Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Jeremiah 17:5-8; 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; and Luke 6:17, 20-26. The Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 1 (Psalm 1:1-4, 6).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 1 "True Happiness in God's Law"

The Gospel reading is as follows:

Jesus came down with the twelve and stood on a stretch of level ground with a great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon. And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: "Blessed are you who are poor,
for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way. But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way."

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflections: Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (February 17, 2019)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (February 17, 2019)

Community in Mission: Blessing or Woe: You Decide. A Homily for the 6th Sunday of the Year (16 FEB 19)

The Sacred Page: The Upside Down Kingdom of God: 6th Sunday in OT (14 FEB 19)

The Sacred Page: The Sermon on "the Plain" (The Mass Readings Explained) (11 FEB 19)

St. Paul Center: Rich in Poverty: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Word on Fire: A Salt and Empty Earth (Cycle C * Ordinary Time * Week 6)

Spirituality of the Readings: Happy Are You (Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

In Exile: The Empathetic Gaze of God (Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Let the Scriptures Speak: Flesh or God? (Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

The Word Engaged: Open to the Supernatural (Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Historical Cultural Context: Rich and Poor (Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by John Chrysostom (Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time C)