Let’s explore some of the themes that appear in the Mass readings for the 17th Week of the Year.

1st Reading – 2nd Kings 4:42-44

• Elisha commands that 20 barley loaves be given to feed 100 people.
• The people eat their fill and there is some left over.

Psalm – 145:10-11,15-18

• “The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.”
• We give thanks to God, who is just and generous.

2nd Reading – Ephesians 4:1-6

• Paul urges the people to live in a manner worthy of their call, with humility, gentleness, patience, love, unity, and peace.
• He reminds them that they possess one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all.

Gospel – John 6:1-15

• Jesus performs a miracle, feeding over five thousand men with only five barley loaves and two fish.
• The crowd is satisfied, and there are twelve wicker baskets of fragments left over.

Mass Readings – 17th Sunday of the Year (B-#110)

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