Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus chose the insignificant to sprout into his world-ruling kingdom, while the vast structures of the world collapsed. So we walk by faith sowing Jesus' seed with eyes on Jesus and trusting him for the results.
Title
Outline
The follower of Jesus lives by trust or faith, not by outward greatness
As in Ezekiel Jesus plucked a sprig from a far off cedar to plant on his holy mountain
That is the story of the Christian life: we live with eyes of love directed towards the unseen Jesus
Readings
FIRST READING
Ezekiel 17:22–24
22 Thus says the Lord GOD:
I, too, will pluck from the crest of the cedar
the highest branch.
From the top a tender shoot
I will break off and transplant
on a high, lofty mountain.
23 On the mountain height of Israel
I will plant it.
It shall put forth branches and bear fruit,
and become a majestic cedar.
Every small bird will nest under it,
all kinds of winged birds will dwell
in the shade of its branches.
24 Every tree of the field will know
that I am the LORD.
I bring low the high tree,
lift high the lowly tree,
Wither up the green tree,
and make the dry tree bloom.
As I, the LORD, have spoken, so will I do!
RESPONSE
Psalm 92:2a
2 It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to sing praise to your name, Most High,
PSALM
Psalm 92:2–3, 13–16
2 It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to sing praise to your name, Most High,
3 To proclaim your love at daybreak,
your faithfulness in the night,
13 The just shall flourish like the palm tree,
shall grow like a cedar of Lebanon.
14 Planted in the house of the LORD,
they shall flourish in the courts of our God.
15 They shall bear fruit even in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
16 To proclaim: “The LORD is just;
my rock, in whom there is no wrong.”
SECOND READING
2 Corinthians 5:6–10
6 So we are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord. 9 Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
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GOSPEL
Mark 4:26–34
26 He said, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land 27 and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. 28 Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come.”
30 He said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? 31 It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. 32 But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.” 33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. 34 Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.
Notes
SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 | ORDINARY TIME
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
YEAR B | ROMAN MISSAL | LECTIONARY
First Reading Ezekiel 17:22–24
Response Psalm 92:2a
Psalm Psalm 92:2–3, 13–16
Second Reading 2 Corinthians 5:6–10
Gospel Acclamation Text
Gospel Mark 4:26–34