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St. Luigi Orione Gaitu Parish -Kaguma Metropolis, 396, Meru (2026)

02/08/2026

Sunday, 2 August 2026
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 (Isa 55,1-3)
All you who thirst, come to the waters. And you who have no money: hurry, buy and eat. Approach, buy wine and milk, without money and without barter. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and expend your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen very closely to me, and eat what is good, and then your soul will be delighted by a full measure. Incline your ear and draw near to me. Listen, and your soul will live. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, by the faithful mercies of David.
Responsorial Psalm (Ps 145)
The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy. The Lord is sweet to all things, and his compassion is upon all his works.

O Lord, all eyes hope in you, and you provide their food in due time. You open your hand, and you fill every kind of animal with a blessing.

The Lord is just in all his ways and holy in all his works. The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

Reading 2 (Rom 8,35.37-39)
Then who will separate us from the love of Christ? Tribulation? Or anguish? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or peril? Or persecution? Or the sword? But in all these things we overcome, because of him who has loved us. For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor the present things, nor the future things, nor strength, nor the heights, nor the depths, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Gospel (Mat 14,13-21)
When Jesus had heard it, he withdrew from there by boat, to a deserted place by himself. And when the crowds had heard of it, they followed him on foot from the cities. And going out, he saw a great multitude, and he took pity on them, and he cured their sick. And when evening had arrived, his disciples approached him, saying: “This is a deserted place, and the hour has now passed. Dismiss the crowds, so that, by going into the towns, they may buy food for themselves.” But Jesus said to them: “They have no need to go. Give them something to eat yourselves.” They answered him, “We have nothing here, except five loaves and two fish.” He said to them, “Bring them here to me.” And when he had ordered the multitude to sit down upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fish, and gazing up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the bread to the disciples, and then the disciples to the multitudes. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up the remnants: twelve baskets full of fragments. Now the number of those who ate was five thousand men, besides women and children.

26/07/2026

Sunday, 26 July 2026
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 (1Kgs 3,5.7-12)
Then the Lord appeared to Solomon, through a dream in the night, saying, “Request whatever you wish, so that I may give it to you.” And now, O Lord God, you have caused your servant to reign in place of David, my father. But I am a small child, and I am ignorant of my entrance and departure. And your servant is in the midst of the people that you have chosen, an immense people, who are not able to be numbered or counted because of their multitude. Therefore, give to your servant a teachable heart, so that he may be able to judge your people, and to discern between good and evil. For who will be able to judge this people, your people, who are so many?” And the word was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon had requested this kind of thing. And the Lord said to Solomon: “Since you have requested this word, and you have not asked for many days or for wealth for yourself, nor for the lives of your enemies, but instead you have requested for yourself wisdom in order to discern judgment: behold, I have done for you according to your words, and I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so much so that there has been no one like you before you, nor anyone who will rise up after you.
Responsorial Psalm (Ps 119)
HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your law.

The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Let it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servant. Let your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my meditation.

Therefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topaz. Because of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous way.

PHE. Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul has been examined by them. The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones.

Reading 2 (Rom 8,28-30)
And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints. For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined, in conformity with the image of his Son, so that he might be the Firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined, he also called. And those whom he called, he also justified. And those whom he justified, he also glorified.
Gospel (Mat 13,44-52)
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man finds it, he hides it, and, because of his joy, he goes and sells everything that he has, and he buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking good pearls. Having found one pearl of great value, he went away and sold all that he had, and he bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea, which gathers together all kinds of fish. When it has been filled, drawing it out and sitting beside the shore, they selected the good into vessels, but the bad they threw away. So shall it be at the consummation of the age. The Angels shall go forth and separate the bad from the midst of the just. And they shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have you understood all these things?” They say to him, “Yes.” He said to them, “Therefore, every scribe well-taught about the kingdom of heaven, is like a man, the father of a family, who offers from his storehouse both the new and the old.”

12/07/2026

Sunday, 12 July 2026
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 (Isa 55,10-11)
And in the same manner as rain and snow descend from heaven, and no longer return there, but soak the earth, and water it, and cause it to bloom and to provide seed to the sower and bread to the hungry, so also will my word be, which will go forth from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish whatever I will, and it will prosper in the tasks for which I sent it.
Responsorial Psalm (Ps 65)
You have visited the earth, and you have saturated it. You have enriched it in so many ways. The river of God has been filled with water. You have prepared their food. For thus is its preparation.

Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; it will spring up and rejoice in its showers.

You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, and your fields will be filled with abundance. The beauty of the desert will fatten, and the hills will be wrapped with exultation.

The rams of the sheep have been clothed, and the valleys will abound with grain. They will cry out; yes, they will even utter a hymn.

Reading 2 (Rom 8,18-23)
For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with that future glory which shall be revealed in us. For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to emptiness, not willingly, but for the sake of the One who made it subject, unto hope. For the creature itself shall also be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the sons of God. For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now; and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body.
Gospel (Mat 13,1-23)
In that day, Jesus, departing from the house, sat down beside the sea. And such great crowds were gathered to him that he climbed into a boat and he sat down. And the entire multitude stood on the shore. And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow seed. And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it. Then others fell in a rocky place, where they did not have much soil. And they sprung up promptly, because they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose up, they were scorched, and because they had no roots, they withered. Still others fell among thorns, and the thorns increased and suffocated them. Yet some others fell upon good soil, and they produced fruit: some one hundred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.” And his disciples drew near to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” Responding, he said to them: “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it has not been given to them. For whoever has, it shall be given to him, and he shall have in abundance. But whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him. For this reason, I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. And so, in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, ‘Hearing, you shall hear, but not understand; and seeing, you shall see, but not perceive. For the heart of this people has grown fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.’ But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen I say to you, certainly, that many of the prophets and the just desired to see what you see, and yet they did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and yet they did not hear it. Listen, then, to the parable of the sower. With anyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, evil comes and carries away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received the seed by the side of the road. Then whoever has received the seed upon a rocky place, this is one who hears the word and promptly accepts it with joy. But he has no root in himself, so it is only for a time; then, when tribulation and persecution occur because of the word, he promptly stumbles. And whoever has received the seed among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the falseness of riches suffocate the word, and he is effectively without fruit. Yet truly, whoever has received the seed into good soil, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, and so he bears fruit, and he produces: some a hundred fold, and another sixty fold, and another thirty fold.”

07/06/2026

Sunday, 7 June 2026
Sunday after Trinity Sun: Body and Blood of Christ
Reading 1 (Deu 8,2-3.14b-16a)
And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments. He afflicted you with need, and he gave you Manna as your food, which neither you nor your fathers knew, so as to reveal to you that it is not by bread alone that man lives, but by every word that goes forth from the mouth of God. your heart might be lifted up, and you might not remember the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude, and who was your leader in the great and terrible wilderness, in which there was the serpent with a burning breath, and the scorpion, and the snake of thirst, and no waters at all. He led streams out of the hardest rock, and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known.
Responsorial Psalm (Ps 147)
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion. For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.

He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain. He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.

He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel. He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia."

Reading 2 (1Cor 10,16-17)
The cup of benediction that we bless, is it not a communion in the Blood of Christ? And the bread that we break, is it not a participation in the Body of the Lord? Through the one bread, we, though many, are one body: all of us who are partakers of the one bread.
Gospel (John 6,51-58)
I am the living bread, who descended from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread, he shall live in eternity. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.” Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so also whoever eats me, the same shall live because of me.

12/05/2026

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08/03/2026

Sunday, 8 March 2026
3rd Sunday of Lent
Reading 1 (Exo 17,3-7)
And so the people were thirsty in that place, due to the scarcity of water, and they murmured against Moses, saying: “Why did you cause us to go out of Egypt, so as to kill us and our children, as well as our cattle, with thirst?” Then Moses cried out to the Lord, saying: “What shall I do with this people? A little while more and they will stone me.” And the Lord said to Moses: “Go before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. And take in your hand the staff, with which you struck the river, and advance. Lo, I will stand in that place before you, on the rock of Horeb. And you shall strike the rock, and water will go forth from it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the name of that place ‘Temptation,’ because of the arguing of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying: “Is the Lord with us, or not?”
Responsorial Psalm (Ps 95)
The Praise of a Canticle, of David himself. Come, let us exult in the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior. Let us anticipate his presence with confession, and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.

Come, let us adore and fall prostrate, and let us weep before the Lord who made us. For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.

Reading 2 (Rom 5,1-2.5-8)
Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. For through him we also have access by faith to this grace, in which we stand firm, and to glory, in the hope of the glory of the sons of God. but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious? Now someone might barely be willing to die for the sake of justice, for example, perhaps someone might dare to die for the sake of a good man. But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,
Gospel (John 4,5-42)
Therefore, he went into a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the estate which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. And Jacob’s well was there. And so Jesus, being tired from the journey, was sitting in a certain way on the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria arrived to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me to drink.” For his disciples had gone into the city in order to buy food. And so, that Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, are requesting a drink from me, though I am a Samaritan woman?” For the Jews do not associate with the Samaritans. Jesus responded and said to her: “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give me to drink,’ perhaps you would have made a request of him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him: “Lord, you do not have anything with which to draw water, and the well is deep. From where, then, do you have living water? Surely, you are not greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and who drank from it, with his sons and his cattle?” Jesus responded and said to her: “All who drink from this water will thirst again. But whoever shall drink from the water that I will give to him will not thirst for eternity. Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Lord, give me this water, so that I may not thirst and may not come here to draw water.” Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and return here.” The woman responded and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her: “You have spoken well, in saying, ‘I have no husband.’ For you have had five husbands, but he whom you have now is not your husband. You have spoken this in truth.” The woman said to him: “Lord, I see that you are a Prophet. Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” Jesus said to her: “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you shall worship the Father, neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know. For salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and it is now, when true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeks such persons who may worship him. God is Spirit. And so, those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” The woman said to him: “I know that the Messiah is coming (who is called the Christ). And then, when he will have arrived, he will announce everything to us.” Jesus said to her: “I am he, the one who is speaking with you.” And then his disciples arrived. And they wondered that he was speaking with the woman. Yet no one said: “What are you seeking?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” And so the woman left behind her water jar and went into the city. And she said to the men there: “Come and see a man who has told me all the things that I have done. Is he not the Christ?” Therefore, they went out of the city and came to him. Meanwhile, the disciples petitioned him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat which you do not know.” Therefore, the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them: “My food is to do the will of the One who sent me, so that I may perfect his work. Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then the harvest arrives?’ Behold, I say to you: Lift up your eyes and look at the countryside; for it is already ripe for the harvest. For he who reaps, receives wages and gathers fruit unto eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the word is true: that it is one who sows, and it is another who reaps. I have sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.” Now many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him, because of the word of the woman who was offering testimony: “For he told me all the things that I have done.” Therefore, when the Samaritans had come to him, they petitioned him to lodge there. And he lodged there for two days. And many more believed in him, because of his own word. And they said to the woman: “Now we believe, not because of your speech, but because we ourselves have heard him, and so we know that he is truly the Savior of the world.”

18/02/2026

Ash Wednesday
Reading 1 (Joe 2,12-18)
Now, therefore, the Lord says: “Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting and weeping and mourning.” And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and convert to the Lord your God. For he is gracious and merciful, patient and full of compassion, and steadfast despite ill will. Who knows if he might convert and forgive, and bequeath a blessing after him, a sacrifice and a libation to the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call an assembly. Gather the people, sanctify the church, unite the elders, gather together the little ones and infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom depart from his bed, and the bride from her bridal chamber. Between the vestibule and the altar, the priests, the ministers of the Lord, will weep, and they will say: “Spare, O Lord, spare your people. And do not bequeath your inheritance into disgrace, so that the nations would rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ” The Lord has been zealous for his land, and he has spared his people

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