Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 6, 41-51

GOSPEL 

"I am the living bread which came down from heaven" 

Alleluia. Alleluia.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven,

says the Lord;

if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.

Alleluia. (Jn 6:51) 

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 6, 41-51 

At that time,

    the Jews complained against Jesus 

because he had declared: 

“I am the bread which came down from heaven. " 

    They said, 

" This one is not it Jesus, son of Joseph? 

We know his father and mother well. 

So how can he say now, 

'I have come down from heaven'? " 

    Jesus spoke again: 

" Do not complain among yourselves. 

    No one can come to me 

unless the Father who sent me draws him, 

and I will raise him up at the last day. 

    It is written in the prophets: 

They will all be instructed by God himself. 

Anyone who has heard the Father and received his teaching 

comes to me. 

    Certainly, no one has ever seen the Father, 

except the one who comes from God: 

he alone has seen the Father. 

    Amen, amen, I tell you 

, he who believes has eternal life. 

    I am the bread of life. 

    In the wilderness your fathers ate the manna, 

and they died; 

    but the bread which comes down from heaven is such 

that he who eats it will not die.

    I am the living bread 

which came down from heaven: 

if anyone eats of this bread, 

he will live forever. 

The bread that I will give is my flesh, 

given for the life of the world. " 

    - Let us acclaim the Word of God.

SECOND READING “Live in love, like Christ” Reading of the letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Ephesians 4, 30 - 5, 2

SECOND READING 

“Live in love, like Christ” 

Reading of the letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Ephesians 4, 30 - 5, 2 

Brethren,

do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, 

who has marked you with his seal

for the day of your deliverance. 

    Bitterness, irritation, anger, loud voices or insults, 

all of these must be eliminated from your life, 

along with any kind of nastiness. 

    Be between yourselves full of generosity and tenderness. 

Forgive one another, 

as God forgave you in Christ. 

Yes, seek to imitate God, 

since you are his beloved children. 

    Live in love, 

as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, 

offering himself as a sacrifice to God, 

like a perfume of pleasant odor. 

    - Word of the Lord. 

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RESPONSORIAL Respons : Taste and see howgood the Lord is! Psalm : 33 (34), 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9) (Ps 33, 9a)

RESPONSORIAL 

Respons : Taste and see how

good the Lord is!  

Psalm : 33 (34), 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9) (Ps 33, 9a) 

I will bless the Lord at all times,

His praise continually on my lips.

I will glorify myself in the Lord:

may the poor hear me and be in celebration! 

Magnify the Lord with me,

let us all exalt his name together.

I seek the Lord, he answers me:

from all my fears he delivers me. 

Whoever looks towards him will shine,

without shadow or confusion in the face.

A poor cry; the Lord hears:

he saves him from all his anguish. 

The angel of the Lord encamps around

to free those who fear him.

Taste and see: the Lord is good!

Happy that finds refuge in him ! 

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MASS READINGS FIRST READING "Strengthened by this food, he walked to the mountain of God" Reading of the first book of Kings 19, 4-8

08 August 2021, General Week 19th - Sunday 

MASS READINGS 

FIRST READING 

"Strengthened by this food, he walked to the mountain of God" 

Reading of the first book of Kings 19, 4-8 

In those days 

the prophet Elijah, fleeing the hostility of Queen Jezebel,

    walked all day in the wilderness.

He came and sat down in the shade of a bush, 

and asked for death, saying, 

"Now, Lord, this is too much!" 

Take back my life: 

I'm no better than my fathers. " 

    Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep. 

But behold, an angel touched him and said to him, 

"Arise, and eat!" " 

    He looked, and there was at his head 

a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. 

He ate, he drank, and fell asleep again.

    A second time the angel of the Lord touched him and said to him: 

"Arise, and eat, 

for it is long, the way which remains to you. " 

    Elijah got up, ate and drank. 

Then, fortified by this food, 

he walked forty days and forty nights 

to Horeb, the mountain of God. 

    - Word of the Lord.