27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
4 October 2026
Collect Prayer
Almighty ever-living God, who in the abundance of your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads and to give what prayer does not dare to ask. Through...
Readings
Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80 Philippians 4:6-9 Matthew 21:33-43
At that me: Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people, ‘Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence round it and dug a wine press in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than at rst. And they did the same to them. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, “They will respect my son.” But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, “This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.” And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’
They said to him, ‘He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.’
Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes”? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.’
Readings next Sunday (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Isaiah 25:6-10a Psalm 23 Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20 Matthew 22:1-14
Saints of the Week
Mon 5 - St. Faustina Kowalska, religious sister (memorial)
Tue 6 - St. Bruno, priest (memorial)
Wed 7 - Our Lady of the Rosary (memorial)
Bearing Fruit
St. Maximus of Turin, †420 (dailygospel.org)
"The vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel" says the prophet (Is 5:7). We ourselves are this house... and, since we are his Israel, we are the vineyard. So let us take good care that grapes of wrath (Rv 14:19) rather than sweetness do not grow from our branches, so that no one may say to us: "I expected grapes but it yielded wild grapes" (Is 5:4). What fruitless soil! The soil that should have presented its master with fruits of sweetness, pierced him with its sharp thorns. In the same way his enemies, who ought to have welcomed our Savior with all the devoton of their faith, crowned him with the thorns of his Passion. In their eyes this crown expressed insult and abuse, but in the Lord's eyes it was the crown of virtue...
My brethren, take good care that no one says with regard to you: "He expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes" (Is 5:2)... Let us be careful that our evil deeds do not rub against our Lord's head like thorns. There are thorns in the heart that have even wounded the word of God, as our Lord says in the gospel when he relates how the sower's seed fell among thorns that grew and choked what had been sown (Mt 13:7)... So take care that your vineyard does not bring forth thorns instead of grapes and your vintage produce vinegar instead of wine. Anyone who gathers in the grapes without sharing them with the poor is collecting vinegar instead of wine; and anyone who stores his harvests without sharing them with needy is not settng aside the fruit of almsgiving but the briars of greed...
Saint Bruno, priest (1030-1101)
Source: dailygospel.org
St. Bruno was born in Cologne to a pious family. He was endowed with intelligence and natural gifts, which he cultivated through higher learning in Paris. He became a canon in Cologne and later in Rheims and was appointed director of theological studies.
When the bishop passed away, the see fell into evil hands. St. Bruno retired to the countryside; but continued praying, fasting and almsgiving. With docility to the Holy Spirit, he and six companions founded a religious order. They besought Bishop Hugh of Grenoble, who gave them a wild solitude called the Chartreuse. They practiced poverty, self-denial and silence: each apart in his own cell, meeting only to worship God and employing themselves in copying books.
St. Bruno's order was called the Carthusians after the wilderness where they lived. Six years later, Pope Urban II summoned him to Rome as an advisor. He tried to live as he had in the desert, but the echoes of the great city disturbed him. After refusing high dignities, he gained permission to resume his monastic life in Calabria. He lived there humbly until passing away in the year 1101.
Weekly News
Sunday Missals 2027
To order your 2026-2027 Missal (Year B) please contact Fr. Ismael.
Donation: 15€ in an envelope with your name on it, please.
Thank Letter from "Hogar Niño Dios"
Fr. Fernando has sent a thank you-letter on behalf of the Home for Disabled Children “Hogar Niño Dios”. The children, the fathers, the sisters, and the volunteers are deeply grateful for the recent Lenten donation given by our parish. We keep praying for them. You can find the letter on the board and at the shop.
First Communion and Confirmation 2027
If you missed the informative encounter last October 2nd, contact Fr. Ismael
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. Ismael
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
Mass Schedule
5th - 11th October
Mon: No Mass
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 (Agia Kyriaki ); 6:15pm (Town of Polis)
Sunday: Masses in Agia Kyriaki at 10am (Latin), 11am (Polish) & 12pm (English)
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: 3rd Sunday of the month, 12pm (Presbytery chapel)
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