EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C Lectionary #114

What's important to us? What do we value most highly? What does God think is important?

Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21–23. Three centuries before Jesus, an author writing in the Wisdom tradition offered this rather downbeat view of human existence.

Psalm of the Day: Ps (89) 90

If Today You Hear His Voice (Guimont) LPMG 114

If Today You Hear His Voice (Johnson) PMB 695/PRM C88

If Today You Hear His Voice (Proulx/Gelineau) LPGG 923

If Today You Hear His Voice (Schiavone) LP 146

In Every Age, O Lord (Englert/Gelineau) WOR 48, vss 2, 3, 7, 8/RS 120

In Every Age, O Lord (Guimont) GC 83

In Every Age, O Lord (Smith) JS 66/GP 228/MI-BB/Una Voz 203

O Lord, You Have Been Our Refuge (O = Carroll/Hughes) CBW 165

Señor, Tú Has Sido Nuestro Refugio (Palazón) FYC 230

Colossians 3:1–5, 9–11. Paul offers a reason for the community members to change their ways: They are living in Christ, so they should live as Christ.

Luke 12:13–21. Like Qoheleth in the first reading, Jesus has a rather downbeat view of the quest for wealth.

Other Songs for the Liturgy

All My Hope on God Is Founded (1,G) CBW 479

All Who Love and Serve Your City (G) WOR 621

Beatitudes (G) JS 657/GP 717/MI-BB

Blessed Are the Poor (G) WC 575/GP 715

Blest Are They (G) MI-BB/RS 774/GC 659/CBW 522/WC 927/WS 665

Canticle of the Turning (G) GC 556/RS 678

*Christ, You Are the Fullness (2) CBW 431

Christ = s Peace (G) JS 844

Give Me a Clean Heart (1,G) LMGM 279

God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending (G) WOR 631/RS 794

I Know Who Holds Tomorrow (1,G) LMGM 187

I Will Not Die (G) GP 716/MI-BB/RS 771/GC 657/JS 658

I'd Rather Have Jesus (1,G) LMGM 272

In Christ There Is No East or West (2) WOR 659/MI-BB/GP 565/WC 761/CBW 529/LMGM 301/RS 836/GC 738/JS 850/PMB 391/WS 535

*In Every Age (Ps) JS 727/MI-BB

Keep in Mind (2) MI-BB/WC 802/RS 940/GC 674/JS 589/GP 492/PMB 36/WS 567

O Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit (G) WOR 620

O for a Heart to Praise My God (1,G) WOR 591

*O God, Our Help in Ages Past (Ps) WOR 579/MI-BB/GP 613/WC 823/CBW 644/LMGM 230/JS 705/GC 614/RS 735/PMB 435/WS 589

O the Beautiful Treasures (1,G) WOR 689

Pescador de Hombres/Lord, You Have Come (1,G) LMGM 116/MI-BB/RS 817/GC 696/JS 763/GP 580/WC 769/WS 551

Prayer of St. Francis (1,G) MI-BB/GP 650/WC 854/RS 830/GC 726/JS 738/PMB 459/WS 613

Rejoice, the Lord Is King (Ps) WOR 493/MI-BB/LMGM 93/RS 627/GC 487/JS 478/WC 726/PMB 355

*Remember Your Love, v 5 (Ps) GC 881/GP 474/MI-BB/RS 550/JS 561

*Restless Is the Heart (Ps) MI-BB/GP 483

Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God (2,G) WOR 580/MI-BB/WC 819/RS 728/GC 615/JS 720/GP 608/PMB 433/WS 581

Table of Plenty (G) JS 793/GP 530/MI-BB

The Harvest of Justice (G) GC 711

The Song of Beatitudes (G,C) CBW 523

We Are Called (G) RS 820/GC 718/WC 781/WS 555

We Are the Light of the World (G) WC 914/GC 508/JS 660/GP 657/MI-BB/PMB 506/WS 663