For 13 July 2026, Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 10:34-11:1, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Jesus said to his apostles, “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set
a man ‘against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
and one’s enemies will be those of his household.’
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple—amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”
When Jesus finished giving these commands to his twelve disciples, he went away from that place to teach and to preach in their towns.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Fr. Tom Condon, OP
Thomas Condon, OP, is a member of the Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres (Southern Province, USA). He is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. Tom was professed as a Dominican in 1982 and ordained to the priesthood in 1988. He has been a campus minister, formation director, shrine director, pastor, and Provincial. Tom received a DMin in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri. He is currently prior of St. Dominic Priory in St. Louis. He is an adjunct professor at Aquinas Institute of Theology as well as a part time chaplain at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and St. Louis University Hospital.
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Jesus said to his apostles, “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set
a man ‘against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
and one’s enemies will be those of his household.’
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple—amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”
When Jesus finished giving these commands to his twelve disciples, he went away from that place to teach and to preach in their towns.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Fr. Tom Condon, OP
Thomas Condon, OP, is a member of the Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres (Southern Province, USA). He is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. Tom was professed as a Dominican in 1982 and ordained to the priesthood in 1988. He has been a campus minister, formation director, shrine director, pastor, and Provincial. Tom received a DMin in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri. He is currently prior of St. Dominic Priory in St. Louis. He is an adjunct professor at Aquinas Institute of Theology as well as a part time chaplain at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and St. Louis University Hospital.