Season after Pentecost | 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Jeremiah 23:1-6 (Psalm 23); Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 | Semi-continuous first reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a (Psalm 89:20-37)
What does it do to the body and spirit to be preyed upon constantly?
It took me decades to realize Psalm 23 isn’t exactly about Jesus.
The apostles are on fire in this Gospel passage. I don't always get along with people like that.
The ailing young man wanted to be face to face with God. I opened my shoebox.
It feels to me like evil is hovering over the prison in the form of a government ready to kill a woman who prayed with me when my father was dying of cancer. There isn't a thing I can do about it except pray this psalm and damn if we can't get it right.