Readings for the Week

Readings for Sunday, July 23:

Wis 12:13,16-19: The real source of might and power is justice. Through justice a man becomes master of his power. He can become lenient and kind and encourage repentance for sin.

Rom 8:26-27: Through the Spirit our weakness in prayer is overcome.    He searches our hearts and makes true intercessions in our behalf.

Mt 13:24-43: Jesus teaches about God’s Kingdom in parables. His Kingdom is like a field in which good grain and weed grow. At harvest time the good will be sorted from the bad. God’s Kingdom is also like a mustard plant reaching out to embrace all as it grows.

Today’s Message - In His patience, the Lord allows both weeds and wheat to grow together, both saints and sinners to respond to salvation in the Kingdom. The Lord is good and forgiving , lenient to all, desiring repentance for our sins. May the Spirit assist us in our weakness.

Readings for Week of July 23:

Sunday              Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wis 12:13, 16-19; Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16; Rom 8:26-27;
                            Mt 13:24-43 or 13:24-30

Monday              Saint Sharbel Makhlúf, Priest: Ex 14:5-18; Ex 15:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mt 12:38-42

Tuesday             Saint James, Apostle: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6;Mt 20:20-28

Wednesday       Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Ex 16:1-5, 9-15; Ps 78:18-19,
                            23-24, 25-26, 27-28; Mt 13:1-9

Thursday           Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b; Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56;Mt 13:10-17

Friday               Ex 20:1-17; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Mt 13:18-23

Saturday            Saint Martha: Ex 24:3-8; Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42

Sunday              Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12; Ps 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128,
                           129-130; Rom 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52 or 13:44-46