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

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Aug 5, 2026 · 6m

Original Post Date: August 7, 2024

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Gospel

Matthew 15:21-28

At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out,

“Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David!

My daughter is tormented by a demon.”

But he did not say a word in answer to her.

His disciples came and asked him,

“Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.”

He said in reply,

“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

But the woman came and did him homage, saying, “Lord, help me.”

He said in reply,

“It is not right to take the food of the…