Sunday 2 August, 2026 The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A Antiphons and Readings on p.1113 of Daily Missal and p.370 of Sunday Missal

Send us Fan MailEntrance Antiphon.O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me! You are my rescuer, my help; O Lord, do not delay.First Reading: Isaiah 55:1-3A reading from the first Book of IsaiahThus says the Lord: “Ho, every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, merciful love for David.”The word of the Lord.Responsorial psalm: Psalm 145:8-9.15-16.17-18R/: You open your hand, Lord, and you satisfy us.The Lord is kind and full of compassion,slow to anger and abounding in mercy.How good is the Lord to all,Compassionate to all his creaturesThe eyes of all look to you,and you give them their food in due season.You open your hand, and satisfythe desire of every living thing. The Lord is just in all his ways,And holy in all his deeds.The Lord is close to all who call him,who call on him in truth.R/: You open your hand, Lord, and you satisfy us.Second reading: Romans 8:35.37-39A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the RomansBrethren:  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. The word of the Lord.Alleluia, Alleluia.Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Alleluia.Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew At that time: When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. As he went ashore he saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.” And he said, “Bring them here to me.” Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.The Gospel of the Lord.Communion Antiphon.You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven, endowed with all delights and sweetness in every taste.