Sunday

8 Jul 2012

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

SUNDAY SUMMARY

Ezekiel 2:2-5 Ezekiel gets the call most prophets learn to dread: Tell the truth to the obstinate.
Psalm 123:1-2, 2, 3-4 Contempt and arrogance are visited upon the people, who trust in God’s mercy for help.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Paul is honored with revelations but plagued by a bad spirit that humbles him.
Mark 6:1-6 Jesus offers inspired teaching and mighty works in Nazareth, which spurns him.

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The inner word

What’s in your heart?

When I am weak, Saint Paul said, “then I am strong.”

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Exploring the word

“The daughter of the voice”

ONCE UPON A time there was an era for prophecy. That would be from about the 12th to the 5th centuries B.C.E., biblically speaking.

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Homily stories

Jesus and I are amazed

Once, while in a discussion about the existence of God, the person with whom I was arguing said, “I’m sorry, I just can’t believe in God because where do all the dead bodies go?

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Prayers

Penitential Act & Prayer of the Faithful

For the times we have not listened to and followed the Lord, we pray for forgiveness.

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Homily themes

Notes on the text

A thorn in the flesh was given to me. Much speculation has centered on the nature of Paul’s “mystery” affliction.

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Sign & sacrament

Key practices of faith

Did you ever go searching all over the house for your car keys only to find them right where you left them on the kitchen table? We tend to expect what we believe.

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Quotes

The prophets . . . were clear that God was continuing to work in the universe and in all history. —Kenneth Scott Latourette (1884-1968)

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