18th Week: Aug 3-8:

 18^th Week: Aug 3-8:

18th Week, Friday, Aug 7: Saint Sixtus II and Companions

18th Week, Friday, Aug 7: Saint Sixtus II and Companions

Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7 / Matthew 16:24-25
God speaks through Nahum: The city was doomed.

August 6th: Transfiguration of the Lord

Opening Stories:

1) The Samurai Warrior and the Zen Master 

18th Week, Wednesday, Aug 5: Basilica of Saint Mary Major

18th Week, Wednesday, Aug 5: Basilica of Saint Mary Major
God comforts his people: “Once again I will rebuild you.”

Jeremiah 31: 1-7 / Matthew 15: 21-28

18th Week, Tuesday, August 4th; Saint John Vianney

18th Week, Tuesday, August 4th; Saint John Vianney

Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Matthew 14:22-36
God speaks to his people; "I will restore my people."

18th Week, Monday, Aug 3rd

18^th Week, Monday, Aug 3rd

Jeremiah 28:1-17 / Matthew 14:13-21
Two prophets: One was false; the other, true. 

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.