The Shepherd Has Arrived
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Friends, the readings for this Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time are interwoven with each other in a very interesting way. I want to start with the first reading from Jeremiah, then look at the Gospel from Mark, and then circle back to the second reading from Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, which I think sheds the most light on the thematics here—namely, God’s desire to shepherd his people, and the arrival of the shepherd in Christ.
Mass Readings
- Reading 1 — Jer 23:1-6
- Psalm — Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6
- Reading 2 — Eph 2:13-18
- Gospel — Mk 6:30-34
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