John 6:1-15 In the Gospel Reading, the large crowd following Jesus needs to be fed. Jesus’ miracle makes visible the superabundance of divine grace. At the end of the account we are reminded that nothing of God ever will be wasted.
Category: Sunday Gospel Primer
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Sunday Gospel Primer – July 18, 2021
MARK 6:30-34 Baptism equips each of us with grace – power – which propels us into the world so that we live the faith confidently and compassionately. Our daily actions ought to make Jesus known to others. Like the apostles, we should not be surprised if our great missionary adventure makes us tired and exhausted....
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Sunday Gospel Primer – July 11, 2021
Mark 6:7-13 The call of Christ signals deep personal conversion, not rousing worldly success driven verified by record metrics. Christ commissions intentional disciples to proclaim God’s Kingdom and we will be empowered by the Holy Spirit to carry out our divine mission.
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Sunday Gospel Primer – June 27, 2021
Mark 5:21-43 The Gospel Reading presents two miracles both involving people who have urgent needs for healing. On his way to the Capernaum home of Jairus’ daughter who is seriously ill, Jesus encounters a woman who has spent every penny she had trying to find a cure for lengthy malady. Take special notice, however, that ...
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Sunday Gospel Primer – June, 20, 2021
Mark 4:35-41 The Gospel Reading places us in a boat battling to stay afloat during a bad storm. Incredulously, Jesus remains asleep, resting comfortably in the care of the Father who keeps careful watch over Him and His mission. At the disciples’ insistence, Jesus awakens and commands the furious gale to quiet and be still....
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Sunday Gospel Primer – June 13, 2021
Mark 4:26-34 In the Gospel Reading this Sunday, Jesus tells two parables about the growth of the Kingdom of God. Each story has a different purpose. The first parable emphasizes the seed’s own growth. Neither can the farmer can give the seed the power to grow nor make its gradual growth happen. The second parable...
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Sunday Gospel Primer – May 31, 2021
Matthew 28:16-20 God makes Himself known to the whole world. He is our Father who loved us so much that He offered up His Son for us and, more than that, granted us His Spirit so that we can recognize God as boundless love. The baptized person ought to know whose life has been received...
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Sunday Gospel Primer – May 23, 2021
Pentecost means “fiftieth”. For Jews, Pentecost was the feast for the upcoming harvest, celebrated 50 days after their spring celebration of Passover. For Christians, Pentecost is the plentitude of God’s gift to humanity celebrated 7 weeks after Jesus’ final Passover, the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the community of believers given to us in...
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Sunday Gospel Primer – May 16, 2021
In 1999 the bishops of the United States transferred the celebration of the Ascension of Our Lord to the 7th Sunday of Easter. Intentional disciples take the command of our blessed Lord to heart and preach the Gospel wherever they are. Indeed, Christ Jesus established the Church to spread God’s Kingdom so that all people...
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Sunday Gospel Primer – May 9, 2021
6th Sunday of Easter John 15:9-17 According to Jesus, abiding in Him is something that is easily seen by others. Intentional disciples know that abiding in Jesus’ love means doing something and that this doing happens to the degree we configure our lives to His commandments.
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