Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 5, 2012


Exodus 16:2-4,12-15 / Ephesians 4:17,20-24 / John 6:24-35

Exodus 16:4

Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will now rain down bread from heaven for you.  Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion."

Ephesians 4:17

I declare and testify in the Lord that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.



Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 29, 2012


2 Kings 4:42-44  /  Ephesians 4:1-6  /  John 6:1-15


2 Kings 4:43-44

"They shall eat and there shall be some left over."  And when they had eaten, there was some left over, as the LORD had said.

Ephesians 4:1

I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received.

John 6:12

When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, "Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted." 

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 22, 2012


Jeremiah 23:1-6  /  Ephesians  2:13-18  /  Mark 6:30-34


Jeremiah 23:4

I will appoint shepherds for them who will shepherd them and bring them back to their meadow.

Ephesians 2:13

In Christ Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of Christ.

Mark 6:31

He said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while."

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 15, 2012


Amos 7:12-15  /  Ephesians 1:3-10  /  Mark 6:7-13


Amos 7:14

Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, nor have I belonged to a company of prophets; I was a shepherd and a dresser of sycamores."

Ephesians 1:7-8

In him we have redemption by his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us.

Mark 6:8

He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick-- no food, no sack, no money in their belts.

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 8, 2012


Ezekiel 2:2-5  /  2 Corinthians 12:7-10  /  Mark 6:1-6


Ezekiel 2:4

Hard of face and obstinate of heart are they to whom I am sending you.

2 Corinthians 12:9

My grace is sufficient for you for power is made perfect in weakness.

Mark 6:6

He was amazed at their lack of faith.

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 1, 2012


Wisdom 1:13-15;2:23-24  /  2 Cor 8:7,9,13-15  / Mark 5:21-43


Wisdom 2:23

For God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made him.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Mark 5:21

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea.

Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

June 24, 2012


Isaiah 49:1-6  /  Acts 13:22-26  /  Luke 1:57-66,80


Isaiah 49:4

Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, yet my reward is with the LORD, my recompense is with my God.

Acts 13:24

John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Luke 1:60-63

"He will be called John."  But they answered her, "There is no one among your relatives who has this name."  So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called.  He asked for a tablet and wrote, "John is his name," and all were amazed.

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 17, 2012


Ezekiel 17:22-24  /  2 Corinthians 5:6-10  /  Mark 4:26-34


Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, bring low the high tree, lift high the lowly tree, wither up the green tree, and make the withered tree bloom.

2 Corinthians 5:6-7

We are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Mark 4:26-27

"This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and through it all the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how."

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

June 10, 2012


Exodus 24:3-8  /  Hebrews 9:11-15  /  Mark 14:12-16,22-26


Exodus 24:3

When Moses came to the people and related all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice, "We will do everything that the LORD has told us."

Hebrews 9:15

For this reason he is mediator of a new covenant:  since a death has taken place for deliverance.

Mark 14:16

The disciples then went off, entered the city,and found it just as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

June 3, 2012


Dt 4:32-34,39-40  /  Romans 8:14-17  /  Matthew 28:16-20


Deuteronomy 4:32

Did anything so great ever happen before?  Was it ever heard of?

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

Matthew 28:20

"And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age."

Pentecost Sunday

May 27, 2012


Acts 2:1-11  /  1 Corinthians 12:3b-7,12-13  /  John 20:19-23


Acts 2:1-2

When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together.  And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were.

1 Corinthians 12:4-7

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.  To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.

John 20:19

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Seventh Sunday of Easter

May 20, 2012


Acts 1:15-17,20a,20c-26  /  1 John 4:11-16  /  John 17:11-19


Acts 1:26

They then gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles.

1 John 4:15-16

Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God.  We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.

John 17:11

Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying:  "Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one."

Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 13, 2012


Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48  /  1 John 4:7-10  /  John 15:9-17


Acts 10:34-35

Then Peter proceeded to speak and said, "In truth, I see that God shows no partiality.  Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him."

1 John 4:9-10

God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.  In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.

John 15:15

"I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.  It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you"

Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 6, 2012


Acts 9:26-31  /  1 John 3:18-24  /  John 15:1-8


Acts 9:31

The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace.  It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit it grew in numbers.

1 John 3:18

Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.

John 15:4-5

Remain in me, as I remain in you.  Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remain on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.  I am the vine, you are the branches.