Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. John 6.1-15: "Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and gave them out to all who were sitting ready; he then did the same with the fish, giving out as much as was wanted".

O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine, all praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 6.30-34: "...as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length".

"The Lord is my shepherd there is nothing that I lack, fresh and green are the pastures where he bids me rest. Near restful waters he leads me to renew my dropping spirits, he restores my soul" (Psalm 23).

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

St. Mark 6.7-13: "Jesus summoned the twelve and began sending them out in pairs giving them authority over the unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for their journey except a staff - no bread, no haversack no coppers for their purses."

"I am on a mission and have become the bearer of that which another has committed to my charge" (Pope Benedict XVI).