16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- St Paul's Catholic Parish
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
19 July 2026
Collect Prayer
Show favor, O Lord, to your servants and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace, that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity, they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands. Through our Lord...
Readings
Wisdom 12: 13, 16-19 Psalm 86 Romans 8: 26-27 Matthew 13: 24-43
At that time: Jesus put another parable before the crowd, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, "Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?" He said to them, "An enemy has done this." So the servants said to him, "Then do you want us to go and gather them?" But he said, "No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, 'Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'
Readings next Sunday (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
1 Kings 3: 5-6a, 7-12 Psalm 119 Romans 8: 28-30 Matthew 13: 44-52
Saints of the Week
Wed 22 - St. Mary Magdalene
Thu 23 - St. Bridget, Religious, Patron of Europe
Sat 25 - St. James, Apostle, Feast
‘Weeds among the wheat...’
(Catechism of the Catholic Church 825, 827)
"The Church on earth is endowed already with a sanctity that is real though imperfect." In her members perfect holiness is something yet to be acquired: "Strengthened by so many and such great means of salvation, all the faithful, whatever their condition or state – though each in his own way are called by the Lord to that perfection of sanctity by which the Father himself is perfect".
"Christ, 'holy, innocent, and undefiled,' knew nothing of sin, but came only to expiate the sins of the people. The Church, however, clasping sinners constantly the path of penance and renewal." All members of the Church, to her bosom, at once holy and always in need of purification, follows including her ministers, must acknowledge that they are sinners. In everyone, the weeds of sin will still be mixed with the good wheat of the Gospel until the end of time. Hence the Church gathers sinners already caught up in Christ's salvation but still on the way to holiness.
Weekly News
Diocesan Retreat
At Kykkos Monastery. Date: 23-25 October. More information on the board. To register, please, contact one of the priests of the parish
First Communion and Confirmation 2027
The informative encounter for parents will be on Friday 2 October at the Shop. First Communion at 6:30 pm; Confirmation at 7:15 pm
Caritas St. Paul's
Thank you for your prayers, contributions, food and clothes donations … we can also reuse your shopping bags. If you wish to volunteer, please, contact Fr. Alessandro
Parish Community Shop
Refreshments, coffee and tea. Check our religious section for rosaries, Christmas Cards, scapulars, devotionals, etc. Check also our books sections. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet other parishioners and grow as community. All funds will go to the building of the new Church. If you’d like to volunteer, please talk to Fr. Ismael
Dress Code in Church
Please dress modestly.
Mass Schedule
20th - 26th July
Tue: Mass at 9:00am in Agia Kyriaki
Wed: Mass at 12:00pm in Agia Kyriaki
Thu: Mass at 9:00am in Agia Kyriaki
Fri: Mass at 9:00am in Agia Kyriaki
Saturday: 4:30pm (AK); 6:15pm (Town of Polis)
Sunday: Masses at 10am, 11am & 12pm (AK)
Eucharistic Adoration: Wed at 10:50am in AK; Thu at 6pm in AK
Holy Rosary: Sat at 4pm in AK
Filipino Mass: last Sunday of the month at 12pm
Sri-Lankan Mass: on 3rd Sunday of the month, 12pm (Presbytery chapel)
Comments