
SCRIPTURES & THEMES
Scriptures and Themes
July-August 2026
Ordinary Time
Living No Longer without Spiritual Rest
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 5, 2026
First Reading: Song of Solomon 2: 8-13
Psalm: Psalm 45: 7-17
Second Reading: Romans 7: 21-8: 1
Gospel: Matthew 11: 16-19; 25-30
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Living No Longer for Pleasing the Flesh
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 12, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 55: 6-13
Psalm: Psalm 65
Second Reading: Romans 8: 8-11
Gospel: Matthew 13: 1-9; 18-23
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Living No Longer Outside of God’s Kingdom
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 19, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 44: 1-8
Psalm: Psalm 139: 1-10
Second Reading: Romans 8: 12-18
Gospel: Matthew 13: 36-43
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Living No Longer without Spiritual Understanding
The Celebration of the Church in the Philippines being Received into the CEC
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 26, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 3: 5-12
Psalm: Psalm 119: 123-135
Second Reading: Romans 8: 26-30
Gospel: Matthew 13: 44-52
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Living No Longer Ignoring the Needy
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 2, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 55: 1-5
Psalm: Psalm 145: 8-21
Second Reading: Romans 9: 1-5
Gospel: Matthew 14: 13-21
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Living No Longer Blind to Christ’s Glory
The Feast of the Transfiguration
August 6, 2026
First Reading: Exodus 24: 29-35
Psalm: Psalm 99
Second Reading: 2 Peter 1: 13-21
Gospel: Luke 9: 28-36
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Living No Longer in Unbelief
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 9, 2026
First Reading: Jonah 2: 1-9
Psalm: Psalm 29
Second Reading: Romans 10: 6-11
Gospel: Matthew 14: 22-33
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Living No Longer in Disregard of the Foreigner
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 16, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 56: 1-7
Psalm: Psalm 67
Second Reading: Romans 11: 25-32
Gospel: Matthew 15: 21-28
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Living No Longer in Service of Self
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 23, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 51: 1-6
Psalm: Psalm 138
Second Reading: Romans 12: 1-8
Gospel: Matthew 16: 13-20
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Living No Longer Unmindful of God’sThings
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 30, 2026
First Reading: Jeremiah 15: 15-21
Psalm: Psalm 26
Second Reading: Romans 12: 9-21
Gospel: Matthew 16: 21-27