The weeds, the wheat, and the patient king

Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera look ahead to the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including a reading from Wisdom and Jesus’ telling of several subversive parables about the kingdom of God.

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Reading 1 - Wisdom 12: 13, 16-19

Psalm 86: 5-6, 9-10, 15-16

Reading 2 - Romans 8: 26-27

Gospel - Matthew 13: 24-43

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