The Importance of Unity in the Church

In this week’s Encountering the Word video for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jeff Cavins celebrates the unity Catholics have in the Eucharist as he reflects upon the Gospel story about Jesus feeding the five thousand.

First Reading: 2 Kings 4:42-44
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18
Second Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6
Alleluia: Luke 7:16
Gospel: John 6:1-15