Monday, July 20, 2026 Mic 6: 1-4, 6-8; Mt 12: 38-42 Today’s Gospel highlights the pain and disappointment of Jesus. The merciful Lord, who was often ‘moved with pity,’ is now forced to chide the religious leaders who demand a sign as ‘evil and unfaithful’ (‘wicked and adulterous’ in some translations) because of their hardness […]
Sunday, July 19, 2026 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 12: 13, 16-19; Rom 8: 26-27; Mt 13: 24-43 The sixteenth Sunday in ordinary time invites us to remember our vulnerability and weakness in the face of God’s benevolence and holiness so that we grow more reliant on God to purify ourselves. The same idea
Saturday, July 18, 2026 Mic 2: 1-5; Mt 12:14-21 Today’s Gospel invites us to learn from Jesus the art of healing with love. It is shocking to read in the first verse about the plot by the Pharisees to kill Jesus. We must remember that the religious leaders so far accused or found fault with
