THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME B Lectionary #68
“Repent.” It’s one of those words that we take for granted. What does it really mean to repent, as expressed in today’s texts?
Jonah 3:1-5, 10. Bypassing the tale of the "great fish," the Lectionary focuses our attention on Jonah's mission to Nineveh—the preaching of repentance to a people who don't believe in Jonah's God. Jonah is as shocked as anyone when Nineveh repents.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (24) 25
This individual lament focuses on the singer's need to return to the Torah, the "way" that God teaches to the covenant people.
Teach Me Your Path PSL 30/SS
Teach Me Your Ways/Señor, Enseñame Tus Caminos (Alonso) SS
Teach Me Your Ways (Artmann) SO 6
Teach Me Your Ways (Guimont) GC2 902/LPMG 68
Teach Me Your Ways (Haas) PCY3 66/RS 54/GC 35/GC2 27
Teach Me Your Ways (Kreutz) PMB 649/PRM B73/WS
Teach Me Your Ways (Miro/Steel) CBW 119
Teach Me Your Ways (Proulx/Gelineau) WOR 872/LPGG 877
Teach Me Your Ways (Schiavone) JS 955/LP 99
You Are My Guide (Lisicky) WC 373
1 Corinthians 7:29-31. Paul is exhorting the Corinthians to keep focused on the return of Jesus and to act accordingly. Though his words may have a different meaning for us, who do not expect an imminent return of the Lord, the message they teach is still worth hearing: Stay focused on what is important because "the world in its present form is passing away."
Mark 1:14-20. The brief summary of Jesus' main message (his "sound bite") is followed by Mark's version of the call of the first disciples: Simon and Andrew, James and John.
Songs for the Liturgy
*A Follower of Christ (G) LMGM 117
Amazing Grace (1) WOR 583/CBW 480/GP 615/LMGM 173/WC 649/MI‑BB/RS 737/GC 612/GC2 586/JS 713/PMB 323/WS/SS
As a Fire Is Meant for Burning (G) GC 663/GC2 643/RS 779
As We Gather at Your Table (G) RS 848/GC2 738/CBW 583/JS 792/SS
Be Not Afraid (1) JS 706/GP 602/CBW 481/LMGM 123/MI‑BB/RS 734/GC 608/GC2 596/PMB 446/WC 823/WS
Before the Sun Burned Bright (G) GP 577/CBW 504
Bring Forth the Kingdom (G) RS 772/GC 658/GC2 640/SS
By Name I Have Called You (G) GP 582
Christ Is the King (G) WOR 500/CBW 387/RS 630/GC2 491/JS 848/MI-BB/SS
Christ Is the World’s Light (C) WOR 543
Christ, the Word before Creation (G) WC 714/SS
Disciple's Song (G) CBW 505
For the Life of the World (G) GC 801/GC2 792
Give Me a Clean Heart (1,Ps) LMGM 279
Glory and Praise to Our God, v 3 (1,Ps) JS 596/GP 671/MI‑BB/RS 696/GC 522/GC2 537/WC 885/WS
God Has Chosen Me (2,G) JS 831/MI‑BB/GC 682/GC2 669/GP 546
God Has Spoken by His Prophets (1,G) WOR 516/RS 654/JS 678/PMB 419/WC 744
God It Was (G) GC 701/RS 818
Grant to Us, O Lord (1,G) WC 651/RS 558/CBW 621/PMB 329/WS
Great Is the Lord -- Toolan (1,G) GC 684
Halleluya! We Sing Your Praises (G) GC 562/GC2 529/RS 692/PMB 482
Hold Me in Life (1,Ps) JS 702/MI‑BB/GC 423/GP 596
*I Am the Light of the World (C) GP 658/JS 664/GC 510/MI-BB
I Danced in the Morning (G) WOR 636/MI‑BB/RS 809/GC 708/GC2 689/WC 713/JS 764/GP 395/PMB 366/WS
I Have Been Anointed (G) PMB 395/WC 763/WS
I Say, "Yes," Lord/Digo, "Sí," Señor (G) RS 722/GC 597/GC2 581
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (G) WOR 510/RS 651/GC 507/GC2 513/PMB 404/WC 767/WS/SS
I Will Be with You (1,G) GC 455/RS 603
Journeysong (G) GP 581/JS 759
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You, v 3 (G) WOR 525/GP 693/LMGM 197/WC 890/MI‑BB/RS 669/GC 528/GC2 520/CBW 511/JS 617/PMB 497/WS/SS
Lord Jesus, We Must Know You (G) CBW 517
*Lord, When You Came/Pescador de Hombres (G) JS 763/MI‑BB/LMGM 116/RS 817/GC 696/GC2 678/WC 759/GP 580/WS
Lord, You Give the Great Commission (G) WOR 470/RS 607/GC 456/GC2 466/CBW 691/WC 738/JS 452/MI‑BB/GP 401/PMB 382/WS/SS
*New Songs of Celebration Render (E) WOR 533
Now Let Us from This Table Rise (G) WOR 625/CBW 521/WC 911/PMB 472
O God of Love, O King of Peace (Ps) WOR 652/WC 842/RS 833/CBW 681/PMB 457
Open Wide the Doors to Christ (G) PMB 356/WC 714/WS
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (1,Ps) WOR 530/CBW 565/LMGM 198/WC 907/MI‑BB/RS 684/GC 551/GC2 531/JS 612/GP 685/PMB 492/SS
Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness (G) CBW 582
Seek the Lord (1,G) GP 351/RS 540/GC2 395/MI-BB
Send Us as Your Blessing, Lord (G) JS 671/MI‑BB/GP 554
Servant Song -- McGargill (Ps,G) MI‑BB/JS 837/GP 550
*Sing a New Song – Brown (E) GP 692/MI-BB
*Sing a New Song -- Schuttte (E) CBW 563/MI‑BB/RS 686/GP 670/GC 537/GC 544/JS 607/WC 876/WS
*Sing a New Song to the Lord -- Dudley-Smith/Wilson (E) WOR 550/CBW 566/GC 521/GC2 541/RS 677/PMB 493/WC 909/SS
*Sing Hey (Yes) for the Carpenter (G) GC 692/GC2 697
Sing the Kingdom (1,G) WC 858/WS
*Sing to God (E) GC2 533
Song of Good News (1,G) WC 746/WS
Sow the Word (1,G) GC 516
Speak Now, O Lord (G) WC 747
Take, O Take Me as I Am (G) GC2 692/WC 774/WS/SS
Take the Word of God with You (G) JS 838/MI‑BB/GP 543
Tell It! Tell It Out with Gladness (G) GC2 518
The Kingdom of God (1,G) WOR 615/RS 775/GC 655/GC2 639/PMB 511/WC 926
*The Lord Observed Two Fishermen (E) IH 37
The Spirit of God (G) WC 761/GC 458/PMB 399/WS
The Summons (G) RS 811/GC 700/GC2 687/WC 776/WS/MI-BB/SS
The Voice of God (G) WOR 358/CBW 433
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (1) WOR 595, 596/MI‑BB/RS 742/GC 626/GC2 603/CBW 443/WC 650/JS 748/GP 639/PMB 322/WS/SS
*This Is the Time (G) RS 556/SS
Thy Kingdom Come (G) GP 719/GC 656/RS 776
*Two Fishermen (E,G) WOR 633/RS 812/GC 688/GC2 693
We Are Many Parts, v 1 (1,G) MI‑BB/RS 840/GC 733/GC2 727/WC 752/WS/SS
*Walk in My Ways (G) PSL 103/SS
When Jesus Came Preaching (G) WOR 614/RS 773
When John Baptized by Jordan's River (G) WOR 412/RS 538/GC2 390/CBW 325/JS 373/WC 502/BB/SS
Where He Leads Me (G) LMGM 120
Word of God, Come Down on Earth (1,G) RS 653/WOR 513/CBW 429/JS 449/PMB 367/WC 704
*You Call to Us, Lord Jesus (G) SS
You Have Anointed Me (1,G) RS 795/GC 676/GC2 662/GP 555
*You Walk Along Our Shoreline (G) RS 807/GC2 679/HG 35/PMB 394/WC 758/WS/SS
Your Word Went Forth (1,G) RS 655