Sunday, 15 February 2026 Sunday Sixth Week in Ordinary Time – Cycle A Antiphons and readings on p. 327 of the Sunday Missal and on p 823 of the Daily Missal.

Send us Fan MailEntrance Antiphon.Be my protector, O God, a mighty stronghold to save me. For you are my rock, my stronghold! Lead me, guide me, for the sake of your name.First Reading: Sirach 15:15-20A reading from the Book of Sirach.If you will, you can keep the commandments, they will save you;if you trust in God, you too shall live. He has placed before you fire and water: stretch out your hand for whichever you wish. Before a person are life and death, good and evil, and whichever they choose will be given to them.For great is the wisdom of the Lord; he is mighty in power and sees everything. The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, and he knows every deed of man. He has not commanded anyone to be ungodly, and he has not given anyone permission to sin.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119:1-2.4-5.17-18.33-34 (R. 1b)R/. Blessed are those who walk in the law of the Lord!Blessed are those whose way is blameless,who walk in the law of the Lord!Blessed are those who keep his decrees!With all their hearts they seek him.You have laid down your preceptsto be carefully kept.May my ways be firmin keeping your statutes.Deal bountifully with your servant,that I may live and keep your word.Open my eyes, that I may seethe wonders of your law.Lord, teach me the way of your statutes,and I will keep them to the end.Grant me insight that I may keep your law,and observe it wholeheartedly.R/. Blessed are those who walk in the law of the Lord!Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians.Brethren: Among the mature, we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification. None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him,” God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.The Word of the Lord.Alleluia, Alleluia.Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom.Alleluia.Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches people so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but the one who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. “You have heard that it was said to the people of old, ‘You shall not kill, and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoe