Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

True wisdom

Reading I: Wisdom 2:1, 17–20 (the wicked speak)
Reading II: James 3:16—4:3 (true wisdom and worldly desires)
Gospel: Mark 9:30–37 (second teaching of the paschal event and words against ambition and envy)

Key Passage: He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” (Mark 9:35)

Adult: What evidence do you see in the world around you that many do not accept Jesus’ teaching on power and ambition?
Child: Why is it wrong to feel envy for what belongs to another?
(from Pastoral Planning.com)