Lord's Day Reflection: The Wheat, the Weeds, and the Weekend

July 18, 2026 · 1 min read

As the Church celebrates the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jenny Kraska offers her thoughts on the day's liturgical readings, reflecting on the theme, "The Wheat, the Weeds, and the Weekend.”

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Ilia Dhima

This part about the shepherds and the wheat made me think of my father's old garden in Berat - he never removed all the weeds at once, he said that something good comes out of them. I wonder if we know when it is the right moment to cut the "grass" in our ordinary weekend life.

Maria Ionescu

Yes, Ilia, just like at dad's in the garden in Berat. When I clean the vegetables in the kitchen, I always leave a few small weeds, because sometimes the dill that I sowed without wanting to grows among them. It's as if the Lord leaves us like this until the harvest, so that we don't spoil everything.

Andrea Prifti

Yes, Ilia, it also reminded me of my father in Gjirokastra, who used to leave some wild herbs around the tomatoes because he said they retain moisture. But on weekends, I often don't know what to expect and what to leave, especially when my son is going to play outside. Do you have any simple signs that help you distinguish "grass" from "wheat" in everyday life?

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