Living Word - A Reflection on the Sunday Readings

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.

Twelfth Ordinary Sunday Year A - 21 June 2026

On this Twelfth Sunday we continue to read from the discourse in Matthew's Gospel where Jesus is instructing his disciples about their Mission. We too are called to share in that Mission.

Eleventh Ordinary Sunday Year A - 14 June 2026

As we return to the Ordinary Sundays of the Year, we are also returning to our reading of Matthew’s Gospel. On this Sunday, we begin to read the second of the five discourses that we find in Matthew’s Gospel. in the second discourse, the focus is on the Mission of the disciples and it is also about our Mission.