This Week’s Gospel Message

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020

This Week’s Gospel Message for Sunday, July 26th is from Matthew 13:44-52.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”

“The act of buying a field in which you’ve just reburied a treasure seems strange and a little deceptive, but in the uncertain political situation of Jesus’ time, and especially at the time the Gospels were written, hiding a treasure underground was not uncommon. The parable’s point is that the finder gives everything he has to gain that treasure. So must we be willing to do to gain the treasure of heaven.” Source: Pastoral Patterns, Summer 2020

DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday Jer 13:1-11; Matt 13:31-35

Tuesday Jer 14:17-22; Matt 13:36-43

Wednesday Jer 15:10, 16-21; John 11:19-27

Saint Martha (Memorial) – “Martha, the sister of Mary and Lazarus, lived in Bethany. Martha is a model of hospitality as well as of fidelity in her discipleship. Martha is the patroness of housewives and of waiters and waitresses.”

Thursday Jer 18:1-6; Matt 13:47-53

Friday Jer 26:1-9; Matt 13:54-58

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest (Memorial) – “Saint Ignatius was inspired by the lives of Christ and the saints to serve God. He ministered to the poor and sick, and had mystical experiences that form the basis of his book of Spiritual Exercises. He earned a masters degree from the University of Paris. There he gathered other students for service to Jesus. After ordination the group went to Rome, where they became the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits.”

Saturday Jer 26:11-16, 24: Matt 14:1-12

Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial) – “Saint Alphonsus Liguori was a lawyer and later decided to become a priest and later became a bishop. He founded an order of missionary priests that became the Redemptorists. He was widely sought as a preacher and confessor, and his famous book Moral Theology linked his keen legal mind with his kindness and concern for others.

Source: Living With Christ, July 2020 and August 2020

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