World Mission Sunday — 2026 — Lectionary Year A

Today’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on Isaiah reflecting on the First Reading proclaimed at Mass on the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Today is also World Mission Sunday and the Scriptures and Prayers may be different at Mass.

Cyril of Alexandria. Commentary on Isaiah Volume III: Chapters 40 - 50. Translated by Robert Charles Hill. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2008. ISBN: 9781885652966

This Sunday’s blog article examines the Babylonian Captivity and the role of Cyrus the Great in restoring Jerusalem and the Temple.