Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings—Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Book of Isaiah, chapter fifty-five, verses ten & eleven;
Psalm Sixty-five, verses ten, eleven, twelve & thirteen, & fourteen,
(R/. the Gospel according to Luke, chapter eight, verse eight)
The Letter to the Romans, chapter eight, verses eighteen thru twenty-three;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter thirteen, verses one thru twenty-three
(or, the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter thirteen, verses one thru nine).
Commentary: Sunday Readings.
Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches the parable of the sower. "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil… and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold."Video reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire): Sunday Sermon.
Imagine a crowd of farmers listening to this parable and shaking their heads at the farmer’s strange sowing. He would have been expelled from the seed sowers’ union for such irresponsible farming. Like the foolish sower, God’s love is so extravagant that it defies all of our expectations of what is reasonable.
The most important point of this parable is that we must imitate the foolish love of God. We must love not only those who love us, not only those who are like us and affirm us, but precisely those who are different and unresponsive. Our sun should shine on the good and bad alike.
Video reflection by Father Mike Schmitz (Ascension): Sunday Homily.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Sunday Reflection.
Video reflection by Jeff Cavins (Ascension): Sunday Reflection.
Audio reflection by Scott Hahn, Ph.D. (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Breaking the Bread.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Mother of the incarnate Word! You are the human heart's immaculate sensitivity to all that is of God. This means all that is true, good, & beautiful, all that has its source & fulfillment in God."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"The more Eucharist we receive, the more we will become like Jesus, so that on earth we will have a foretaste of heaven."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Blessed Carlo Acutis (1991-2006, feast: 12 October)
"We are entirely at the disposal of the Church. We profess a deep personal love for the Holy Father. We surrender ourselves completely to be united with him as carriers of God's love. Pray for us that we don't spoil the work God has called us to do."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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