July 26 - Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ex.24:3-8; Ps.50:1-2,5-6,14-15; Mt.13:24-30) “All that the Lord has said, we will heed and do.” But will they? Who among them will remain faithful to the covenant they make with God? All the Israelites vow as one to follow “the words and ordinances of the Lord,” yet only two men shall come from the desert and enter the Promised Land. Their children shall exhibit greater fidelity, but these, too, shall falter – throughout the history of the chosen people there shall be weeds, sometimes in abundance, sown among the good seed. And in our psalm, God declares: “Gather my faithful ones before me…
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