"Your Word, Lord, is truth." † John 17:17
Catholic Mass Readings for Sunday, September 20th 2026 TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A FIRST READING “My thoughts are not your thoughts.” A reading from the Book of Isaiah (ISAIAH 55: 6 – 9) Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his … Read more
“Do You Begrudge My Generosity?” In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells a parable that can make us uncomfortable at first. A landowner goes out early in the morning and hires labourers to work in his vineyard. He returns several times throughout the day and finds more people waiting for work. Some enter the vineyard in the … Read more
“I Will Walk in the Presence of God, in the Light of the Living” There is something deeply reassuring in these words from Psalm 56. The Psalmist has known fear, danger and tears, yet he does not allow suffering to convince him that God has abandoned him. Instead, he remembers that God has heard his … Read more
“The Seed Is the Word of God” In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives us an image so simple that anyone can understand it: a seed falling upon the earth. Yet within this ordinary image is a profound truth about our relationship with God. The seed is the same wherever it falls. What changes is the soil. … Read more
Catholic Mass Readings for Saturday, September 19th 2026 THE TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II FIRST READING “What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.” A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 CORINTHIANS 15: 35 – 37, 42 – 49) Brethren: Someone will ask, “How are … Read more