Reflections on the Gospel

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A.  Sep 27, 2026) Matthew 21:28-32 “One way of working in the Father’s vineyard is …”            “If a man

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A.  Sep 20, 2026) Matthew 20:1-16a “… to hire …”   “HERE IS an image of the kingdom of heaven; a rich man …”

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A.  Sep 13, 2026) Matthew 18:21-35 “… because his heart was stirred …”   It was at this time, after the persecutions, that Constantine won

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A.  Sep 6, 2026) Matthew 18:15-20   “… at times bear gently, at times correct firmly…” “If any brother is found to be contumacious,

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A.  Aug 30, 2026) Matthew 16:21-27 “Fixed on the Things of God.”

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A.  Aug 23, 2026) Matthew 16:13-20   “There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is the fount of

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A.  Aug 16, 2026) Matthew 15:21-28   The Generosity and Abundance of God Truly we are not restricted in you, O Lord, for you

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, Aug 9. 2026) Matthew 14:13-21   How His Disciple Maurus Walked on the Water       One day as venerable Benedict was

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, Aug 2. 2026) Matthew 14:13-21 “I determined   to live   to flower   FOR YOU.”

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, July 26. 2026) Matthew 13:44-52 I am the treasure   hidden in the field you found me  rejoiced you sold everything and  bought