Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time God Provides Food The Meager Gifts of a Little Boy He Took Bread and Gave Thanks Note. As Mark’s Gospel is much shorter than the other synoptics, it can hardly fill year B with enough significant passages. Hence, John’s chapter 6, on the multiplication and the Eucharistic discourse, […]
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Daily Liturgy
SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME THE COVENANT – BLOOD RELATIONS OF GOD Introduction Today’s first reading describes the rite of the covenant, by which Israel became God’s chosen people with whom God made a blood compact, a sangduguan, whereby they became his blood relations. “I am the Lord your God” (in the singular, […]
SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME THE COMMANDMENTS – THE ROAD TO FREEDOM Introduction “I am the Lord your God. I brought you… out of the house of slavery.” These opening words of the commandments mark the meaning that the Old Testament gave to God’s commandments. They are the charter of fidelity for us, […]
Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time MARY MAGDALENE Introduction Contrary to popular belief, which is based on a rather late “tradition” in the West only, Mary Magdalene is not the sinful woman described in Luke 7. We know that she was from Magdala and had been cured by the Lord. She became an eager […]
SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MANNA: FOOD FROM HEAVEN Introduction It is quite likely that the delicious manna was not as plentiful and frequent as the epic description of Exodus seems to imply. But the authors bring out its theological meaning. When food is scarce and always the same, when the Hebrews cry […]
SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME PASSING THROUGH WATERS Introduction In epic style and with a superabundance of poetic detail, the authors of Exodus write down, centuries after the events themselves, the realization that God himself had saved his people. The waters of the Sea of Reeds engulfed slavery and marked the beginning of […]
SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME FAITH AND SIGNS Introduction As soon as their faith makes demands on them, as soon as they don’t see clear, the Hebrews complain and would choose slavery in Egypt rather than a difficult march through the desert to freedom. They don’t trust yet in God. They want signs […]
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time 1. God, Compassionate Like a Mother 2. A Shepherd Who Cares Greeting (see Second Reading) Jesus came to bring the good news of peace: peace to those who are far away and peace to you who are close-by. May that peace be always with you. R/ And also with you. […]
FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME THE DISCREET SERVANT Introduction In the first reading we hear how the people of God starts its march to a land of their own where they can serve God in freedom and be the living kingdom of God: the Promised Land. But the journey will be long, slow-paced, […]
FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME THE SABBATH IS FOR PEOPLE Introduction When God brought punishing plagues on the Egyptians for oppressing his people, he saved the Hebrew families, which had eaten the paschal lamb and smeared its blood on the door posts. Christ communicates his salvation to us in the eucharist, the new […]