Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 Ephesians 4:1-6Kings 4:42-44John 6:1-15 Generosity In the first reading the prophet Elisha foreshadows Jesus by feeding a hundred people with twenty barley loaves and then has some left over. In the gospel we find the famous story of Jesus feeding a huge crowd with five barley loaves and two fish. These readings encourage us…
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 23:1-6Ephesians 2:13-18Mark 6:30-34 Change of Plans In the first reading from Jeremiah we are told that God “will appoint shepherds for [the people] who will shepherd them so that they need no longer fear and tremble; and none shall be missing.” This verse correlates with last Sunday’s reading when the disciples were sent out…
