Twenty-first Sunday

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR B

Readings

First: Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18: Who will you serve: the Lord who brought you out of slavery, or another god? ... We will serve the Lord.

Psalm: Psalm 33 - Taste and see that the Lord is good / I will bless the Lord at all times

Second: Ephesians 5:21-32 - comparing Christ's relationship with the church to the marriage relationship

Gospel: John 6:60-69 - When some of Jesus' followers turn away from him, Jesus asks the disciples "do you want to go away too?" - they affirm their faith in him.

Themes

Who will you serve - service, faith, commitment to Jesus. Our relationship to God and the church.

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Picture: "Joshua and the Israeli People," by Karolingischer Buchmaler c. 840, in British Library, London, England. Public Domain.