A Moment To Pause: Sunday 19th July 2026

A Moment to Pause - a short daily audio reflection rooted in Sacred Scripture · Jul 19, 2026 · 1m

Welcome to our reflection today with Pauline Thomas from Anglesey, North Wales.

Welcome to A Moment to Pause on this, the 19th of July. We hear today in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13, verses 24 to 43, Jesus laying before the crowds, three parables. In the first he likens the kingdom of heaven to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off.

As the crop grew, the weeds appeared as well. Instructions were given that the weeds were to be left to grow and not to be pulled up, lest the wheat be…