Reflection on Readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time



Jeff Cavins offers this reflection on the readings for this coming Sunday, the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

First Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17
Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11
Gospel: Luke 12:13-21


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