COMMENTARY
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
23 August 2026
: Isaiah 22: 19–23
God Raised Up The Godly Leader Eliakim
"I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David."
Reading 2: Romans 11: 33–36
God’s Glorious Plan for the World
"From him and through him and to him are all things."
Gospel: Mathew 16: 13–20
The Messiah’s Dramatic Revelation of Himself and His Church: Peter’s Great Confession
"You are Peter, I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven."
The Keys of the Kingdom!