ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR B
Readings
First: Ezekiel 17:22-24 - Prophesy that the Lord will take a shoot from the highest branch of the cedar and plant it on the high mountain of Israel.
Psalm 91 - It is good to give you thanks O Lord / The just will flourish like the palm-tree / planted in the house of the Lord they will flourish.
Second: II Corinthians 5:6-10 - Whether we are living in the body or exiled from it, we are intent on pleasing the Lord.
Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 - Jesus tells parables describing the Kingdom of heaven - the Parable of the Sower in which the kingdom is like the harvest, and the Parable of the a Mustard Seed.
Themes
Jesus as the cedar of Lebanon. The Church, planted by God. Humble beginnings. Growth in the Kingdom. Co-operating with God's work - making our home in God. God at work expanding the Kingdom like a mighty tree, built on Jesus.
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Picture: "Landscape with the Parable of the Sower," by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526 or 1530–1569), in Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, California. Public Domain.
