Supreme Chaplain's Monthly Challenge

July, 2026

“While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.” (Gospel for July 19, Mt 13:25-26)

In the midst of his suffering, Job asked, “Why do the wicked keep on living, grow old, become mighty in power?” (Job 21:7). It seems to human eyes an injustice: the good suffer while the evil prosper. But Jesus explains that God “makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust” (Mt 5:45). He is a patient God, and we must “consider the patience of our Lord as salvation” (2 Pt 3:15a). God is patient with sinners — including us.

Challenge by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori:

This month, I challenge you to reach out to a family member or friend and invite them to go to the sacrament of penance.

Questions for Reflection:

In what way are you like wheat, and in what ways are you like weeds? Are you envious or disturbed by those who lead unholy lives but seem to prosper? Do you find it difficult to love the “weeds” in your life, to pray for and work toward their salvation?

Supreme Chaplain's Monthly Challenge

Challenge by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori:

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