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SUMMARY:Skema
DESCRIPTION:Biblical Readings for Office and Mass\n15th Week in Ordinary Time\n\n\nMass Readings: Sunday (A)\, Weekdays (II)\nJuly 12 – 18\, 2026\n\n\n\nSun\n12\nMon\n13\nTue\n14\nWed\n15\nThu\n16\nFri\n17\nSat\n18\n\n\nOffice\n15th Sunday\nWeekday\nSt Kateri Tekaqwitha\nSt Bonaventure\nBl Virgin Martyrs of Orange\nWeekday\nMemorial of the BVM\n\n\nVigils\nJud 10:1-10\nJud 10:11-23\nJud 11:1-23\nJud 12:1-20\nJud 13:1-11\nJud 13:12-20\nJud 14:1-10\n\n\nLauds\nHos 5:1-7\nHos 5:8-15\nHos 6:1-6\nHos 6:7-7:2\nHos 7:3-10\nHos 7:11-16\nHos 8:1-7\n\n\nMass\n103\n389\n390\n391\n392\n393\n394\n\n\n1st\nIsa 55:10-11\nIsa 1:10-17\nIsa 7:1-9\nIsa 10:5-7\, 13b-16\nIsa 26:7-9\, 12\, 16-19\nIsa 38:1-6\, 21-22\, 7-8\nMic 2:1-5\n\n\n2nd\nRom 8:18-23\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGospel\nMatt 13:1-23\nMatt 10:34-11:1\nMatt 11:20-24\nMatt 11:25-27\nMatt 11:28-30\nMatt 12:1-8\nMatt 12:14-21\n\n\nVespers\nEph 6:18-24\n2 Thess 1:1-10\n2 Thess 1:11-12\n2 Thess 2:1-10\n2 Thess 2:11-17\n2 Thess 3:1-10\n2 Thess 3:11-18
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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 15th Sunday
DESCRIPTION:A reading from \nST GREGORY THE GREAT \n◊◊◊ \nDearly beloved\, the reading from the holy gospel about the sower requires \nno explanation\, but only a word of warning. In fact the explanation has been \ngiven by Truth himself\, and it cannot be disputed by a frail human being. \nHowever\, there is one point in our Lord’s exposition which you ought to weigh \nwell. It is this. If I told you that the seed represented the word\, the field the \nworld\, the birds the demons\, and the thorns riches\, you would perhaps be in two \nminds as to whether to believe me. Therefore the Lord himself deigned to \nexplain what he had said\, so that you would know that a hidden meaning is to be \nsought also in those passages which he did not wish to interpret himself. \nWould anyone have believed me if I had said that thorns stood for riches? \nAfter all\, thorns are piercing and riches pleasurable. And yet riches are thorns \nbecause thoughts of them pierce the mind and torture it. When finally they lure \na person into sin\, it is as though they were drawing blood from the wound they \nhave inflicted… The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. \nTherefore\, if you want to be rich\, beloved\, love true riches. If you aspire to the \nheights of real honor\, strive to reach the kingdom of heaven. If you value rank \nand renown\, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the angels. \nStore up in your minds the Lord’s words which you receive through your \nears\, for the word of the Lord is the nourishment of the mind. When his word is \nheard but not stored away in the memory\, it is like food which has been eaten \nand then rejected by an upset stomach. A person’s life is despaired of if he \ncannot retain his food; so if you receive the food of holy exhortations\, but fail to \nstore in your memory those words of life which nurture righteousness\, you have \ngood reason to fear the danger of everlasting death. \nBe careful\, then\, that the word you have received through your ears \nremains in your heart. Be careful that the seed does not fall along the path\, for \nfear that the evil spirit may come and take it from your memory. Be careful that \nthe seed is not received in stony ground\, so that it produces a harvest of good \nworks without the roots of perseverance. Many people are pleased with what \nthey hear and resolve to undertake some good work\, but as soon as difficulties \nbegin to arise and hinder them they leave the work unfinished. The stony \nground lacked the necessary moisture for the sprouting seed to yield the fruit of \nperseverance. \nGood earth\, on the other hand\, brings forth fruit by patience. The reason \nfor this is that nothing we do is good unless we also bear with equanimity the \ninjuries done us by our neighbors. In fact\, the more we progress\, the more \nhardships we shall have to endure in this world; for when our love for this \npresent world dies\, its sufferings increase. This is why we see many people \ndoing good works and at the same time struggling under a heavy burden of \nafflictions. They now shun earthly desires\, and yet they are tormented by \ngreater sufferings. But\, as the Lord said\, they bring forth fruit by patience\, \nbecause\, since they humbly endure misfortunes\, they are welcomed when these \nare over into a place of rest in heaven.
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