Sunday

21 Jun 2015

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B Click here for all content for this cycle Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

SUNDAY SUMMARY

Job 38:1, 8-11 God declares to Job that mortals are not the ones who set limits and determine outcomes.
Psalm 107:23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31 God’s authority is made known to sailors tossed by sea and storm.
2 Corinthians 5:14-17 Christ defines the new creation. In him the old passes away and the new arrives.
Mark 4:35-41 Wind and sea respond to the voice of Jesus, to the amazement of his disciples.

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The inner word

What’s in your heart?

Where has God amazed you? Helped you to say something? What do you bless God for today?

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Exploring the word

We brake for limits

The authority to set limits, and to break them, is God’s alone. Jesus reveals his divine nature at the fracture point of transcending the established limits of sin and death. To live under God’s authority is the only way to move forward to a life without limits—or, as we say, a world without end.

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In other words

The Sunday gospel in everyday English

Jesus reprimanded the disciples: “Why are you such cowards? Don’t you have any faith at all?”

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Homily stories

Master strokes

Sometimes, when the storm rises and the boat is rocking, you have to wake up the master.

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Prayers

Penitential Act & Prayer of the Faithful

In the spirit of repentance for sins Saint John the Baptist preached, we make known our failures to our merciful God.

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Homily themes

Notes on the text

God knows you completely and has destined you to be an effective instrument of God’s word—a “sharp-edged sword . . . a polished arrow.”

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Quotes

John was a good man and had urged [others] to exert themselves to virtue, both as to justice toward one another and reverence toward God. —Josephus, Antiquities (c. 94 A.D.)

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