07/19/26 We Do Not Know How

Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Faith grows through trial and prayer.

We all want a greater faith...and we all want a purified love. But how does our faith grow and how does our love get purified? Through trial and prayer. But we do not know how to pray as we ought. Prayer is more a posture than it is a procedure. And the posture is trust.

Mass Readings from July 19, 2026: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 Psalm 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16Romans 8:26-27

Matthew 13:24-43