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It's time to take a look at the scriptures for the coming weekend, the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The scripture texts and background material on them can be found here and if your helping youngsters prepare to hear the Word then you'll want to check out this site.
This Sunday's first scripture, from the prophet Jeremiah, is a condemnation of unfaithful shepherds and the Lord's pledge to replace them with more faithful shepherds. In the gospel passage (Mark), Jesus is moved to pity the crowd who seem to him to be like "sheep without a shepherd."
The middle text, from Ephesians, never mentions no shepherd nor Jews nor Gentiles but the passage is about the way the God shepherded both of these groups into one through the blood of Christ, the Good Shepherd.
the link to the scriptures did not work when I clicked on it-
ReplyDeletebut the one for children did work-
maybe it's just my computer...
Thanks for the tip! It was something on this end - not your computer!
ReplyDeletethese sheep have a kind of sad, longing look...
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