

Shunoyo: the Assumption of St. Mary (15 August 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Church celebrates the passing of St. Mary from this life. The Gospels it reads show her as Jesus himself saw her: the one who heard God’s word and kept it, and who stood by the cross.

Gospel: John 19:25–27

Question for the family: What is one thing God has said to you that you want to keep, like Mary did?

First Sunday after Transfiguration (8 August 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A father asks his two sons to work in the vineyard. One refuses, then changes his mind and goes. The other says “yes, sir” and never turns up.

Gospel: Matthew 21:28–32

Question for the family: Is there something you said yes to but have not done yet?

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (1 August 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus sends the twelve out in pairs with nothing but a staff, sandals and the clothes they stand in. They preach, drive out demons and anoint the sick with oil.

Gospel: Mark 6:7–13

Question for the family: What is one good work we could do this week as a pair, two of us together?

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (25 July 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The disciples ask Jesus who will be greatest in the kingdom. He answers by calling a small child and standing them in the middle of the group.

Gospel: Matthew 18:1–11

Question for the family: What can adults learn from children about faith?

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (18 July 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

At a dinner, Jesus watches the guests jostle for the best seats. He tells them a story about a wedding feast and the embarrassment of being moved down in front of everyone.

Gospel: Luke 14:7–11

Question for the family: Where do you most want to be noticed or honoured? What would it look like to take the lower seat there?

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (11 July 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus says the bread he gives is his own flesh, for the life of the world. The listeners argue among themselves. How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Gospel: John 6:47–59

Question for the family: How do we prepare to receive Holy Qurbana? How could we prepare better?

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (4 July 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus’ family thinks he has lost his mind, and teachers from Jerusalem say he is working for the devil. He answers both with a story about a strong man and a divided house.

Gospel: Mark 3:20–30

Question for the family: Where are we divided at home? What would help us stand together?

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (27 June 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A crowd has been with Jesus for three days and has nothing left to eat. He says he will not send them home hungry, in case they collapse on the way.

Gospel: Matthew 15:32–39

Question for the family: Who around us has a practical need we have not noticed?

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (20 June 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The apostles come back tired, and Jesus takes them away to rest. The crowds follow. By evening there are five thousand hungry people and only five loaves and two fish.

Gospel: Luke 9:10–17

Question for the family: When have you seen a small gift make a big difference?

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (13 June 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus sends seventy followers ahead of him, two by two, into every town he plans to visit. The harvest is huge, he says, and the workers are few.

Gospel: Luke 10:1–16

Question for the family: What is one way our family could help with the work of our parish?

Third Sunday after Pentecost (6 June 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus keeps teaching about the bread of life. The crowd begins to grumble: isn’t this Joseph’s son? Jesus says no one comes to him unless the Father draws them.

Gospel: John 6:35–46

Question for the family: Is there anyone you know who feels unwelcome in church? How could we make them feel welcome?

Second Sunday after Pentecost (30 May 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus sends his twelve apostles out for the first time. He tells them what to say, what not to take, and what to do when a town will not listen.

Gospel: Matthew 10:5–16

Question for the family: What has God given you freely that you could give to someone else?

First Sunday after Pentecost (23 May 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The day after Jesus fed five thousand people, the crowd finds him again. They want more bread. He tells them he is the bread they really need.

Gospel: John 6:26–35

Question for the family: What do you spend most of your time and energy working for? Does it last?

Pentecost (16 May 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fifty days after Easter the Holy Spirit comes on the disciples in wind and fire. The Gospel for the Qurbana goes back to the Last Supper, where Jesus said: I am the vine, you are the branches.

Gospel: John 15:1–14

Question for the family: What helps you stay connected to Jesus during the week? What tends to cut you off?

Sunday before Pentecost (9 May 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

On the night before he dies, Jesus prays aloud for his disciples. Then he prays for everyone who will believe through them, which includes every reader of this page.

Gospel: John 17:13–26

Question for the family: Where do we need unity most right now: in our family, our parish, or our Church?

Fourth Sunday after New Sunday (2 May 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus turns towards Jerusalem, knowing what is waiting for him. On the way three people offer to follow him, and each one meets a hard answer.

Gospel: Luke 9:51–62

Question for the family: What “first let me” is stopping you from doing something you know God wants?

Third Sunday after New Sunday (25 April 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Two disciples walk home from Jerusalem, sad and confused. A stranger joins them and explains the Scriptures. They only recognise him when he breaks the bread.

Gospel: Luke 24:13–35

Question for the family: When have you felt your heart “burning” in church or while reading the Bible?

Second Sunday after New Sunday (18 April 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

After breakfast on the beach, Jesus turns to Peter. Three times Peter had denied him. Now, three times, Jesus asks him the same question.

Gospel: John 21:15–19

Question for the family: Is there someone you need to trust again after they let you down? What would it take?

First Sunday after New Sunday (11 April 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Peter goes back to fishing and catches nothing all night. At dawn a stranger on the shore tells them where to cast the net, and then cooks them breakfast.

Gospel: John 21:1–14

Question for the family: When have you worked hard and got nowhere? Did anyone help you see things differently?

New Sunday (4 April 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Thomas was not there when Jesus first appeared, and he will not believe second-hand. A week later Jesus comes back, through locked doors, and shows him his hands.

Gospel: John 20:19–31

Question for the family: What is a doubt or question about faith that you have never said out loud?

Easter (Kyomtho) (28 March 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

At dawn two women come to see the tomb. The earth shakes, an angel rolls the stone away and sits on it, and the guards fall down like dead men. He is not here, the angel says.

Gospel: Matthew 28:1–20

Question for the family: What is one fear you are carrying today? What would it look like to carry joy alongside it?

Hosanna Sunday (21 March 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A huge crowd hears that Jesus is coming to Jerusalem. They cut palm branches and run out to meet him, shouting Hosanna. He comes riding on a young donkey.

Gospel: John 12:12–19

Question for the family: If Jesus came to our town this week, what would we want him to do? What do you think he would actually do?

Sixth Sunday of Great Lent (14 March 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus heals a man who has never seen. Everyone around him argues about how it happened and who is to blame. The man himself sticks to one thing he knows.

Gospel: John 9:1–41

Question for the family: What is one thing you know God has done for you, even if you cannot explain it all?

Kpiptho Sunday (7 March 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

In the synagogue on the Sabbath there is a woman who has not been able to stand up straight for eighteen years. Jesus calls her over and sets her free, and the synagogue leader is furious.

Gospel: Luke 13:10–17

Question for the family: What weighs you down at the moment? What would help you stand up straighter?

Sunday of the Canaanite Woman (28 February 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A foreign mother follows Jesus, shouting for her sick daughter. He does not answer. The disciples want her gone. She keeps asking, and Jesus calls her faith great.

Gospel: Matthew 15:21–31

Question for the family: Is there something you have prayed about for a long time without an answer? How do you keep going?

Palsy Sunday (21 February 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The house is so crowded that nobody else can get in. Four men climb onto the roof, dig through it and lower their paralysed friend down in front of Jesus.

Gospel: Mark 2:1–12

Question for the family: Who has carried you through a hard time? Who might need us to carry them now?

Lepers’ Sunday (14 February 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A man covered in leprosy throws himself at Jesus’ feet. He has no doubt that Jesus can heal him. What he does not know is whether Jesus wants to.

Gospel: Luke 5:12–16; 4:40–41

Question for the family: Who in our school, workplace or parish is often left out, and how could we include them?

Kothne Sunday (7 February 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The fast is about to begin, and the Church reads about a wedding where the wine ran out. Jesus’ first sign turns six jars of water into the best wine of the feast.

Gospel: John 2:1–11

Question for the family: What will each of us take on or give up for Great Lent, and why?

Sunday of All the Departed Faithful (31 January 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Church remembers everyone who has died in the faith. Jesus tells his little flock not to be afraid, and to keep their lamps burning like servants waiting for their master to come home.

Gospel: Luke 12:32–48

Question for the family: Who in our family has died whom we would like to remember tonight? Share one memory of them.

Sunday of All Departed Priests (24 January 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Before Great Lent the Church remembers the priests who served it and have died. Jesus tells a story about a servant left in charge of a household while the master is away.

Gospel: Matthew 24:42–51

Question for the family: Which priest has made a difference in our family’s life? What do we remember about them?

Second Sunday after Denha (17 January 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Philip is sure he has found the one Moses wrote about. His friend Nathanael doubts anything good can come from Nazareth. Philip does not argue. He says, come and see.

Gospel: John 1:43–51

Question for the family: Who first brought you to Jesus or to church? What did they do that helped?

First Sunday after Denha (10 January 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

John has been arrested. Jesus moves to a lakeside town, starts preaching and calls two pairs of brothers away from their fishing nets.

Gospel: Matthew 4:12–22

Question for the family: What are you good at, and how could that skill be used for God?

Second Sunday after Christmas (3 January 2027)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

On the way home from Passover, Mary and Joseph realise their twelve-year-old is missing. After three days they find him in the Temple, asking questions.

Gospel: Luke 2:40–52

Question for the family: What is one question about God or faith you would like answered? Let the youngest go first.

First Sunday after Christmas (27 December 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The wise men find the child, kneel and leave their gifts. That night Joseph is woken by an angel, and the family leaves for Egypt before dawn.

Gospel: Matthew 2:9–15, 19–23

Question for the family: Has our family ever had to move to a new place? What helped us feel at home?

Sunday before Christmas (20 December 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Sunday before Christmas reads a list of names. Luke traces Jesus back through David and Abraham all the way to Adam, and then one step further.

Gospel: Luke 3:23–38

Question for the family: How far back can we name our own family? Who is the oldest ancestor anyone at the table knows about?

Annunciation to St. Joseph (13 December 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Joseph finds out that Mary is pregnant and decides to end the engagement quietly. Then an angel speaks to him in a dream, and a man who never says a word in the Gospels does exactly what he is told.

Gospel: Matthew 1:18–25

Question for the family: When did you last change your mind about something important? What made you change it?

Birth of John the Baptist (6 December 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Elizabeth’s son is born and the neighbours come to celebrate. When everyone wants to name him after his father, a silent old priest asks for a writing tablet.

Gospel: Luke 1:57–80

Question for the family: Do you know why you were given your name? Ask someone at the table to tell the story.

St. Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth (29 November 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Mary hurries into the hill country to see her relative Elizabeth. Before Mary can say much, the child in Elizabeth’s womb leaps, and Mary answers with a song the Church has sung ever since.

Gospel: Luke 1:39–56

Question for the family: Which woman in your life has passed on faith to you, and how?

Annunciation to St. Mary (22 November 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Six months after he spoke to Zechariah in the Temple, Gabriel is sent to a young woman in a small village. She asks one question and then says yes.

Gospel: Luke 1:26–38

Question for the family: What is one question you would like to ask God right now?

Annunciation to Zechariah (15 November 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

An old priest walks into the Temple to burn incense and walks out unable to speak. The Christmas story starts here, with a couple who had prayed for a child most of their lives.

Gospel: Luke 1:5–25

Question for the family: Who near you is waiting for something right now, and what is one small thing you could do for them before next Sunday?

Hoodosh Eetho (8 November 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It is winter in Jerusalem and the city is celebrating the day the Temple was rededicated. Jesus walks in the Temple courts and tells the crowd that his sheep know his voice.

Gospel: John 10:22–38

Question for the family: Where do you most easily hear God’s voice, and where is it hardest to hear?

Koodosh Eetho (1 November 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Jesus asks his friends who they think he is. Peter gets the answer right, and a few verses later gets everything else wrong. The Church year starts with both.

Gospel: Matthew 16:13–23

Question for the family: If someone asked you this week who Jesus is to you, what would you honestly say?