First Reading - 1 Kgs 19:4-8
Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert, until he
came to a broom tree and
sat beneath it. He prayed
for death, saying: “This is
enough, O Lord! Take my life,
for I am no better than my
fathers.”
He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree, but then an angel touched him and ordered him to get up and eat. Elijah looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water. After he ate and drank, he lay down again, but the angel of the Lord came back a second time, touched him, and ordered, “Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!” He got up, ate, and drank.
Then, strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.
He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree, but then an angel touched him and ordered him to get up and eat. Elijah looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water. After he ate and drank, he lay down again, but the angel of the Lord came back a second time, touched him, and ordered, “Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!” He got up, ate, and drank.
Then, strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.
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.
* Glorify the Lord with me, let us together extol his name. I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. R.
* Look to him that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. When the afflicted man called out, the Lord heard, and from all his distress he saved him. R.
* The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Taste and see how good the Lord is. Blessed the man who takes refuge in him. R.
* Glorify the Lord with me, let us together extol his name. I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. R.
* Look to him that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. When the afflicted man called out, the Lord heard, and from all his distress he saved him. R.
* The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Taste and see how good the Lord is. Blessed the man who takes refuge in him. R.
Second Reading - Eph 4:30-5:2
Brothers and sisters: Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were sealed for the day of redemption. All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all malice. And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ. So be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven,” says the Lord. “Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
Alleluia! Alleluia!
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven,” says the Lord. “Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Jn 6:41-51
The Jews murmured about
Jesus because he said, “I am
the bread that came down from
heaven,” and they said, “Is this
not Jesus, the son of Joseph?
Do we not know his father and
mother? Then how can he say,
‘I have come down from heaven?’ ”
Jesus answered and said
to them, “Stop murmuring
among yourselves. No one can
come to me unless the Father
who sent me draw him, and I
will raise him on the last day.
It is written in the prophets: ‘They shall all be taught
by God.’ Everyone who listens
to my Father and learns from
him comes to me. Not that
anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God;
he has seen the Father. Amen,
amen, I say to you, whoever
believes has eternal life.
I am the bread of life.
Your ancestors ate the manna
in the desert, but they died.
This is the bread that comes
down from heaven so that one
may eat it and not die. I am the
living bread that came down
from heaven. Whoever eats this
bread will live forever. And
the bread that I will give is my
flesh for the life of the world.”
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