Seventeenth Ordinary Sunday Year A - 26 July 2026

Seventeenth Ordinary Sunday Year A - 26 July 2026

The Gospel this Sunday concludes the Parables of the Kingdom. The parable of the dragnet again reminds us that God is patient. There will be a harvest in the future but what about now? This Sunday we explore that tension: the now and the future.

Sixteenth Ordinary Sunday Year A - 19 July 2026

In another parable, the parable of the wheat and the weeds, we hear Jesus reflecting on what it means to follow him. In Matthew's Gospel that is the call to be one with him in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Fifteenth Ordinary Sunday Year A - 12 July 2026

This Sunday, as we begin to listen to the Parables of the Kingdom, we hear Jesus describing how a farmer sowed seeds in a field. We will also hear that the essential message of the parable is that there is always a harvest.

Fourteenth Ordinary Sunday Year A - 4 July 2026

In Matthew's Gospel, we hear that Jesus is the one who comes to lift the burden and calls us to trust in the mercy and compassion of God.

Thirteenth Ordinary Sunday Year A - 28 June 2026

This Sunday the Gospel reading concludes the second discourse of Jesus. It is about the Mission Jesus entrusted to his disciples. It is also about giving priority to the Mission.