First Reading - Jos 24:1-2.
15-17.18
Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at
Shechem, summoning their
elders, their leaders, their
judges, and their officers.
When they stood in ranks
before God, Joshua addressed
all the people: “If it does not
please you to serve the Lord,
decide today whom you will
serve: the gods your fathers
served beyond the River or the
gods of the Amorites in whose
country you are now dwelling.
As for me and my household,
we will serve the Lord.”
But the people answered,
“Far be it from us to forsake
the Lord for the service of other gods. For it was the Lord,
our God, who brought us and
our fathers up out of the land
of Egypt, out of a state of slavery. He performed those great
miracles before our very eyes
and protected us along all our
entire journey and among the
peoples through whom we
passed. Therefore we also will
serve the Lord, for he is our
God.”
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 34
R –Taste and see the goodness
of the Lord!
* I will bless the Lord at all
times; his praise shall be ever
in my mouth. Let my soul glory
in the Lord; the lowly will hear
me and be glad. R.
* The Lord has eyes for the
just, and ears for their cry. The
Lord confronts the evildoers,
to destroy remembrance of
them from the earth. R.
* When the just cry out, the
Lord hears them, and from all
their distress he rescues them.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are
crushed in spirit he saves. R.
* Many are the troubles of
the just one, but out of them
all the Lord delivers him. He
watches over all his bones; not
one of them shall be broken. R.
Second Reading - Eph 5:21-32
Brothers and sisters:
Be subordinate to one
another out of reverence
for Christ. Wives should be
subordinate to their husbands
as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his wife just as
Christ is head of the Church,
he himself the savior of the
body. As the Church is subordinate to Christ, so wives
should be subordinate to their
husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your
wives, even as Christ loved the
Church and handed himself
over for her to sanctify her,
cleansing her by the bath of
water with the word, that he
might present to himself the
Church in splendor, without
spot or wrinkle or any such
thing, that she might be holy
and without blemish. So also
husbands should love their
wives as their own bodies. He
who loves his wife loves himself. For no one hates his own
flesh but rather nourishes and
cherishes it, even as Christ
does the Church, because we
are members of his body.
“For this reason a man
shall leave his father and his
mother and be joined to his
wife and the two shall become
one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to
Christ and the Church.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Your words, Lord, are
spirit and life. You have
the words of everlasting
life.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Jn 6:60-69
Many of Jesus’ disciples
who were listening said, “This
saying is hard; who can accept
it?”
Since Jesus knew that his
disciples were murmuring
about this, he said to them,
“Does this shock you? What
if you were to see the Son of
Man ascending to where he
was before? It is the spirit that
gives life, while the flesh is of
no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
But there are some of you who
do not believe.” Jesus knew
from the beginning the ones
who would not believe and the
one who would betray him.
And he said, “For this reason
I have told you that no one can
come to me unless it is granted
him by my Father.”
As a result of this, many of his disciples returned to their
former way of life and no longer accompanied him.
Jesus then said to the
Twelve, “Do you also want to
leave?” Simon Peter answered
him, “Master, to whom shall
we go? You have the words of
eternal life. We have come to
believe and are convinced that
you are the Holy One of God.”
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