Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, July 12. 2026) Matthew 13:1-23 “a chiding word, a bitter word, an upbraiding word .…”  “But occasionally I am obliged to dig round about, seeing that they have appointed me keeper and dresser in the vineyard. Alas! I who have not cultivated nor kept my own [vineyard] am required, as long as I

Forteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, July 5. 2026) Matthew 11:25-30   “‘Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you,’         … says the Lord. ‘TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS, FOR MY YOKE IS EASY, AND MY BURDEN LIGHT.’  He invites laborers to

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, June 28. 2026) Matthew 10:37-42   “Whoever loves … more than me….” (37)  The Order of Love “Now he is a man of just and holy life who forms an unprejudiced estimate of things, and keeps his affections also under strict control, so that he neither loves what he ought not to love,

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, June 21. 2026) Matthew 10:26-33   “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdome….” (Prov 9:10)  “Simplicity then possesses in itself some beginning of God’s creation, that is, a simple and good will, the shapeless material, as it were, of what will be a good man, and at the outset of

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, June 14. 2026) Matthew 9:36—10:8   “At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity (ἐσπλαγχνίσθη) for thembecause they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.” (9:36)     “Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit,

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (Year A, May 31. 2026) John 3:16-18   “Give me three loaves. Friends have come to us from theirjourney and I have nothing to set before them.” (Lk 11:5) “Brethren, I am asking for these loaves for your benefit; I am asking because of your merits. But do you think we are equal

Pentecost Sunday  (Year A, May 24. 2026) John 20:19-23   “to have given His Son unless he were to give the Holy Spirit also ….” “How ineffable is God, how unutterable his mercy. Wonderful his name, wonderful all his works. Truly the esteem in which the divine love holds us is completely inexpressible. It was not enough for the Father

Seventh Sunday of Easter  (Year A, May 17. 2026) John 17:1-11a    “… but rather one whose work could change me …” I do not want in any way the sort of God whom my desire could change from the truth of his Word to me, but rather one whose work could change me from the vanity of my word.