On the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we see how God provides for us. Do I really believe this or instead do I spend all of my energy trying to procure material goods for myself?
See below for ideas, games, activities and more to use this Sunday with youth ministry, VBS, or your family.
Mass Readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
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- First Reading - Isaiah 55:1-3: "All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk!"
- Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 145: "The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs."
- Second Reading - Romans 8:35, 37-39: "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
- Gospel - Matthew 14:13-21: "There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves."
Mass Readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
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- First Reading – Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15: “I will now rain down bread from heaven for you.”
- Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 78: “The Lord gave them bread from heaven.”
- Second Reading – Ephesians 4:17, 20-24: “you should put away the old self of your former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created in God’s way in righteousness and holiness of truth”
- Gospel – John 6:24-35: “Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.”
Mass Readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
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- First Reading – Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23: “For what profit comes to man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored under the sun?”
- Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 90: “If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”
- Second Reading – Colossians 3:1-5, 9-1: “Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
- Gospel – Luke 12:13-21: “You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?”
More About Lectionary Cycles
Learn more about the difference between a Bible and a Lectionary, how the Lectionary is arranged, and translations of the Bible used at Mass on the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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