Tag: Sunday Scripture

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Gn 2:18-24 Psalm 128:1-6 2) Heb 2:9-11 Gospel: Mk 10:2-16   Not alone "I have over 100 friends on Facebook!" and "I've got close...

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Nm 11:25-29 Psalm 19:8, 10, 12-14 2) Jas 5:1-6 Gospel: Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48   Rage There it is, right in the middle of...

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Wis 2:12, 17-20 Psalm 54:3-6, 8 2) Jas 3:16 – 4:3 Gospel: Mk 9:30-37   Imitate Jesus in times of pain and confusion Every...

Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Is 50:5-9 Psalm 116:1-6, 8-9 2) Jas 2:14-18 Gospel: Mk 8:27-35   Angry at God About a week after my wife Mary died of...

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Is 35:4-7 Psalm 146:6-10 2) Jas 2:1-5 Gospel: Mk 7:31-37 Overcoming fear with faith The deaf man in today's Gospel must have known...

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Dt 4:1-2, 6-8 Psalm 15:2-5 2) Jas 1:17-18, 21-22, 27 Gospel: Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Mysterious As we listen to the Scripture readings...

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) 1 Kgs 19:4-8 Psalm 34:2-9 2) Eph 4:30-5:2 Gospel: Jn 6:41-51 http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/081218.cfm Food for eternal life From time to time we read or hear...

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Ex 16:2-4, 12-15 Psalm 78:3-4, 23-25, 54 2) Eph 4:17, 20-24 Gospel: Jn 6:24-35   A question for reflection Some years ago, I began...

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) 2 Kgs 4:42-44 Psalm 145:10-11, 15-18 2) Eph 4:1-6 Gospel: Jn 6:1-15 Food for the journey Did you know that the basic order...

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Jer 23:1-6 Psalm 23:1-6 2) Eph 2:13-18 Gospel: Mk 6:30-34   A royal mess In today's first reading, Jeremiah promises that God will send...