Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 16, 2012


Isaiah 50:5-9A  /  James 2:14-18  /  Mark 8:27-35


Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back.

James 2:14

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?

Mark 8:34

He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me." 

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 9, 2012


Isaiah 35:4-7A  /  James 2:1-5  /  Mark 7:31-37


Isaiah 35:5-6

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing.

James 2:5

Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

Mark 7:37

They were exceedingly astonished and they said,  "He has done all things well.  He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."



Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dt 4:1-2,6-8 / Jas 1:17-18,21B-22,27 / Mk 7:1-8,14-15,21-23

Deuteronomy 4:1

"Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you."

James 1:21

Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.

 

Mark7:14-15

 

He summoned the crowd again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.  Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person, but the things that come out from within are what defile."

 



Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 26, 2012


Joshua 24:1-2A,15-17,18B / Eph 5:2A,25-32 / John 6:60-69


Joshua 24:15

"If it does not please you to serve the LORD, decide today whom you will serve."

Ephesians 5:29

For no one hates his own flesh but rather nourishes and cherishes it.

John 6:63

It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 19, 2012


Proverbs 9:1-6  /  Ephesians 5:15-20  /  John 6:51-58


Proverbs 9:1-2

Wisdom has built her house, she haws set up her seven columns; she has dressed her meat, mixed her wine, yes, she has spread her table.

Ephesians: 5:17

Therefore, do not continue in ignorance, but try to understand what is the will of the Lord.

John 6:51

Jesus said to the crowds: "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 12, 2012


1 Kings 19:4-8  /  Ephesians 4:30-5:2  /  John 6:41-51

1 Kings 19:6

Elijah looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water.

Ephesians 4:31

All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all malice.

John 6:43-44 

Jesus answered and said to them, "Stop murmuring among yourselves.  No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day."

 

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."