19 July 2026 – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time ‘A’
Wis 12:13, 16–19; Rom 8:26–27; Matt 13:24–43
H O M I L Y
Dear brothers and sisters,
The Gospel of Matthew has brought together here three of Jesus’ parables, all of which relate to the Kingdom of Heaven—that Kingdom which Jesus came to establish on earth. It is the Kingdom that will be fully realized at the end of time, but which is already present and growing. And indeed, one characteristic of the Kingdom that all three parables, each in its own way, highlight is that the Kingdom, like all of creation, is subject to a law of growth. Even the Son of God, when he became incarnate, submitted to this law. Does not the Gospel tell us that he grew in age and wisdom before God and before men?