Echoing God’s Word
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Reflections on the readings from the Lectionary
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Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time - June 23, 2024
Job 38:1,8-11 - Even the waves of the sea are subject to God.
2 Corinthians 5:14-17 - Created anew in Christ we need to live in love.
Mark 4:35-41 - Jesus has the power to calm the storm.
Psalm 107: 23-36,28-31 - God is present to save us.
Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - June 30, 2024
Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 - How come there is evil in God’s world?
2 Corinthians 8:7,9,13-15 - Our stewardship model is Christ.
Mark 5:21-43 - Jesus has power over life and death.
Psalm 30:2,4-6,11-13 - God hears the cry of those in need.
Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - July 7, 2024
Ezekiel 2:2-5 - Let us not be obstinate of heart.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 - In our weakness only God is powerful.
Mark 6:1-6 - Jesus is rejected even by his own.
Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - July 14, 2024
Amos 7:12-15 - The prophet is called by God, not by Israel’s rulers.
Ephesians 1:3-14 - God chose us to share with Christ in redemption.
Mark 6:7-13 - Jesus sends the Twelve to share in his ministry.
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - July 21, 2024
Jeremiah 23:1-6 - God will gather people as shepherds gather their sheep.
Ephesians 2:13-18 - In Christ, Jews and Gentiles are reconciled in peace.
Mark 6:30-34 - People with no leader find one in the Good Shepherd.
Psalm 23 - God is faithful as our Shepherd.
Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - July 28, 2024
2 Kings 4:42-44 - Give it to the people and let them eat.
Ephesians 4:1-6 - There is one body and one spirit.
John 6:1-15 -There is a boy here with five barley loves and two fish.
Psalm:145 - You open your hand to feed us, Lord.
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - August 4, 2024
Exodus: 16:2-4,12-15 - God feeds the people with quail and manna.
Ephesians 4:17,20-24 - Put away the old ways now that you are in Christ.
John 6:24-35 - Jesus is the Bread of Life.
Psalm 78:3-4,23-25,54 - God has always provided for the people.
Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - August 11, 2024
1 Kings 19:4-8 - Elijah is strengthened by God’s food.
Ephesians 4:30-5:2 - Walk in Love, just as Christ did.
John 6:41-51 - Christ is the Living Bread that came from heaven.
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - August 15, 2024
Revelation 11:19-12:1-6,10 - A woman clothed with the sun.
1 Corinthians 15:20-27 - Christ, the first to rise
Luke 1:39-56 - He has raised up the lowly.
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time - August 18, 2024
Proverbs 9:1-6 - God invites his people to a feast.
Ephesians 5:15-20 - Watch your conduct and you will know God’s will.
John 6:51-58 - Jesus gives his body and blood as real food.