The
readings for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A tell of how our
relationship with God helps us grow, which in turn allows our lives to bear
fruit. The first reading explains that God’s Word is like the rain, which falls
on the earth and makes it fertile. The second reading reminds us that a new
creation is going to emerge. And in the gospel Jesus tells the parable of the
sower and explains that our hearts must be ready to receive the Word of God.- God’s Word: The first reading
highlights the power and effectiveness of God’s word, comparing it to rain
and snow that bring nourishment and produce fruitful results.
- Spiritual Nourishment: The imagery of rain
and snow in the passage symbolizes the spiritual nourishment and
refreshment that come from engaging with God’s word, highlighting the
life-giving nature of Scripture.
- Receptive Hearts: Jesus teaches about the
different types of hearts or dispositions of people who hear the word of
God, emphasizing the importance of having a receptive heart that receives
and embraces the message.
- Responses to God’s
Word: The
parable illustrates various responses to the word of God, including
unbelief, superficial faith, distractions, and genuine faith and
fruitfulness.
- Fruitfulness and
Growth: The
parable emphasizes the power of God’s word, depicting the potential for
growth and abundant fruitfulness in the lives of those who receive and
apply it.
Entrance:
1. Diha sa Halaran (Koro Viannista)
2. Atong Daygon ang Ginoo
3. Awit
ng Pasasalamat (Hontiveros)
4. Buklod
ng Pag-ibig (Pangilinan & Hontiveros)
5. Come
with into the Fields (Schutte)
Reading
1 Is 55:10-11
Thus
says the LORD:
Just as from the heavens
the rain and snow come down
and do not return there
till they have watered the earth,
making it fertile and fruitful,
giving seed to the one who sows
and bread to the one who eats,
so shall my word be
that goes forth from my mouth;
my word shall not return to me void,
but shall do my will,
achieving the end for which I sent it.
Responsorial
Psalm Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14
R. (Lk
8:8) The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.
You have visited the land and watered it;
greatly have you enriched it.
God's watercourses are filled;
you have prepared the grain.
R. The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.
Thus have you prepared the land: drenching its furrows,
breaking up its clods,
Softening it with showers,
blessing its yield.
R. The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.
You have crowned the year with your bounty,
and your paths overflow with a rich harvest;
The untilled meadows overflow with it,
and rejoicing clothes the hills.
R. The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.
The fields are garmented with flocks
and the valleys blanketed with grain.
They shout and sing for joy.
R. The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.
Reading
2 Rom 8:18-23
Brothers
and sisters:
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing
compared with the glory to be revealed for us.
For creation awaits with eager expectation
the revelation of the children of God;
for creation was made subject to futility,
not of its own accord but because of the one who subjected it,
in hope that creation itself
would be set free from slavery to corruption
and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God.
We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now;
and not only that, but we ourselves,
who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,
we also groan within ourselves
as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower.
All who come to him will have life forever.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Mt 13:1-23
On
that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.
Such large crowds gathered around him
that he got into a boat and sat down,
and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying:
"A sower went out to sow.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path,
and birds came and ate it up.
Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil.
It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,
and when the sun rose it was scorched,
and it withered for lack of roots.
Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.
But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit,
a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
Whoever has ears ought to hear."
The disciples approached him and said,
"Why do you speak to them in parables?"
He said to them in reply,
"Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven
has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted.
To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich;
from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
This is why I speak to them in parables, because
they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.
Isaiah's prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:
You shall indeed hear but not understand,
you shall indeed look but never see.
Gross is the heart of this people,
they will hardly hear with their ears,
they have closed their eyes,
lest they see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their hearts and be converted,
and I heal them.
"But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
"Hear then the parable of the sower.
The seed sown on the path is the one
who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it,
and the evil one comes and steals away
what was sown in his heart.
The seed sown on rocky ground
is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.
But he has no root and lasts only for a time.
When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,
he immediately falls away.
The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word,
but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word
and it bears no fruit.
But the seed sown on rich soil
is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold."
or
Mt 13:1-9
On
that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.
Such large crowds gathered around him
that he got into a boat and sat down,
and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying:
"A sower went out to sow.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path,
and birds came and ate it up.
Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil.
It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,
and when the sun rose it was scorched,
and it withered for lack of roots.
Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.
But some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit,
a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
Whoever has ears ought to hear."
Offertory:
1. Dagyon
Ikaw Ginoong Dios (Koro Viannista)
2. Diyutay
Lang Kini (Koro Viannista)
3. Banyuhay
(Esteban)
4. Isang
Pagkain, Isang Katawan, Isang Bayan (San Pedro)
5. Christify
(Bukas Palad)
6. Blessed
be GOD
Communion:
1. Ang
Magpupugas ug Daghan (swak na swak kaayo sa gospel)
2. Ang
Kinabuhi sa Tawo (swak sab kaayo as the song mentions BINHI)
3. Ang
Tawag
4. Pagkakaibigan
5. Ang
Mabuting Pastol
6. The
Seed
7. You
are Mine
Recessional:
1. Magpasalamat
ta Niya
2. Kahiusa
3. Maliban na
Mahulog sa Lupa
4. Glory
and Praise to Our GOD
