SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME B Lectionary #77
Jesus is the one who welcomes the outcasts home. We pray on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time for those who bring healing and comfort to the sick, but we also think about the ministry that we share in Christ, to provide inner healing for all those who are exiled because of "a scab or pustule or blotch" which others might find offensive.

Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46. The rules for dealing with someone marked by leprosy are, in fact, rules for protecting the community from the spread of disease. Since there was, until the twentieth century, no way to treat this disease or to prevent its spread, the only option the community had was to exile the person until all signs of the disease disappeared.

Psalm of the Day: Ps (31) 32:1-2, 5, 11
One of the traditional penitential psalms, this wisdom text treats sin as a disease—like leprosy—whose effects can only be taken away by the mercy of God.

I Turn to You (Alstott)   BB
I Turn to You (Cooney) GC 44/PCY4 8
I Turn to You (Guimont)   GC2 912/PMB 658/PRM B76/LPMG 77/WS
I Turn to You (LeBlanc/Gelineau) WOR 881/LPGG 886
I Turn to You (Schiavone)   JS 964/LP 108
I Turn to You/Tú Eres Mi Refugio (Schiavone)   SS
I Turn to You (Somerville) CBW 128
I Turn to You (Stewart) RS 64/PCY5 40
Turn to the Lord    SS
You, My Shelter (Haas) PCY9 81

Suggested Common Psalm: Ps (129) 130

With the Lord There Is Mercy

1 Corinthians 10:33–11:1. The model for Christian behavior: Let the glory of God shine through your every action, especially through your care for each other.

Mark 1:40-45. Since people believed that only God could heal leprosy, Jesus' healing of the man who comes to him is a sign of the presence of divine power and the reign of God. Jesus tells the person who has been healed to observe the requirements listed in the first reading, so that he can be officially restored to the community, but the man has a somewhat different agenda.

Songs for the Liturgy

Amazing Grace (Ps,G) WOR 583/GC 612/GC2 586/RS 737/GP 615/LMGM 173, 195/JS 713/CBW 480/PMB 323/WC 649/MI-BB/WS/SS
Be Light for Our Eyes (G) GC 509/GC2 511/CBW 305
*Be My Protecting, Saving God (E)   IH 41


Eye Has Not Seen (Ps,G)  MI‑BB/RS 758/GC 638/GC2 616/CBW 482/WC 830/WS/SS
*God So Loved the World (C)   PMB 418/WC 789/WS
God, Whose Almighty Word (Ps,G) WOR 486/RS 619/CBW 513
God, Whose Glory Reigns Eternal (G) CBW 475
Good News (G) GC 679/GC2 672/RS 797/LMGM 282
Great God of Mercy (Ps,G) WOR 746/CBW 361/BB
Halleluya! We Sing Your Praises (2,G) RS 692/GC 562/GC2 529/PMB 482/WS
Hands of Healing (G)   GC2 845
He Has Done Great Things for Me (G) LMGM 289
He Touched Me (G) LMGM 167
Healer of Our Every Ill (1,G) GC 882/GC2 854/RS 958/CBW 363/WC 662/WS
Healing River (1,G) GC 584/GC2 564/RS 715
How Good the Name of Jesus Sounds (Ps,G) WOR 610
I Am for You (G) GC 704/GC2 676
I Know the Lord’s Laid His Hands on Me (G) LMGM 243
Jesus Christ, by Faith Revealed (G)   PMB 369/WC 711/WS
Jesus, Heal Us (1,G)   GC 875/GC2 846
Lead Me, Guide Me (E)  LMGM 168/GC 574/GC2 555/PMB 397/WC 760/RS 712/WS
*Lead Me, Guide Me, Be True (E)   SS
Lord, I Want You to Touch Me (1,G) LMGM 158
O Christ, the Healer (G)  RS 950/PMB 330/JS 577/WC 663/HG 33
Only in God (Ps) JS 712/GP 600, 610/GC 621/GC2 591/MI-BB
Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness (G) CBW 582
Pues Si Vivimos/If We Are Living (2) GC 666/GC2 650/RS 727/PMB 408/WC 782/WS/SS
Shelter Me, O God (Ps) JS 724/GP 626/GC 636/GC2 634/CBW 372/MI-BB
Sing Praise to God (G) WOR 528/GC 539/RS 683/JS 610/PMB 498/WC 903
The King of Glory (G) WOR 501/GC 486/GC2 494/RS 628/GP 423/JS 487/WC 715/MI-BB/WS
There Is a Balm in Gilead (G) LMGM 157/WOR 608/GC 648/GC2 617/RS 764/GP 634/JS 723/PMB 331/WC 664/MI-BB/WS/SS
There Is a Longing (1,Ps,G) GP 620/JS 692/MI-BB
Victory in Jesus (G) LMGM 240
We Give God Thanks for Those Who Knew (G)   HG 128
With a Shepherd’s Care (1,Ps,G) GC 654/GC2 628/RS 738/SS
Word of God, Come Down on Earth (G)  WOR 513/CBW 429/RS 653/PMB 367/WC 704
You Are All We Have (Ps,2,G) RS 643/GC 505/GC2 508/SS
You Are Called to Tell the Story (2) RS 800/GC 680/GC2 675
You Are the Healing (G)   MI-BB
*Your Hands, O Lord, in Days of Old (G) WOR 750/RS 949/JS 579/PMB 332/WC 661/WS