Word for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This grouping is at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Kitchener, Ontario

Update: I'm surprised that no one noticed and pointed out that the scene above illustrates an element found only in John's account of the multiplication but not in Matthew's, the text for this weekend! Of note: this miracle of Jesus is the only one reported by all four evangelists.

Time to look ahead and pick up the scriptures for this coming Sunday. As always, you're only a click away from those texts and background material on them.

Got kids? Maybe a little preview of the scriptures will help them participate more fully in this Sunday's worship. (Try it - it might work!)

Take a look at the child offering his basket of five loaves and two fish to Jesus. No one, neither the little boy nor the disciples nor the crowd had any idea of what Jesus would do with so little for so many (5,000 families!).

Does your basket seem small? Do you sometimes think its contents aren't worth much? Might you spend a few moments wondering what unknown good Jesus might accomplish with even the little you have to offer? Might you ponder how much good Jesus has already accomplished with what your basket holds?

-ConcordPastor