Readings for Sunday, Aug 2, 2026
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Reading 1 Isaiah 55:1-3
Thus says the LORD: All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare. Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured to David.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18
The Lord is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
R. he hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
The eyes of all look hopefully to you,
and you give them their food in due season;
you open your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
The Lord is just in all his ways
and holy in all his works.
The Lord is near to all who call upon him,
to all who call upon him in truth.
R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
Reading 2 Romans 8:35, 37-39
Brothers and sisters: What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Gospel Matthew 14:13-21
When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said to them, “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food But they said to him, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Then he said, “Bring them here to me,” and he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over— twelve wicker baskets full. Those who ate were about five thousand men, not counting women and children.
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>>>> Qari tat-Tmintax-il Ħadd taż-Żmien ta’ Matul is-Sena
Qari 1 mill-Ktieb tal-Profeta Isaija 55, 1-3
Dan jgħid il-Mulej: “Intom li bikom l-għatx, ejjew għall-ilma, intom ukoll li m’għandkomx flus. Ejjew, ixtru u kulu b’xejn, inbid u ħalib bla ħlas. Għaliex taħlu fluskom f’dak li mhuwiex ħobż, u ġidkom f’dak li ma jxebbax? Isimgħu minni, u tieklu tajjeb, u ruħkom titpaxxa b’ikel bnin. Agħtuni widen u ersqu lejja, isimgħu u tieħdu r-ruħ. Nagħmel patt magħkom għal dejjem, biex iseħħu l-favuri mwiegħda lil David”. >> Il-Kelma tal-Mulej // R/. Irroddu ħajr lil Alla
Salm Responsorjali Salm 144 (145), 8-9.15-16.17-18
Twajjeb u ħanin il-Mulej,
idum biex jagħdab u kollu tjieba.
Twajjeb ma’ kulħadd il-Mulej,
tjubitu fuq kull ma għamel. R/.
Għajnejn kulħadd iħarsu lejk, Mulej,
u inti tagħtihom l-ikel f’waqtu.
Int tiftaħ idek,
u xxabba’ ’l kulħadd bil-ġid. R/.
Ġust il-Mulej fl-imġiba tiegħu kollha,
twajjeb f’dak kollu li għamel.
Qrib il-Mulej lejn kull min isejjaħlu,
lejn kull min isejjaħlu fis-sewwa. R/.
Qari 2 mill-Ittra ta’ San Pawl lir-Rumani 8, 35.37-39
Ħuti, min se jifridna mill-imħabba ta’ Kristu? It-taħbit, id-dwejjaq, il-persekuzzjoni, il-ġuħ, l-għera, it-tiġrib, ix-xabla? Imma f’dan kollu aħna aktar minn rebbieħa bis-saħħa ta’ dak li ħabbna. Għax jiena żgur li la l-mewt u la l-ħajja, la l-anġli u la l-qawwiet, la ż-żmien t’issa u la ta’ li ġej, la setgħat, la l-għoli u lanqas il-fond, u ebda ħliqa oħra ma jistgħu qatt jifirduna mill-imħabba ta’ Alla li dehret fi Kristu Ġesù Sidna. >>> Il-Kelma tal-Mulej /// R/. Irroddu ħajr lil Alla
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Mattew 14:13-21
F’dak iż-żmien, meta sama’ l-aħbar tal-mewt ta’ Ġwanni l-Battista, Ġesù telaq minn hemm bid-dgħajsa u mar waħdu f’post imwarrab. Imma n-nies semgħu fejn mar, u telqu warajh bil-mixi mill-ibliet. Xħin niżel l-art mid-dgħajsa ra kotra kbira ta’ nies u tħassarhom, u fejqilhom il-morda tagħhom. Xħin sar filgħaxija d-dixxipli tiegħu resqu lejh u qalulu: “Dan post imwarrab, u l-ħin għamel sewwa. Ibgħathom lin-nies, ħa jmorru fl-irħula jixtru x’jieklu”. Imma Ġesù qalilhom: “Ma għandhomx għalfejn imorru; agħtuhom intom x’jieklu”. U huma qalulu: “Hawn ma għandniex ħlief ħames ħobżiet u żewġ ħutiet”. “Ġibuhomli hawn”, qalilhom. Imbagħad ordna lin-nies biex joqogħdu bilqiegħda fuq il-ħaxix; ħa l-ħames ħobżiet u ż-żewġ ħutiet, rafa’ għajnejh lejn is-sema, bierek, qasam il-ħobżiet u tahom lid-dixxipli, u d-dixxipli newluhom lin-nies. U kulħadd kiel u xaba’, u ġabru l-bċejjeċ li kien fadal u mlew bihom tnax-il qoffa. U kienu madwar ħamest elef raġel dawk li kielu, barra n-nisa u t-tfal. >>> Il-Kelma tal-Mulej //// R/. Tifħir lilek Kristu
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///////////// REFLECTION - Fr Tony Kadavil's WEEKLY Eight-minute homily in one page
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Introduction:
The central theme of next Sunday’s readings is the care God can take of us, meeting our physical and spiritual needs, if we put our trust in Him. He shares Jesus, His only-begotten Son and become Incarnate so that Jesus can be Infinite generosity both prepares us for the Heavenly banquet, and challenges us to share our blessings with others.
Scripture lessons:
In the First Reading, Isaiah consoles the Jewish exiles in Babylon, assuring them of their return to homeland and promising them that Yahweh their God alone can, and will, provide for their spiritual and physical needs. He will pardon their sins and will offer them participation in His eschatological banquet. The refrain for today’s Responsorial Psalm (Ps 145), has us sing, “The Hand of the Lord feeds us; He answers all our needs,” in praise of the mercy, forgiveness, and maternal care of our One loving and providing God.
In the Second Reading, Paul argues that since God’s love for us is Infinitely immense, “nothing can come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.” In Sunday’s Gospel, demonstrating God’s caring love for us, Jesus fed the enormous crowd of listeners both spiritually by his preaching, and physically by his miraculous multiplication of the apostles’ lunch of five loaves and two fish. This miracle shows the Divinity of Jesus, the providing care of God, and the compassion of Jesus for the crowd.
The miracle is also a Messianic sign, identifying Jesus as both the new Moses who fed the Israelites in the desert and the new Elisha who miraculously fed the starving people of Gilgal (2 Kings 4:42-44). The Eucharistic wordings used, and the promise made by Jesus on the following day, that he would give his body and blood as food and drink (John 6:25-70), made the miracle a prefiguring symbol of the Holy Eucharist.
Life messages:
>1) We need to nourish our souls with Jesus in Word and Sacrament. We nourish our souls with the Word of God (by listening to God through reading the Bible) and with the Bread of Life (by receiving Jesus in Holy Communion). We need to find time to be with Christ both in personal and family prayer, and in Adoration of the Eucharist whenever this is available. One way of listening to God is to read a passage in the Bible until it speaks to the heart, then stop to reflect on the message God is conveying to our hearts. The next step is to respond to God by prayer, which is talking to Him, as to a friend in conversation, telling Him everything and asking Him for whatever we need.
>2) We need to be “Eucharistic” ministers: We, too, can perform miracles in our own time and place, by imitating the four "Eucharistic actions” of Jesus: take humbly and generously what God gives us, bless it by offering it to others in God’s love, break away from our own needs and selfish interests for the sake of others, give with joy-filled gratitude to God who has blessed us with so much and to our brothers and sisters, His children.
>3) We need to be generous in sharing God’s blessings: We need to share our blessings with others around us, generously and sacrificially, in order to alleviate their spiritual and physical hunger. God lavishly blesses the large-hearted, who generously and sacrificially share their resources with others.
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