Tag: Sunday Scripture

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...

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Am 7:12-15 Psalm 85:9-14 2) Eph 1:3-14 Gospel: Mk 6:7-13 Freedom to serve St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most well-known...

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Ez 2:2-5 Psalm 123:1-4 2) 2 Cor 12:7-10 Gospel: Mk 6:1-6 On recognizing prophets In our first reading, God is sending a man...

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13 2) 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15 Gospel: Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43 When Jesus encounters...

Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Cycle B 1) Is 49:1-6 Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15 2) Acts 13:22-26 Gospel: Lk 1:57-66, 80 Happy birthday, John! Among the saints, John...

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) Ez 17:22-24 Psalm 92:2-3, 13-16 2) 2 Cor 5:6-10 Gospel: Mk 4:26-34 The fruit of walking by faith Faith works wonders. To walk by...

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Cycle B 1) Ex 24:3-8 Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18 2) Heb 9:11-15 Gospel: Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 Living in eucharistic amazement The...