Today is the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Romans 8:28-30; and Matthew 13:44-52. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 119 (Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-130).
The Gospel reading is as follows:
Jesus said to his disciples: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Do you understand all these things?”
They answered, “Yes.”
And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.”
Reflections on these readings:
The Deacon's Bench: Homily for July 24, 2011: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (23 JUL 11)
Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio: Liberal vs. Conservative - Old vs. New
The Lectionary: Searching for the secret of wisdom (21 JUL 11)
Dr. Scott Hahn: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Treasures of the Kingdom
Roman Catholic Cop: Buried Treasure -17th Sunday of Ordinary Time (23 JUL 11)
The Word Embodied: The Higher Wisdom
Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary: Origen
Friar Blog: Sirius XM Radio - July 22, 2011: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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