18th Sundays A: Liturgy

  Greeting (See First Reading)

18th Sunday A: Multiplication

5 Sundays: Summary

1) Preparing the soil: Meek and humble of heart. The word humility comes from the Latin, humus which means earth. Be earthy, natural, without put on. That's the sort of soil.
2) Types of soil: Defiant (rocky/stony), distracted (thorny) and defeated (birds picking or people trampling). Ignatius of Loyola had a defiant and distracted heart in the beginning but never defeated.

17th Week, Saturday, Aug 1; Saint Alphonsus Liguori

 17^th Week, Saturday, Aug 1; Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 / Matthew 14:1-12
God speaks through Jeremiah: "Reform your ways!"

17th Week, Friday, July 31st; Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Jeremiah 26:1-9 / Matthew 13:54-58 ; Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Jeremiah prophesies trouble: The people threatened Jeremiah.

17th Week, Thursday, July 30th; Saint Peter Chrysologus

17th Week, Thursday, July 30th; Saint Peter Chrysologus

Jeremiah 18:1-6 / Matthew 13:47-53
We are clay in God's hands; He fashions us like a potter.

July 29: Sts Martha, Mary & Lazarus

July 29: Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

1 John 4:7-16 / John 11:19-27 or Luke 10:38-42   

17th Week, Tuesday, July 28; St Alphonsa, India

17^th Week, Tuesday, July 28
Jeremiah 14:17-22 / Matthew 13:36-43 
A disaster strikes Judah: The people wondered if God still loved them.

17th Week, Monday, July 27

Jeremiah 13:1-11 / Matthew 13:31-35
God talks about his people: "I made them cling to me closely."

17th Week: July 27- Aug 1:

  17^th Week: July 27- Aug 1: 

17th Sunday A - Liturgy

 Greeting (See Second Reading)