Monday, July 20, 2026

Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Apollinaris, Bishop of Ravenna and Martyr

Memorial of St. Elijah, Prophet

Memorial of St. Aurelius, Bishop of Carthage

PATHWAYS OF HOPE: “A HEART THAT SEEKS GOD, NOT SIGNS”

[GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: MATTHEW 12: 14 - 21

Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus,

“Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”

He said to them in reply,

“An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign,

but no sign will be given it

except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights,

so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth

three days and three nights.

At the judgment, the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation

and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah;

and there is something greater than Jonah here.

At the judgment the queen of the south will arise with this generation

and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth

to hear the wisdom of Solomon;

and there is something greater than Solomon here.”

Reflection by Nino Christian Pedraza : Chemist - Senior Supervisor - Energy Development Corporation. Action Group Leader and Member - Servants of the Living God, Ormoc

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