SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C Lectionary #78
The “morality of the two ways” is an ancient model for teaching proper behavior. There is a right way and a wrong way; a way that leads to life and a way that leads to death. That dual morality is presented in three different ways in today's readings.
Jeremiah 17:5-8. Writing for people in exile, the prophet summarizes the importance of fidelity to the Torah: Cursed are those who trust in human institutions; blessed are those who trust in the Lord.
Psalm of the Day: Ps 1
Psalm 1 opens the Book of Psalms with a teaching on basic faith-based morality: Those who delight in the law of the Lord are like trees planted by the water; the wicked are like dry chaff blown away on the wind.
Blessed Are They Who Hope (French) PRM C75/PMB 659
Blessed Are They Who Hope (Guimont) LPMG 92
Blessed Are They Who Hope (Schiavone) LP 109
Happy Are They (Schoenbachler) JS 357/SP2 6
Happy Are They Who Hope (Dufford) GP 167/MI-BB/SP5 6
Happy Are They Who Hope (Haas) GC 18
Happy Are They Who Hope (Thompson/Gelineau) WOR 862/RS 28
Happy Are They Who Hope (Riley/Black) CBW 129
Suggested Common Psalm
Psalm 27: The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation
Psalm 63: My Soul Is Thirsting
1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20. After summarizing his preaching about Christ (see previous Sunday), Paul comments on the Christian insight into human life: It does not end in death but is open, to those with faith, to a share in the resurrection.
Luke 6:17, 20-26. Luke's version of the Beatitudes includes blessings as well as woes—a variation on the morality of the two ways. Those whom people despise are, in fact, blessed, while those who seem to have everything are facing disaster.
Songs for the Liturgy
Alive in Christ Jesus (2) GC 799
All My Hope on God Is Founded (1,Ps,G) CBW 479
All That We Have (1) GP 618/GC 601
Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks (2) WOR 441/CBW 383/MI-BB/JS 439/GC 443/WC 708/RS 581/GP 389/WS/PMB 353
*Be Not Afraid, v 3 (G) GP 602/GC 608/MI-BB/CBW 481/LMGM 123/JS 706/WC 830/RS 734/WS/PMB 446
Be Still (1,G) GC 618/RS 736/GP 582
*Beatitudes (G) GP 717/MI-BB/JS 657
*Blessed Are the Poor (G) WC 925
*Blest Are the Pure of Heart (G) CBW 719
*Blest Are They (G) GC 659/GP 35/MI-BB/RS 774/CBW 522/WC 927/WS
Christ's Peace (G) JS 844
Christus Resurrexit (2) WOR 465
Crown Him with Many Crowns (2) WOR 496/CBW 437/GP 420/LMGM 68/JS 480/WC 712/MI-BB/RS 626/GC 485/WS/PMB 359
Disciple's Song (G) CBW 505
Don't Be Worried (1,Ps,G) MI-BB
*God So Loved the World (C) PMB 418//WC 797/WS
How Can I Keep from Singing? (1) GC 603/GP 616/MI-BB/JS 721/WC 822/RS 733/WS/PMB 439
I Can Do All Things through Christ (1) LMGM 234
I Know That My Redeemer Lives – Hatton (2) WOR 445/LMGM 63/MI-BB/JS 131/WC 713/RS 582/GC 430/GP 388/WS/PMB 363
I Surrender All (1,G) LMGM 235
I Will Trust in the Lord (1) LMGM 232
Join in the Dance (2) GP 393/JS 438/MI-BB
*Lead Me, Guide Me (E,1) LMGM 168/GC 574/WC 770/RS 712/WS/PMB 397
*Lead Me, Lord (G) GP 715/JS 659/MI-BB
*O Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit (G) WOR 620
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (1) PMB 435/JS 705/MI-BB/GC 614/RS 735/WOR 579/WC 823/WS/LMGM 230
Praise the Lord, My Soul (2) GC 554/RS 688
Priestly People, v 16 (2) WC 750/WS/PMB 383
Pues Si Vivimos/If We Are Living (1,G) RS 727/GC 666/WC 790/WS/PMB 408
Sing with All the Saints in Glory (2) WOR 467/GP 724/RS 595/GC 442/CBW 406/WC 926/WS/PMB 510/JS 789
The Day Is Near (G) GC 768
The Lord Is My Hope (1) GC 613/GP 631/MI-BB/JS 730
The Lord Is Near -- Joncas (1) GC 619/JS 719/MI-BB
*The Song of Beatitudes (G) CBW 523
*We Are the Light of the World (G) WC 914/MI-BB/JS 660/GC 508/GP 657/WS/PMB 506
We Know That Christ Is Raised (2) WOR 721/RS 906/CBW 398/WC 564
What Does the Lord Require (G) WOR 624/RS 785
Where Two or Three Have Gathered (G) JS 771/GP 587/MI-BB
You Are All We Have (G) GC 505/RS 643
You Are the Way (1,2) WC 711/CBW 441/WS/PMB 365/MI-BB
You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (C) JS 803/MI-BB 370/WC 634/WS/PMB 300/WOR 736/RS 912/GC 815/GP 525
Your Ways Are Not Our Own (G) HG 73