Counting the Omer, 49 days that can change your world:

The forty-nine days refers to the period between the second night of Passover  and Shavuot (Pentecost),
 (between leaving Egypt and receiving Torah/ 10 Commandments at Sinai), are days laden with challenging spiritual potential.  The dates are always the same in the Hebrew calendar but differ from year to year in the Gregorian calendar, that is why the dates below are the Hebrew months.

The opportunity for growth is ours for the taking.

We must count our days and make our days count!

References for reading the 49 parables which are found in the 4 Gospels:

 

1 Nisan 16/17   New cloth on an old coat. Matt 9:16

2 Nisan 17 18 New Wine in Old Wineskins. Matt 9:17

3 Nisan 18 19  lamp on a stand  Matt 5:14

4 Nisan 19 20  wise and foolish builders Matt 7:24

5 Nisan 20 21  lender forgives and equal debts Luke 7:41

6 Nisan 21/22 Lamp on a stand (cf 3 Matt 5:15

7 Nisan 22/23 Rich fool builds bigger Luke 12:16

week 1 complete

8 Nisan 23/24  servants be watchful Luke 12:35

9 Nisan 24/25 wise and foolish servants  Luke 12:42

10 Nisan 25/26 unfruitful fig tree Luke 13:6

11 Nisan 26/27 sower and four types of soil Luke 8:5

12 Nisan 27/28 weeds among good plants Matt 13:24

13 Nisan 28/29 growing seed Mark 4:26

14 Nisan 29/30 mustard seed Mark 4:30

week 2 complete

15 Nisan 30/01 the good yeast Matt 13:33

16 Iyyar 01/02  hidden treasure Matt 13:34

17 Iyyar 02/03  valuable pearl Matt 13:45

18 Iyyar 03/04 fishing net  Matt 13:47

19 Iyyar 04/05 owner of a house Matt 13:52

20 Iyyar 05/06  the bread of Heaven  John 6:32

21 Iyyar 06/07 lost sheep Matt 18:12

 week 3 complete

22 Iyyar 07/08 the sheep, gate and Shepherd John 10:1

23 Iyyar 08/09  master and his servant  Luke 17:7

24 Iyyar 09/10   unmerciful servant Matt 18:3

25 Iyyar 10/11  the good Samaritan  Luke10:30

26 Iyyar 11/12  friend in need  Luke11:5

27 Iyyar 12/13  lowliest seat at the least Luke14:7

28 Iyyar 13/14  invitation to a great banquet Luke14:16

week 4 complete

29 Iyyar 14/15  cost of discipleship Luke14:28

30 Iyyar 15/16  lost sheep as sinners  Luke15:4

31 Iyyar 16/17  lost coin  Luke15:8

32 Iyyar 17/18  lost prodigal son  Luke15:11

33 Iyyar 18/19  shrewd manager Luke16:1

34 Iyyar 19/20  Rich man and Lazarus Luke16:19

35 Iyyar 20/21 vineyard workers, early and late Matt 20:1

week 5 complete

36 Iyyar 21/22 persistent widow and the judge Luke18:2

37 Iyyar 22/23 in the parush and the tax collector  Luke18:10

38 Iyyar 23/24 10 servants given mina Luke19:12

39 Iyyar 24/25 Obedient & disobedient sons Matt 21:28

40 Iyyar 25/26 wicked tenants Matt 21:23

41 Iyyar 26/27 invitation to wedding banquet Matt 22:2

42 Iyyar 27/28 signs of future from  fig tree Matt 24:32

week 6 complete

43 Iyyar 28/29 wise and foolish servants Matt 24:45

44 Iyyar 29/01 wise and foolish virgins Matt 25:1

45 Sivan 01/02 servants be watchful Mark 13:34

46 Sivan 02/03 servants given talents  Matt 25:14

47 Sivan 03/04 sheep and goats separated   Matt 25:31

48 Sivan 04/05 the seed that multiplies by dying  John 15:1

49 Sivan 05/06 vine dresser, vine and branches  John 15:1

week 7 “I AM THE TRUE VINE” John 15:1

(only one reference is given in each of the above many of them are also found in the other three gospels.)