First Reading - 2 Kgs 4:42-44
A man came from Baalshalishah bringing to Elisha,
the man of God, twenty barley loaves made from the first
fruits, and fresh grain in the
ear. Elisha said, “Give it to the
people to eat.” But his servant
objected, “How can I set this
before a hundred people?”
Elisha insisted, “Give it to the
people to eat. For thus says the
Lord, ‘They shall eat and there
shall be some left over.’
”
And when they had eaten,
there was some left over, as the
Lord had said.
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 145
R –The hand of the Lord feeds
us; he answers all our
needs!
* Let all your works give
you thanks, O Lord, and let
your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory
of your kingdom and speak of
your might. R.
* The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them
their food in due season. You
open your hand and satisfy the
desire of every living thing. R.
* The Lord is just in all his
ways and holy in all his works.
The Lord is near to all who call
upon him, to all who call upon
him in truth. R.
Second Reading - Eph 4:1-6
Brothers and sisters:
I, a
prisoner for the Lord, urge
you to live in a manner worthy
of the call you have received,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing
with one another through love,
striving to preserve the unity
of the spirit through the bond
of peace. One body and one
Spirit, as you were also called
to the one hope of your call; one
Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all, who
is over all and through all and
in all.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
A great prophet has risen
in our midst.
God has visited his people.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Jn 6:1-15
Jesus went across the Sea of
Galilee. A large crowd followed
him, because they saw the signs
he was performing on the sick.
Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down
with his disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near.
When Jesus raised his eyes
and saw that a large crowd was
coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy enough
food for them to eat?” He said
this to test him, because Jesus himself knew what he was
going to do. Philip answered
him, “Two hundred days’
wages worth of food would not
be enough for each of them to
have a little.”
One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, “There is a boy
here who has
five barley loaves
and two fish; but what good are
these for so many?” Jesus said,
“Have the people recline.”
Now there was a great deal
of grass in that place. So the
men reclined, about fi ve thousand in number. Then Jesus
took the loaves, gave thanks,
and distributed them to those
who were reclining, and also as
much of the fish as they wanted.
When they had had their
fill, he said to his disciples,
“Gather the fragments left
over, so that nothing will be
wasted.” So they collected
them, and filled twelve wicker
baskets with fragments from
the fi ve barley loaves that had
been more than they could eat.
When the people saw the
sign he had done, they said, “This is truly the Prophet,
the one who is to come into
the world.” Since Jesus knew
that they were going to come
and carry him off to make him
king, he withdrew again to the
mountain alone.
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