23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading: Is 35:4-7 Second Reading: Jas 2:1-5 Gospel Reading: Mk 7:31-37 The theme of this Sunday’s Readings is “Be opened.” In the … Continued
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year BFirst Reading: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8Second Reading: Jas 1:17-18, 22-22, 27Gospel Reading: Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 “Now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances … Continued
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading: 1 Kgs 19:4-8 Second Reading: Eph 4:30 – 5:2 Gospel Reading: Jn 6:41-51 In this Sunday’s Collect, we ask “God, whom, … Continued
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year BFirst Reading: Ex 16:2-4, 12-15, 31aSecond Reading: Eph 4:17, 20-24Gospel Reading: Jn 6:24-35 This Sunday’s Readings parallel last Sunday’s. There is the same emphasis … Continued
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year BFirst Reading: 2 Kg 4:42-44Second Reading: Eph 4:1-6Gospel Reading: Jn 6:1-15 This Sunday, we hear how Elisha fed 100 people on twenty loaves of … Continued
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading: Jer 23:1-6 Second Reading: Eph 2:13-18 Gospel Reading: Mk 6:30-34 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of … Continued
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading: Am 7:12-15 Second Reading: Eph 1:3-14 Gospel Reading: Mk 6:7-13 “What’s the point of it all?” someone asked me at a … Continued
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading: Ez 2:2-5 Second Reading: 2 Cor 12:7-10 Gospel Reading: Mk 6:1-6 During Jesus’ public life, people debated who he was. Some … Continued
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading: Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Second Reading: 2 Cor 8:7,9,13-15 Gospel Reading: Mk 5:21-43 “God did not make death,” says this Sunday’s First … Continued
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B1st Reading: Jb 38:1-4, 8-112nd Reading: 2 Cor 5:14-17Gospel: Mk 4:35-41 Now that Christ has suffered and died for us, risen from the dead, … Continued