Daily Readings - Gospel for sunday, july 19, 2020. Pope Reflection

Daily Gospel - Readings for july 19, 2020.

Reading for sunday. Daily gospel

Wisdom 12:13,16-19.

There is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing, to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly. Your justice has its source in strength, your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all. You show your strength when your sovereign power is questioned and you expose the insolence of those who know it; but, disposing of such strength, you are mild in judgement, you govern us with great lenience, for you have only to will, and your power is there. By acting thus you have taught a lesson to your people how the virtuous man must be kindly to his fellow men, and you have given your sons the good hope that after sin you will grant repentance.

Daily Psalm for sunday.

Psalm 85(86):5-6,9-10,15-16.

"O Lord, you are good and forgiving." (R).

O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of love to all who call. Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my voice. (R).

All the nations shall come to adore you and glorify your name, O Lord: for you are great and do marvellous deeds, you who alone are God. (R).

But you, God of mercy and compassion, slow to anger, O Lord, abounding in love and truth, turn and take pity on me. (R).

Daily Gospel Acclamation.

"Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Alleluia!" (Cfr. Mt 11:25)

Daily Gospel for july 19. Matthew 13:24-43.

Daily Gospel reading for sunday, july 19 (The Spirit of God will be upon him): "At that time, Jesus put another parable before the crowds: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, the darnel appeared as well. The owner´s servants went to him and said, "Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?" "Some enemy has done this" he answered. And the servants said, "Do you want us to go and weed it out?" But he said, "No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn."" He put another parable before them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the biggest shrub of all and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and shelter in its branches." He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through." In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables. This was to fulfil the prophecy: I will speak to you in parables and expound things hidden since the foundation of the world. Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples came to him and said, "Explain the parable about the darnel in the field to us." He said in reply, "The sower of the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the evil one; the enemy who sowed them, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels. Well then, just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time. The Son of Man will send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that provoke offences and all who do evil, and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. Then the virtuous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Listen, anyone who has ears!"".

Daily Gospel reflection by Pope Francis.

"The evil of the world does not come from God but from his enemy, the devil"

In the reading of the daily Gospel,

the liturgy proposes several gospel parables, that is, short stories that Jesus used to announce the Kingdom of Heaven to the crowds. Among those of today´s Gospel, there is a rather complex one that Jesus explained to his disciples: it is the one about the good grain and the weeds, which deals with the problem of evil in the world and calls attention to God´s patience (cf. Mt 13:24-30, 36-43).

The story takes place in a field where the owner sows the grain, but during the night his enemy comes and sows grass, a term which in Hebrew derives from the same root as the name "Satan" and which alludes to the concept of division. We all know that the devil is a "weed sower," one who always seeks to sow division among individuals, families, nations and peoples. The servants wanted to pull up the grass immediately, but the owner of the field stopped them, explaining that: "When you gather the weeds you pull up the wheat with them" (Mt 13:29). Because we all know that a bad weed, when it grows, looks very much like a good grain, and there is the risk of confusing them.

The teaching of the parable is twofold. In the first place, it says that the evil of the world does not come from God but from his enemy, the evil one. It is curious that the evil one goes at night to sow grass, in darkness, in confusion; he goes where there is no light to sow grass. This enemy is cunning: he sows evil in the midst of good, so that it is impossible for us men to separate them clearly; but God, in the end, will be able to do it.

And here we come to the second theme-the juxtaposition of the impatience of the servants and the patient waiting of the master of the field, who represents God. Sometimes we are in a great hurry to judge others, to categorize, to put the good here, the bad there... But remember the prayer of that sanctimonious man:

"God, I thank you for being good, for not being like other men, evil" (cf. Lk 18:11-12).

God, however, knows how to wait. With patience and mercy He looks at the "field" of each person´s life; He sees dirt and evil much better than we do, but He also sees the seeds of good and waits with confidence for them to grow. God is patient, he knows how to wait. This is so beautiful: our God is a patient father, who always waits for us and waits with his heart in his hand to welcome us, to forgive us. He always forgives us if we go to him.

The attitude of the owner of the field is that of hope based on the certainty that evil has neither the first nor the last word. And it is thanks to this patient hope of God that the same weeds, which are the malicious heart with so many sins, can in the end become good grain. But beware: evangelical patience is not indifference to evil; good and evil must not be confused! Before the tares of the world, the Lord´s disciple is called to imitate God´s patience, to nourish hope with the support of an indestructible trust in the final victory of good, that is, of God.

In the end, in fact, evil will be removed and eliminated: at the moment of harvest, that is, of judgment, the harvesters will follow the orders of the owner of the field, separating the tares in order to burn them (cf. Mt 13:30).

On the day of the last harvest, the judge will be Jesus, the one who sowed the good grain in the world and who became himself a "grain of wheat", who died and rose again. In the end we will all be judged by the same measure with which we have judged: the mercy we have shown to others will be shown to us as well. Let us ask the Virgin Mary, our Mother, to help us grow in patience, in hope and in mercy towards all our brothers and sisters. (Daily Gospel reflection, Angelus, July 20, 2014)

Daily Gospel Prayer.

Lord Jesús, God of goodness, I want to thank you for having revealed to my heart the wonders of belonging to your flock. I bless you for revealing to me the ways of love that I must follow to achieve all my purposes and the happiness of my loved ones. You are the God who does not fail, who sows and reaps the best. You care for me, you encourage me and you fill me with hope. Amen. (Healing with prayer daily gospel)

The Pope´s daily quotation.

"God remembers us, heals our wounded memories by anointing them with hope, he is close to us to lift us up from within. May he help us to be builders of good, consolers of hearts". (Pope Francis, 08.24.2019)

Daily porpose.

Knowing that you are accompanied by God at all times is the key to removing loneliness from your life. Pray an Our Father so that you can always feel that close and friendly union with you.

🎧 Video of the daily Gospel.

Enjoy now the video meditation for sunday, for the daily Gospel july 19, 2020. Matthew 13:24-43 - 15th Week in Ordinary Time.

Map of readings for the day.

• Initial readings

• Daily Gospel Readings

• Pope reflection

• Daily Gospel Prayer

• Daily Gospel Purpose

• Video meditation for the Gospel

Daily Gospel Intentions for july 19.

With the readings daily Gospel, let us pray for all those prayer intentions for today, sunday, that you wish to express. When you meditate on the daily readings, you deepen your personal relationship with God and grow in love. Write down in the commentaries all that you want God to give you or heal you through the reading of his Word in the daily Gospel for july 19, 2020. God Bless you.