16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Universalis
The Spirit comes to help us in our weakness
First
Reading Wisdom 12:13,16-19 You
will grant repentance after sin.
Responsorial
Psalm: O Lord, you are good and forgiving
Second
Reading Romans 8:26-27
The
Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words
The
Spirit comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in
order to pray properly, the Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that
could never be put into words, and God who knows everything in our hearts knows
perfectly well what he means, and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the
Spirit are according to the mind of God.
Gospel
Matthew 13:24-43 Let them both grow till the harvest
Jesus
put another parable before the crowds: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared
to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy
came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat
sprouted and ripened, the darnel appeared as well. The owner’s servants went to
him and said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so,
where does the darnel come from?” “Some enemy has done this” he answered. And
the servants said, “Do you want us to go and weed it out?” But he said, “No,
because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let
them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the
reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then
gather the wheat into my barn.”’
He
put another parable before them: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed
which a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all the seeds,
but when it has grown it is the biggest shrub of all and becomes a tree so that
the birds of the air come and shelter in its branches.’ CDR
He
told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like the yeast a woman
took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all
through.’
In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables. This was to fulfil the prophecy:
I will speak to you in parables and expound things hidden since the foundation of the world.
Then,
leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples came to him and
said, ‘Explain the parable about the darnel in the field to us.’ He said in
reply, ‘The sower of the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world;
the good seed is the subjects of the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the
evil one; the enemy who sowed them, the devil; the harvest is the end of the
world; the reapers are the angels. Well then, just as the darnel is gathered up
and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time. The Son of Man will
send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that provoke
offences and all who do evil, and throw them into the blazing furnace, where
there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. Then the virtuous will shine like
the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Listen, anyone who has ears!’
Loving Father, your
reign is supreme. You rule for all eternity. You are full of compassion. Your
sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all your creatures. You show your
strength when your sovereign power is questioned. Lord you are good and forgiving, full
of love to all who call. Give heed, Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound
of my voice.
Jesus I trust in
you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God’s Angels and Saints
pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Protect me.
Pray the Holy
Rosary: Hail Mary full of grace.
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