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Ordinary Time

For a large part of the liturgical year, we devote ourselves to listening to the mystery of Christ in all its aspects unfolded as we seek God's truth and understanding.

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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading I : Isaiah 55:1-3

Come to the water!

  • In Isaiah 55, God, through the prophet, invites everyone to a feast free-of charge.
  • Isaiah offers encouragement to the people with the news that their exile will end.
  • A banquet is the image for this renewal. Just as the Sinai covenant was sealed with a meal, so this new covenant will be sealed with the finest food and drink.

Reading II : Romans 8:35, 37-39

What can separate you from the love of Christ?

  • Chapter 8 of Paul's Letter to the Romans comes to a conclusion with a poetic declaration of God's great love.
  • Paul stresses that there is nothing in or out of the world that can separate us from the love of Christ.
  • The power of God's love is greater than anything else that exists.

Gospel : Matthew 14:13-21

You give them something to eat!

  • In today's Gospel, the miracle of the loaves and fishes is a sign that in Jesus, the messianic age has arrived.
  • Jesus' disciples are called to participate in “feeding the world” by their ministry.
  • The vocabulary in today's Gospel is linked to the early Christian Eucharist. Jesus “took” the food, “blessed and broke it,” and “gave it” to the disciples.