PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Aug 8, 2026 · 7m

Original Post Date: August 9, 2025

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Gospel

Matthew 17:14-20

A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said,

"Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely;

often he falls into fire, and often into water.

I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him."

Jesus said in reply,

"O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you?

How long will I endure you?

Bring the boy here to me."

Jesus rebuked him and the demon came out of him,

and from that hour the boy was cured.

Then the disciples approached Jesus in private and said,

"Why could we…