Sunday Readings

Jeremiah 23: 1-6
Jeremiah does not think much of the “shepherds”, the leaders who are supposed to be looking after God’s people.  His vision is that one day God will be a true shepherd.

Ephesians 2: 13-18
The author stresses that although his Gentile readers used to be very far from the Jews, Jesus, in his death, has now united the two groups so there is only one humanity in Christ.

Mark 6: 30-34
In the prelude to the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus is cast in the role prophesied by Jeremiah: he is the shepherd who leads his disciples to pasture and a place of repose near restful waters.