Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Gifts of hope
Reading I: 2 Kings 4:42–44 (Elisha: the multiplication of loaves)
Reading II: Ephesians 4:1–6 (unity in the Mystical Body)
Gospel: John 6:1–15 (multiplication of the loaves)

Key Passage: When [the people] were satisfied, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.” So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. (John 6:12–13)

Adult: When has the generous gift of another offered you hope?
Child: What loving gift could you give to another person this week?
(from PastoralPlanning.com)