THE GOSPEL
Mark 6:30-34When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,
his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
Yesterday,
like sheep with no
shepherd, they fled to you.
You saw them.
You were moved with pity.
You began to teach them many things.
Today,
we are the crowd desperate
that you might look on us
with pity and
teach us
many
things.
How to care for each other;
to care for all the planet;
to end the need for
immigration;
to stop violence;
to care for all children;
and to feed the hungry people
everywhere, with your food and your
truth.
THE FIRST READING
Jeremiah 23:1-6
I will appoint shepherds for them who will shepherd them
so that they need no longer fear and tremble.
Guatemalan
coffee-growers
plead for
fair
prices.
African children
in the millions
starve.
Haitians
find
vermin
in their water.
Clean water for
the poor?
Lord,
let us care
like you.
do.
Help us to
produce
what
is
right
and
just.
THE SECOND READING
Ephesians 2:13-18
For he is our peace, he who ... broke down the dividing wall.
Jews, Gentiles, Catholics, Protestants,
developers and tree-huggers,
conservatives, liberals,
women with men,
can now meet
as one.
The place of
meeting
is
Christ.
His
word
is
peace.
Lord,
bring us together,
in quiet
in
you.
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