Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13; Galatians 2:16, 19-21; and Luke 7:36-8:3. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 32 (Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11). 

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

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 32 Lord forgive the wrong I have done 

The Gospel reading is as follows:

A Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner."

Jesus said to him in reply, "Simon, I have something to say to you."

"Tell me, teacher," he said.

"Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days' wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?"

Simon said in reply, "The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven."

He said to him, "You have judged rightly." Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven because she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little." He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

The others at table said to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"

But he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

Afterward he journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (June 12, 2016)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflection: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (June 12, 2016)

Community in Mission: Always Remember - A Homily for the 11th Sunday of the Year (11 JUN 16)

The Sacred Page: Faith, Love, and Forgiveness: The 11th Sunday of OT (7 JUN 16)

The Sacred Page: Jesus and the Sinful Woman: The Mass Readings Explained (The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time) (10 JUN 16)

Word on Fire: The Wages of Sin (Cycle C * Ordinary Time * Week 11)

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology: Many Sins, Great Love: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (5 JUN 16)

Spirituality of the Readings: Courtesy (11th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Let the Scriptures Speak: The Forgiven Life (11th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

The Word Embodied: Prayer of Faith (11th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Historical Cultural Context: Experiencing Forgiveness (11th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by Anonymous (11th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)