Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 11-12, 2026

  All human beings hunger for God, a superior being that holds the answers to our infinite questioning. We who recognize God in Jesus Christ, his only begotten son, catch a glimpse through Scripture of how much the Lord loves us and, in turn, wants us to share the good news of Christ's redemptive love with others. This is the proclamation of hope that Saint Paul announces in today's second reading. He affirms that, through the gift of the Spirit, all creation will be freed from the slavery of sin and corruption, but we must first listen to the word of God. The prophet Isaiah says the word of God nourishes our hearts like the rain and the snow, watering the earth and making it fertile. The Gospel today contains the parable of the sower and the seed. Although the word of God is like the good seed, always ready to bear fruit in the hearts of the faithful, Jesus reminds his followers that the seed does not always fall on fertile ground. Called to receive, meditate, and act upon the word of the Lord daily, we are committed to echo the word of God in our lives, asking ourselves: How can we identify the "dry land" in our own hearts, or places where God may have attempted to sow a seed in our hearts to help us grow, but we didn't pay any attention? How can we turn this dry land into fertile ground?

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