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September 12, 2024
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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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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading I : Job 38:1, 8-11

God has made the heavens and the earth.

  • The author of Job uses the image of a whirling storm to portray God speaking.
  • Job does not understand why terrible things have happened to him.
  • Through the questions God asks Job about control of the sea, Job realizes that God is in control.

Reading II : 2 Corinthians 5:14-17

Now all is new in Christ.

  • In 2 Corinthians, Paul preaches the wonderful news of the new creation.
  • Paul stresses that Christ is a new creation, as are all who believe in him.
  • Christ’s resurrection is the final defeat of death.

Gospel : Mark 4:35-41

Be still.

  • The might of the sea is used in today’s Gospel to show Jesus acting in the power of God.
  • After Jesus calms the storm and the sea, the disciples are astonished.
  • In Jesus, God brings the new creation to birth and defeats the powers of sin and death.