Why Mass?

Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

Note: In Year B, we follow Mark’s Gospel for the most part. However, just as we reach the point where Mark will give us the account of Jesus’ feeding the multitudes with a few loaves of bread and fish, the Church switches to John’s version of that feeding. For the next five Sundays, our Gospel is drawn from John 6. Since John isn’t part of the regular Ordinary Time cycle, the Church slips his Gospel in at other times, mainly Lent and Easter. Here, it’s to give us a chance to hear from John’s theology of the Eucharist and to ponder it over the next few weeks. To help you get an overall picture, try reading all of John, chapter 6, in one sitting. It will give you a good overview and will help you situate each Sunday’s Gospel reading in its context.  Continue reading “Why Mass?”