11 October 2026 — 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time ‘A’

Isaiah 25:6–10a; Philippians 4:12–14, 19–20; Matthew 22:1–14

H O M I L Y

           The prophet Isaiah uses the image of a banquet to describe the salvation of the messianic age offered to all peoples.  In the same way, Jesus often uses the image of a wedding feast in the Gospel when He wishes to reveal the mystery of salvation history.

11 octobre 2026 -- 28^ème dimanche ordinaire « A »

Isaïe, 25, 6-10a ; Phil. 4, 12-14. 19-20 ; Matt. 22, 1-14

H O M É L I E

           Le prophète Isaïe utilise l’image du banquet pour décrire le salut des temps messianiques offert à tous les peuples.  De la même manière Jésus utilise souvent l’image du banquet de noces dans l’Évangile, lorsqu’il veut révéler le mystère de l’histoire du salut.

12 October 2026: Monday of the 28th week in Ordinary Time

Luke 11:29-32

Homily

           The prophet Jonah was sent by God to the pagans in the city of Nineveh.  But he did not want the mission, and fled to the city of Tarshish.  This, as we know, led him - and all his companions - into a terrible storm.  In the midst of this storm, he recognized his sin and agreed - he even asked - to be thrown into the sea to appease God's anger. He then began an experience of solitude, symbolized by the time he spent in the belly of a big fish, before finally beginning his mission to preach a message of repentance.  However, it was impossible for him to understand that a pagan city could be converted to God; and when it was, he was upset.  As we know from the rest of the story, God will make him understand, through the image of the plant that grows in one day and dies the next, that He, God, has the same merciful love for the pagan city of Nineveh as He does for the people of Israel.

October 8, 2026 --  Thursday of the 27th even-numbered week

Gen 3:1-5; Luke 11:5-13

H O M I L Y

          In the section of Luke’s Gospel that we have been reading in the weekday lectionary for the past few days, Luke describes Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem and places events there that the other evangelists placed at other times in Jesus’ life.  This section also contains stories that Luke alone recounts.  This was the case with the parables of the Good Samaritan and of Martha and Mary.  In the text we have just read (which forms a whole with the one we would have had yesterday had it not been for the feast of Mary, Queen of the Rosary), Luke records two of Jesus’ teachings on prayer that we also find in Matthew—namely, the Lord’s Prayer and the exhortation: “Ask, and you will receive… etc.” ” And between these two teachings, Luke inserts another teaching of Jesus, which he alone recounts: that of the persistent friend, which we have just read. Let us pause for a moment on this passage.