Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jer 23:1-6/Eph 2:13-18/Mk 6:30-34
“But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of Christ.”
Ephesians 2:13, NABRE
Monday
Sg 3:1-4b or 2 Cor 5:14-17/Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
“Hardly had I left them
when I found him whom my soul loves.
I held him and would not let him go
until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
to the chamber of her who conceived me.”
Song of Solomon 3:4, NABRE
Tuesday
Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Mt 12:46-50
“And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother.””
Matthew 12:49-50, NABRE
Wednesday
Jer 1:1, 4-10/Mt 13:1-9
“The word of the Lord came to me:
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I dedicated you,
a prophet to the nations I appointed you.”
Jeremiah 1:4-5, NABRE
Thursday
2 Cor 4:7-15/Mt 20:20-28
“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.”
2 Corinthians 4:8-10
Friday
Jer 3:14-17/Mt 13:18-23
“Return, O faithless children,
says the Lord,
for I am your master;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
and I will bring you to Zion.”
Jeremiah 3:14, NRSVCE
Saturday
Jer 7:1-11/Mt 13:24-30
“Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”
Matthew 13:30, NRSVCE
