A Cycle (2002, 2005, 2008, 2011)
SUNDAY | GOSPEL | STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE |
2nd Sunday of Advent | Matt 3:1-12 | “Reform your lives… Give evidence that you mean to reform.” |
3rd Sunday of the Year | Matt 4:12-17 | “Reform your lives.” |
8th Sunday of the Year | Matt 6:24-34 | “No man can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other or be attentive to one and despise the other.” |
4th Sunday of Lent | John 9:1-41 | “We must do the deeds of him who sent me while it is still day.” |
2nd Sunday of Easter | John 20:19-31 | “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” |
6th Sunday of Easter | John 14:15-21 | “He who obeys the commandments he has from me is the one who loves me.” |
Pentecost Sunday | John 20:19-23 | “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” |
13th Sunday of the Year | Matt 10:37-42 | “You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of my followers, will certainly receive a reward.” |
18th Sunday of the Year | Matt 14:13-21 | “Give them something to eat yourselves.” |
22nd Sunday of the Year | Matt 16:21-27 | “… he will repay each one according to his conduct.” |
30th Sunday of the Year | Matt 22:34-40 | “You shall love the Lord your God …You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
33rd Sunday of the Year | Matt 25:14-30 | Parable of the silver pieces. |
B Cycle (2003, 2006, 2009, 2012)
SUNDAY | GOSPEL | STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE |
1st Sunday of Advent | Mark 13:33-37 | “He leaves home and leaves his servants in charge, each with his own task.” |
3rd Sunday of the Year | Mark 1:14-20 | “Reform your lives and believe in the good news.” |
2nd Sunday of Lent | Mark 9:2- 10 | “This is my son, my beloved. Listen to him.” |
5th Sunday of Lent | John 12:30-33 | “If anyone would serve me, let him follow me.” |
5th Sunday of Easter | John 15:1-8 | “He who lives in me and I in him will produce abundantly.” |
6th Sunday of Easter | John 15:9-17 | “This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you …it was I who chose you to go forth and bear fruit.” |
10th Sunday of the Year | Mark 3:20-35 | “Whoever does the will of God is borther and sister and mother to me.” |
15th Sunday of the Year | Mark 6:7-13 | “Jesus called the Twelve and sent them out two by tow …They worked many cures.” |
18th Sunday of the Year | John 6:24-35 | “You should not be working for perishable food but for food that remains unto life eternal.” |
25th Sunday of the Year | Mark 9:30-37 | “If anyone wishes to rank first, he must remain the last one of all and the servant of all.” |
28th Sunday of the Year | Mark 10:17-30 | “Go and seel what you have and give to the poor; you will then have treasure in heaven.” |
32nd Sunday of the Year | Mark 12:38-44 | “They gave from their surplus wealth, but she gave from her want, all that she had to live on.” |
C Cycle (2004, 2007, 2010, 2013)
SUNDAY | GOSPEL | STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE |
3rd Sunday of Advent | Luke 3:10-18 | “Let the man with two coats give to him who has none. The man who has food should do the same.” |
3rd Sunday of the Year | Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 | “He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor.” |
7th Sunday of the Year | Luke 6:27-38 | “Give, and it shall be given to you… For the measure you measure with will be measured back to you.” |
8th Sunday of the Year | Luke 6:39-45 | “A good tree does not produce decayed fruit any more than a decayed tree produces good fruit. Each twe is known by its yield.” |
2nd Sunday of Easter | John 20:19-31 | “As the Father has sent me, so I send YOU.” |
3rd Sunday of Easter | John 21:1-19 | “Jesus told them, ‘Tend my sheep… Feed my sheep.'” |
Pentecost Sunday | John 20:19-23 | “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” |
15th Sunday of the Year | Luke 10:25-37 | Parable of the Good Samaritan. |
19th Sunday of the Year | Luke 12:32-48 | “Wherever your treasure lies, there your heart will be.” |
25th Sunday of the Year | Luke 16:1-13 | “You cannot give yourself to God and money.” |
26th Sunday of the Year | Luke 16:19-31 | Parable of the rich man and Lazarus. |
31st Sunday of the Year | Luke 19:1-10 | “I give half my belongings, Lord, to the poor.” |
Excerpted from Grateful Caretakers of God’s Many Gifts, ©2002, Joseph M. Champlin, The Liturgical Press.